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Paramedic and emergency medical technicians views on opportunities and challenges when forgoing and halting resuscitation in the fieldCorita R Grudzen
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 16:532-8. 2009..The objective was to assess paramedic and emergency medical technicians (EMT) perspectives and decision-making after a policy change that allows forgoing or halting resuscitation in prehospital atraumatic cardiac arrest...
Pathways to health risk exposure in adult film performersCorita R Grudzen
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Urban Health 86:67-78. 2009..Women were more likely than men to be exposed to health risks. Adult film performers, especially women, are exposed to health risks that accumulate over time and that are not limited to sexually transmitted diseases...
Condom use and high-risk sexual acts in adult films: a comparison of heterosexual and homosexual filmsCorita R Grudzen
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Am J Public Health 99:S152-6. 2009..We compared the prevalence of condom use during a variety of sexual acts portrayed in adult films produced for heterosexual and homosexual audiences to assess compliance with state Occupational Health and Safety Administration regulations...
Translation of evidence-based clinical standards into a new prehospital resuscitation policy in Los Angeles CountyCorita R Grudzen
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Health Serv Res 47:363-79. 2012..DATA SOURCES/SETTING: Policy documents, meeting minutes, and personal communications between a large urban Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agency serving all of Los Angeles County (LAC) and a research group were reviewed over 12 months...
Potential impact of a verbal prehospital DNR policyCorita R Grudzen
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 13:169-72. 2009..The impact of a verbal DNR policy is unclear, given the absence of information about how often cardiac arrest occurs at home, or in the presence of a family member...
The LA story: what happened after a new policy allowing paramedics to forgo resuscitation attempts in prehospital cardiac arrestCorita R Grudzen
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Resuscitation 81:685-90. 2010....
Emergency medicine physicians' perspectives of providing palliative care in an emergency departmentSusan C Stone
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Palliat Med 14:1333-8. 2011..Having a palliative care team that is responsive to the needs of the ED will further enhance collaboration with the ED. Future research should focus on understanding the range of benefits to having palliative care in the ED...
Developing quality indicators for the appropriateness of resuscitation in prehospital atraumatic cardiac arrestCorita R Grudzen
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 11:434-42. 2007..We sought to develop a set of straightforward clinical indicators that paramedics could use to better match resuscitation attempts to those most likely to benefit...
"I want to be taking my own last breath": patients' reflections on illness when presenting to the emergency department at the end of lifeCorita R Grudzen
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 14:293-6. 2011..To understand perceptions regarding their illness of patients who present to the Emergency Department at the end of life...
Comparison of the mental health of female adult film performers and other young women in CaliforniaCorita R Grudzen
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave Levy Pl, Box 1620, New York, NY 10029, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:639-45. 2011..This study compared self-reported mental health status and current depression of female adult film performers and other young women...
The palliative care model for emergency department patients with advanced illnessCorita R Grudzen
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 14:945-50. 2011..g., intravenous fluids or pain medications) as well as immediate access to advanced diagnostic tests (e.g. computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging)...
Does palliative care have a future in the emergency department? Discussions with attending emergency physiciansCorita R Grudzen
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 43:1-9. 2012..Although traditionally delivered in the inpatient setting, emergency departments (EDs) are a new focus for palliative care consultation teams...
Characteristics of emergency department patients who receive a palliative care consultationCorita R Grudzen
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
J Palliat Med 15:396-9. 2012..Despite this, only a small minority of consultations originated from emergency providers and consultation was on average initiated days into a patient's hospital stay...
Loss of international medical experiences: knowledge, attitudes and skills at riskCorita R Grudzen
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
BMC Med Educ 7:47. 2007....
The adult film industry: time to regulate?Corita R Grudzen
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
PLoS Med 4:e126. 2007
