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Study design and outcomes in out-of-hospital emergency medicine research: a ten-year analysisJ H Brice
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 27599 7594, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 4:144-50. 2000..This study sought to determine whether similar gaps exist in the literature for out-of-hospital interventions...
"Welcome to the world"Jane H Brice
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7594, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 13:228-36. 2009..Orange County EMS initiated, in 1998, the "Welcome to the World" (WTTW) program, a home safety screening program for families with newborns...
Health literacy among Spanish-speaking patients in the emergency departmentJane H Brice
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 100:1326-32. 2008..Previous research suggests Spanish-speaking patients have low levels of health literacy. This study compares the functional health literacy (FHL) of Spanish- and English-speaking adult patients in a suburban emergency department (ED)...
Emergency medical services education, community outreach, and protocols for stroke and chest pain in North CarolinaJane H Brice
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7594, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 12:366-71. 2008..We sought to describe the amount of education offered, community outreach implemented, and protocols established for stroke and for chest pain among North Carolina EMS agencies and personnel...
Accuracy of EMS-recorded patient demographic dataJane H Brice
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7594, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 12:187-91. 2008..Linking EMS information with hospital outcome depends on essential identifying data. We sought to determine the accuracy of these data in patients who activated EMS for chest pain and to describe the types of errors committed...
Emergency preparedness in North Carolina: leading the wayJane H Brice
Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 27599-7594, USA
N C Med J 68:276-8. 2007
EMS Provider and Patient Safety during Response and Transport: Proceedings of an Ambulance Safety ConferenceJane H Brice
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7594, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 16:3-19. 2012..Finally, the social environment refers to the social, legal, and cultural norms and practices in the society, such as peer pressure and a culture that discourages the use of safety equipment...
Essential resources for research: mentors, funding, and research toolsJane H Brice
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599-7594, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 6:S28-31. 2002
Management of the violent patientJane H Brice
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7594, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 7:48-55. 2003..Because few options are currently available to EMS personnel for managing violent patients outside of the hospital, more research regarding violence against emergency care providers is necessary...
Stroke: from recognition by the public to management by emergency medical servicesJane H Brice
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 6:99-106. 2002..Overall, according stroke the same urgency as acute myocardial infarction, from both the public and the prehospital provider perspectives, might improve stroke patient outcomes...
Optimal prehospital cardiovascular careJ H Brice
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599 7594, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 5:65-72. 2001..Although evidence from investigational trials suggests that many of these procedures are effective, more research is required to ensure correct implementation and quality assurance at all emergency service levels...
Welcome to the world: findings from an emergency medical services pediatric injury prevention programEric R Hawkins
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 23:790-5. 2007..Unintentional injuries are the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in young children, and most injuries occur in the home...
A comparison of emergency medical services times for stroke and myocardial infarctionK R Evenson
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 5:335-9. 2001..To examine this hypothesis, EMS transport times were examined for both stroke and MI patients who used a paramedic-level, county-based EMS system for transportation to a single hospital during 1999...
Statewide survey of 911 communication centers on acute stroke and myocardial infarctionKelly R Evenson
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 11:186-91. 2007..We conducted a statewide survey of communication centers regarding practices, training, and outreach for stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) and explored differences for those that were Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) certified or not...
Determination of infant-safe homes in a community injury prevention programJane H Brice
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 10:397-402. 2006..To address this problem, Orange County Emergency Management developed the novel "Welcome to the World" program to provide paramedic-delivered home safety inspections and interventions to improve early childhood safety...
A simulation trial of traditional dispatcher-assisted CPR versus compressions--only dispatcher-assisted CPRJefferson G Williams
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 10:247-53. 2006..We compared time to delivery of first compression in traditional CPR with ventilations and compressions to compression-only CPR performed by untrained laypersons assisted by a mock 911 dispatcher...
Do EMS personnel identify, report, and disclose medical errors?Cherri Hobgood
Department of Emergency Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 10:21-7. 2006..To evaluate self-reports of prehospital providers' error frequency, disclosure, and reporting in their actual practice and in hypothetical scenarios...
Calling emergency medical services for acute stroke: a study of 9-1-1 tapesWayne D Rosamond
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 9:19-23. 2005..To obtain a better understanding of how stroke events are communicated to 9-1-1 telecommunicators, and how telecommunicators and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel respond to such calls...
An unrecognized presentation of cocaine-associated pneumomediastinum in the prehospital settingJose G Cabanas
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7594, USA jose
Prehosp Emerg Care 13:384-7. 2009..We report a case of cocaine-induced pneumomediastinum in the prehospital environment that masqueraded as an allergic reaction. Prehospital providers should be alert for clinical manifestations suggestive of barotrauma in cocaine users...
The North Carolina EMS Data System: a comprehensive integrated emergency medical services quality improvement programGreg D Mears
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 14:85-94. 2010..Significant barriers, however, still exist to the standardization of EMS data systems and infrastructure nationally. Indeed, there is no comprehensive measurement of EMS service delivery or patient volume at the national level...
An analysis of paramedic verbal reports to physicians in the emergency department trauma roomLancer A Scott
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 7:247-51. 2003..To measure the verbal communication between emergency medical technician-paramedics (EMT-Ps) and physicians in an emergency department trauma room (EDTR) before and after an educational intervention...
Use of ED diagnosis to determine medical necessity of EMS transportsP Daniel Patterson
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 10:488-93. 2006..To examine interrater agreement for classifying emergency medical services transports as medically unnecessary using emergency department diagnosis as the sole determining factor...
Directed use of the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale by laypersonsAmy S Hurwitz
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599-7594, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 9:292-6. 2005....
The accuracy of visual estimation of body weight in the EDBradley L Anglemyer
School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7594, USA
Am J Emerg Med 22:526-9. 2004..When available, the patient's own estimate can be used as their actual weight. When the patient is incapacitated, measurement of the patient's weight is the proven method to avoid this type of dosage error...
Ability of laypersons to use the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke ScaleAisha T Liferidge
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 8:384-7. 2004..The study's goal was to determine whether laypersons could be instructed to use the CPSS over the telephone...
Utilization of emergency medical transports and hospital admissions among persons with behavioral health conditionsGary Cuddeback
School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Psychiatr Serv 61:412-5. 2010..Administrative data were used to examine medical transports and hospital admissions among persons with behavioral health conditions...
Self-reported discharge instruction adherence among different racial groups seen in the emergency departmentTiencia D James
Department of Emergency Medicine, CB 7594, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7594, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 102:931-6. 2010..To compare emergency department (ED) discharge instructions adherence rates and barriers faced by white, black, and Hispanic patients...
Personal disaster preparedness of dialysis patients in North CarolinaMark Foster
School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 6:2478-84. 2011..Although thorough preparation could mitigate disaster effects, we hypothesized that dialysis patients' personal and medical disaster preparedness was inadequate...
Fire jumpers: description of burns and traumatic injuries from a spontaneous mass gathering and celebratory riotEric R Hawkins
Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina 28203, USA
J Emerg Med 38:182-7. 2010..As crowds rejoiced and intensified into a celebratory riot, many participants lit dozens of bonfires and expressed themselves by jumping through the flames...
Method for determining automatic external defibrillator need at mass gatheringsTracy M Motyka
University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Resuscitation 65:309-14. 2005..The number of AEDs needed for any desired response interval can be calculated using the predicted response time for the longest distance within an arena...
Cardiac arrest patients rarely receive chest compressions before ambulance arrival despite the availability of pre-arrival CPR instructionsE Brooke Lerner
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
Resuscitation 77:51-6. 2008....
Use of an emergency department by nonurgent patientsWilliam E Northington
University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Emerg Med 23:131-7. 2005....
Launching online education for 911 telecommunicators and EMS personnel: experiences from the North Carolina Rapid Response to Stroke ProjectJulie C Lellis
Department of Marketing Communication, Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 11:298-306. 2007..We describe the development and implementation of the North Carolina Rapid Response to Stroke (NCRRS) project--a community-based online education project developed for 911 telecommunicators and EMS personnel...
Research and evaluation in out-of-hospital emergency medical servicesHerbert G Garrison
Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, USA
N C Med J 68:246-8. 2007
Socioeconomic status and out-of-hospital delayJane H Brice
Ann Emerg Med 41:491-3. 2003
Impact of critical bed status on emergency department patient flow and overcrowdingStephen Liu
Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 10:382-5. 2003..02) but did not experience other significant delays. CONCLUSIONS: During times of acute overcrowding, the most significant delay occurs awaiting placement in the ED bed...
