Prehospital Emergency Care, Volume 21, Issue 2 (2017)

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Prehospital Emergency Care, Volume 21, Issue 2 (2017)

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Original Contributions

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Evidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in EMS: Formulating Research Questions and Selecting Outcomes
P. Daniel Patterson PhD, NRP, J. Stephen Higgins PhD, Eddy S. Lang MDCM, CCFP, Michael S. Runyon MD, MPH, Laura K. Barger PhD, Jonathan R. Studnek PhD, NRP, Charity G. Moore PhD, Kathy Robinson RN, EMT-P, Dia Gainor MPA, Allison Infinger MSPH, Patricia M. Weiss MLIS, Denisse J. Sequeira BS & Christian Martin-Gill MD
Pages: 149-156
Published online: 18 Nov 2016
AbstractforEvidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in EMS: Formulating Research Questions and Selecting Outcomes | Full Text | References | PDF (122.9 KB) | Supplemental
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Developing Program Performance Measures for Rural Emergency Medical Services
John Gale MS, Andrew Coburn PhD, Karen Pearson MLIS, MA, Zachariah Croll BA & George Shaler MPH
Pages: 157-165
Published online: 16 Sep 2016
AbstractforDeveloping Program Performance Measures for Rural Emergency Medical Services | Full Text | References | PDF (84.6 KB) | Supplemental
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Non-urgent Emergency Callers: Characteristics and Prognosis
K. K. Lehm BSc, MSc, M. S. Andersen PhD, MD & I. S. Riddervold PhD, MSc
Pages: 166-173
Published online: 14 Sep 2016
AbstractforNon-urgent Emergency Callers: Characteristics and Prognosis | Full Text | References | PDF (154.5 KB)
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Anomaly Detection Outperforms Logistic Regression in Predicting Outcomes in Trauma Patients
Zachary D. W. Dezman MD, MS, Chen Gao PhD, Shiming Yang PhD, Peter Hu PhD, Li Yao MS, Hsiao-Chi Li PhD, Chein-I. Chang PhD & Colin Mackenzie MD
Pages: 174-179
Published online: 05 Dec 2016
AbstractforAnomaly Detection Outperforms Logistic Regression in Predicting Outcomes in Trauma Patients | Full Text | References | PDF (157.4 KB)
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Focus on Pediatric EMS

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Ability of the Physiologic Criteria of the Field Triage Guidelines to Identify Children Who Need the Resources of a Trauma Center
E. Brooke Lerner PhD, Amy L. Drendel MS, DO, Jeremy T. Cushman MD, MS, Mohamed Badawy MD, Manish N. Shah MD, MPH, Clare E. Guse MS & Arthur Cooper MD
Pages: 180-184
Published online: 06 Oct 2016
AbstractforAbility of the Physiologic Criteria of the Field Triage Guidelines to Identify Children Who Need the Resources of a Trauma Center | Full Text | References | PDF (134.2 KB)
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Pediatric Prehospital Medication Dosing Errors: A National Survey of Paramedics
John D. Hoyle Jr. MD, Remle P. Crowe MSNREMT, Melissa A. Bentley PhD, Gerald Beltran DO & William Fales MD
Pages: 185-191
Published online: 08 Feb 2017
AbstractforPediatric Prehospital Medication Dosing Errors: A National Survey of Paramedics | Full Text | References | PDF (128.2 KB) | Supplemental
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Do Pediatric Teams Affect Outcomes of Injured Children Requiring Inter-hospital Transport?
Amanda Calhoun BA, Martin Keller MD, Junxin Shi PhD, Celeste Brancato MD, Kathy Donovan RN, Diana Kraus RN & Julie C. Leonard MD, MPH
Pages: 192-200
Published online: 16 Sep 2016
AbstractforDo Pediatric Teams Affect Outcomes of Injured Children Requiring Inter-hospital Transport? | Full Text | References | PDF (167.2 KB)
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Pediatric Disaster Triage: Multiple Simulation Curriculum Improves Prehospital Care Providers' Assessment Skills
Mark Xavier Cicero MD, Travis Whitfill MPH, Frank Overly MD, Janette Baird PhD, Barbara Walsh MD, Jorge Yarzebski NREMT-P, Antonio Riera MD, Kathleen Adelgais MD, MPH/MSPH, Garth D. Meckler MD, MSHS, Carl Baum MD, David Christopher Cone MD & Marc Auerbach MD, MSci
Pages: 201-208
Published online: 17 Oct 2016
AbstractforPediatric Disaster Triage: Multiple Simulation Curriculum Improves Prehospital Care Providers' Assessment Skills | Full Text | References | PDF (210.8 KB)
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Education and Practice

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Do EMS Providers Accurately Ascertain Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Use in Older Adults with Head Trauma?
Daniel K. Nishijima MD, MAS, Samuel Gaona BS, Trent Waechter RN, Ric Maloney RN, Troy Bair EMT-P, BA, Adam Blitz EMT-P, BA, Andrew R. Elms MD, Roel D. Farrales MD, Calvin Howard, James Montoya MD, Jeneita M. Bell MD, Victor C. Coronado MD, David E. Sugerman MD, MPH, Dustin W. Ballard MD, Kevin E. Mackey MD, David R. Vinson MD & James F. Holmes MD, MPH; for the Sacramento County Prehospital Research Consortium
Pages: 209-215
Published online: 16 Sep 2016
AbstractforDo EMS Providers Accurately Ascertain Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Use in Older Adults with Head Trauma? | Full Text | References | PDF (172.5 KB) | Supplemental
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Prehospital Glucose Testing for Children with Seizures: A Proposed Change in Management
Katherine Remick MD, Christopher Redgate MD, MS, Daniel Ostermayer MD, Amy H. Kaji MD, PhD & Marianne Gausche-Hill MD
Pages: 216-221
Published online: 16 Sep 2016
AbstractforPrehospital Glucose Testing for Children with Seizures: A Proposed Change in Management | Full Text | References | PDF (171.1 KB)
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Development of a Child Abuse Checklist to Evaluate Prehospital Provider Performance
Aimee Alphonso BS, Marc Auerbach MD, MSci, Kirsten Bechtel MD, Kyle Bilodeau BS, NREMT-P, Marcie Gawel RN, MSN, CPEN, Jeannette Koziel MSN, APRN, NP-C, Travis Whitfill MPH & Gunjan Kamdar Tiyyagura MD
Pages: 222-232
Published online: 04 Oct 2016
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Prehospital Providers' Perceptions on Providing Patient and Family Centered Care
Emily M. Ayub DO, Esther M. Sampayo MD, MPH, Manish I. Shah MD, MS & Cara B. Doughty MD, MEd
Pages: 233-241
Published online: 18 Nov 2016
AbstractforPrehospital Providers' Perceptions on Providing Patient and Family Centered Care | Full Text | References | PDF (230.6 KB)
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International EMS

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Comparison of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Systems Among Pan-Asian Countries: An International, Multicenter, Population-Based Survey
Kyong Min Sun MD, Kyoung Jun Song MD, PhD, Sang Do Shin MD, PhD, Hideharu Tanaka MD, PhD, Goh E. Shaun MD, Wen-Chu Chiang MD, PhD, Kentaro Kajino MD, PhD, Sabariah Faizah Jamaluddin MD, Akio Kimura MD, PhD, Young Sun Ro MD, DrPH, Dae Han Wi MD, Ju Ok Park MD, PhD, Sung Woo Moon MD, PhD, Young Hee Jung MD, Min Jung Kim MPH & James F. Holmes MD, MPH
Pages: 242-251
Published online: 05 Dec 2016
AbstractforComparison of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Systems Among Pan-Asian Countries: An International, Multicenter, Population-Based Survey | Full Text | References | PDF (99.3 KB)
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Case Conferences

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CPR Induced Consciousness During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Case Report on an Emerging Phenomenon
Joshua Pound ACP, P. Richard Verbeek MD & Sheldon Cheskes MD
Pages: 252-256
Published online: 28 Oct 2016
AbstractforCPR Induced Consciousness During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Case Report on an Emerging Phenomenon | Full Text | References | PDF (358.7 KB)
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Pediatric Blunt Neck Trauma Causing Esophageal and Complete Tracheal Transection
Benjamin Nicholson MD, NRP, Harinder Dhindsa MD, MPH & Louis Seay RN, BSN, CFRN, NRP, FP-C
Pages: 257-262
Published online: 04 Oct 2016
AbstractforPediatric Blunt Neck Trauma Causing Esophageal and Complete Tracheal Transection | Full Text | References | PDF (178.8 KB)
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Preliminary Reports

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Effect of Body-Worn Cameras on EMS Documentation Accuracy: A Pilot Study
Jeffrey D. Ho MD, Donald M. Dawes MD, Evan M. McKay MD, Jeremy J. Taliercio MD, Scott D. White MD, Blair J. Woodbury MD, Mark A. Sandefur MD & James R. Miner MD
Pages: 263-271
Published online: 16 Sep 2016
AbstractforEffect of Body-Worn Cameras on EMS Documentation Accuracy: A Pilot Study | Full Text | References | PDF (254.8 KB)
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Left Ventricular Compressions Improve Hemodynamics in a Swine Model of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Kenton L. Anderson MD, Maria G. Castaneda MS, Susan M. Boudreau RN, BSN, Danny J. Sharon MS & Vikhyat S. Bebarta MD
Pages: 272-280
Published online: 05 Dec 2016
AbstractforLeft Ventricular Compressions Improve Hemodynamics in a Swine Model of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest | Full Text | References | PDF (296.2 KB) | Supplemental
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NAEMSP Position Statement

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Physician Oversight of Emergency Medical Services
Pages: 281-282
Published online: 06 Oct 2016
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