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Unintentional firearm death across the urban-rural landscape in the United StatesBrendan G Carr
Department of Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73:1006-10. 2012..Many of these injuries are preventable, and unintentional firearm injuries, in particular, may be responsive to prevention efforts. We investigated the relationship between unintentional firearm death and urbanicity among adults...- A randomised controlled feasibility trial of alcohol consumption and the ability to appropriately use a firearmB G Carr
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, 929 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Inj Prev 15:409-12. 2009..To show the feasibility of using a controlled trial to investigate the effect of alcohol on firearm use... 
A review of legislation restricting the intersection of firearms and alcohol in the U.SBrendan G Carr
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Public Health Rep 125:674-9. 2010..In the United States, injury is a leading cause of alcohol-related death, and alcohol use is the leading risk factor for injury. We reviewed state and federal legislation regulating the intersection of alcohol and firearms...- Does the trauma system protect against the weekend effect?Brendan G Carr
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Trauma 69:1042-7; discussion 1047-8. 2010..We sought to determine whether the "weekend effect" exists for injured patients at our trauma center... - Regionalization and emergency care: the institute of medicine reports and a federal government updateBrendan G Carr
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:1351-3. 2010..This article summarizes the content of these presentations. It should be noted that this summary is the perspective of the authors and does not represent the official policy of the U.S. government... - Regionalized care for time-critical conditions: lessons learned from existing networksBrendan G Carr
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:1354-8. 2010..A primary challenge remaining is for EM to help to integrate the existing and developing disease-based systems of care into a more comprehensive emergency care system... - Weekend and night outcomes in a statewide trauma systemBrendan G Carr
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Surg 146:810-7. 2011..To evaluate whether mortality and clinical outcomes vary for injured patients in a mature trauma system on weeknights and weekends compared with weekdays... - Access to emergency care in the United StatesBrendan G Carr
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 54:261-9. 2009..Rapid access to emergency services is essential for emergency care-sensitive conditions such as acute myocardial infarction, stroke, sepsis, and major trauma. We seek to determine US population access to an emergency department (ED)... - Practical implementation of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrestDavid F Gaieski
Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Ground Ravdin, Philadelphia, PA19104, USA
Hosp Pract (1995) 37:71-83. 2009..However, clearly delineated instructions for how to induce, maintain, and conclude TH have not been published in a codified format... - Injury-adjusted mortality of patients transported by police following penetrating traumaRoger A Band
Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:32-7. 2011..More than a decade ago, the city of Philadelphia began allowing police transport of penetrating trauma patients... 
A meta-analysis of prehospital care times for traumaBrendan G Carr
Department of Surgery, The Trauma Center at Penn, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 10:198-206. 2006..We sought to determine national averages for prehospital times based on a systematic review of published literature...- Early goal-directed hemodynamic optimization combined with therapeutic hypothermia in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrestDavid F Gaieski
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Resuscitation 80:418-24. 2009..Due to the similarities between the post-cardiac arrest state and severe sepsis, it has been postulated that early goal-directed hemodyamic optimization (EGDHO) combined with TH would improve outcome of comatose cardiac arrest survivors... - The time cost of prehospital intubation and intravenous access in trauma patientsBrendan G Carr
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and the Center for Outcomes Research at the Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 12:327-32. 2008..We sought to estimate the contribution of procedures to on-scene duration focusing on intubation and establishment of intravenous (IV) access... - Outcomes related to the number and anatomic placement of gunshot woundsBrendan G Carr
Department of Emergency Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Trauma 64:197-202; discussion 202-3. 2008..Firearm wounding patterns have changed, and patients more commonly present with multiple gunshot wounds (GSWs). We hypothesized that multiple GSW are associated with increased mortality risk and increased hospital length of stay (LOS)... - Intensivist bedside ultrasound (INBU) for volume assessment in the intensive care unit: a pilot studyBrendan G Carr
Department of Emergency Medicine, and Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania School of MedicinePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 6021, USA
J Trauma 63:495-500; discussion 500-2. 2007..The use of intensivist bedside ultrasound (INBU) to rapidly assess volume status in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) was hypothesized to be feasible and as accurate as invasive measures... - A national analysis of the relationship between hospital factors and post-cardiac arrest mortalityBrendan G Carr
The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Intensive Care Med 35:505-11. 2009..We sought to generate national estimates for post-cardiac arrest mortality, to assess trends, and to identify hospital factors associated with survival... - Directed bedside transthoracic echocardiography: preferred cardiac window for left ventricular ejection fraction estimation in critically ill patientsDustin G Mark
Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Emerg Med 25:894-900. 2007..We sought to determine the preferred cardiac window for left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) estimation by EP sonographers in a critically ill patient population... - Emergency department length of stay: a major risk factor for pneumonia in intubated blunt trauma patientsBrendan G Carr
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
J Trauma 63:9-12. 2007..Nationwide, hospital crowding has resulted in prolonged ED length of stay (LOS). We sought to study the association between prolonged ED LOS and rates of pneumonia... - Cardiac catheterization is underutilized after in-hospital cardiac arrestRaina M Merchant
The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
Resuscitation 79:398-403. 2008..We sought to evaluate rates of early catheterization after in-hospital ventricular fibrillation (VF) arrest and the association with survival... - Inter-hospital variability in post-cardiac arrest mortalityBrendan G Carr
The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine UPENN SOM, USA
Resuscitation 80:30-4. 2009..We examined hospital-level variation in mortality of patients admitted to United States intensive care units (ICUs) with a diagnosis of cardiac arrest... - Time, distance, and access to emergency care in the United StatesBrendan G Carr
Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, USA
LDI Issue Brief 14:1-4. 2009..This Issue Brief describes the first national study of population access to emergency care, taking into account the locations of emergency departments (EDs), people, and transportation... - Improving patient outcomes from acute cardiovascular events through regionalized systems of careJ Matthew Edwards
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Hosp Pract (1995) 38:54-62. 2010..Evidence suggests that regionalized systems of care for acute cardiovascular events may increase compliance with existing life-saving guidelines and improve patient outcomes... - ACCESS: acute cerebrovascular care in emergency stroke systemsKaren C Albright
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Neurol 67:1210-8. 2010.... - Variation in pediatric and adolescent firearm mortality rates in rural and urban US countiesMichael L Nance
Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Surgery, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4227, USA
Pediatrics 125:1112-8. 2010..We examined whether firearm mortality rates among children varied across US counties along a rural-urban continuum... - Access to pediatric trauma care: alignment of providers and health systemsBrendan G Carr
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Curr Opin Pediatr 22:326-31. 2010..We seek to describe in this review the current state of pediatric trauma care and suggest next steps required to ensure the efficient delivery of pediatric trauma care... - Access to pediatric trauma care in the United StatesMichael L Nance
Department of Surgery, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:512-8. 2009..To catalog trauma center resources and estimate access to age-specific trauma care for children younger than 15 years in the United States... - Cervical spine injury in young children: a National Trauma Data Bank reviewAlison Polk-Williams
Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Pediatr Surg 43:1718-21. 2008..Blunt cervical spine injury (CSI) is rare in the pediatric population. The objective of this study was to better characterize the incidence and type of CSI in young children (age <3 years) using a large, trauma center-based data set...