Henry E Wang

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Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi National characteristics of emergency medical services responses in the United States
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 17:8-14. 2013
  2. ncbi Chronic medical conditions and risk of sepsis
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e48307. 2012
  3. ncbi Regional variations in early and late survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
    Resuscitation 83:1343-8. 2012
  4. ncbi Distribution of specialized care centers in the United States
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Electronic address
    Ann Emerg Med 60:632-637.e7. 2012
  5. ncbi Endotracheal intubation versus supraglottic airway insertion in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
    Resuscitation 83:1061-6. 2012
  6. ncbi Acute kidney injury and mortality in hospitalized patients
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
    Am J Nephrol 35:349-55. 2012
  7. ncbi Chronic kidney disease and risk of death from infection
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
    Am J Nephrol 34:330-6. 2011
  8. ncbi Characteristics of out-of-hospital shock care
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Crit Care Med 39:2431-9. 2011
  9. ncbi Direct paramedic transport of acute myocardial infarction patients to percutaneous coronary intervention centers: a decision analysis
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 53:233-240. 2009
  10. ncbi National variation in United States sepsis mortality: a descriptive study
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Int J Health Geogr 9:9. 2010

Detail Information

Publications71

  1. ncbi National characteristics of emergency medical services responses in the United States
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 17:8-14. 2013
    ..S. communities, only limited data describe the national characteristics of emergency medical services (EMS) care in the United States. We sought to characterize out-of-hospital EMS care in the United States...
  2. ncbi Chronic medical conditions and risk of sepsis
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e48307. 2012
    ..We sought to determine the associations between baseline chronic medical conditions and future risk of sepsis...
  3. ncbi Regional variations in early and late survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
    Resuscitation 83:1343-8. 2012
    ..We sought to characterize regional variations early and later survival to hospital discharge after OHCA...
  4. ncbi Distribution of specialized care centers in the United States
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Electronic address
    Ann Emerg Med 60:632-637.e7. 2012
    ..The national supply and characteristics of hospitals providing specialized critical care services is currently unknown. We seek to characterize the current distribution of specialized care centers in the United States...
  5. ncbi Endotracheal intubation versus supraglottic airway insertion in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
    Resuscitation 83:1061-6. 2012
    ..We compared the outcomes of patients receiving ETI with those receiving SGA following OHCA...
  6. ncbi Acute kidney injury and mortality in hospitalized patients
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
    Am J Nephrol 35:349-55. 2012
    ..The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) and its relation with mortality among hospitalized patients...
  7. ncbi Chronic kidney disease and risk of death from infection
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
    Am J Nephrol 34:330-6. 2011
    ..This study sought to determine the association between predialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) and infection-related mortality...
  8. ncbi Characteristics of out-of-hospital shock care
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Crit Care Med 39:2431-9. 2011
    ..We sought to describe the incidence, demographic, clinical, and regional characteristics of patients with traumatic and nontraumatic medical shock treated by out-of-hospital emergency medical services...
  9. ncbi Direct paramedic transport of acute myocardial infarction patients to percutaneous coronary intervention centers: a decision analysis
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 53:233-240. 2009
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  10. ncbi National variation in United States sepsis mortality: a descriptive study
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Int J Health Geogr 9:9. 2010
    ..We defined sepsis deaths as deaths attributed to an infection, classified according to the International Classification of Diseases, Version 10. We calculated national and state age-adjusted sepsis-attributed mortality rates...
  11. ncbi Out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation experience and patient outcomes
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 55:527-537.e6. 2010
    ..Out-of-hospital tracheal intubation is a difficult procedure. We seek to determine the association between rescuer procedural experience and patient survival after out-of-hospital tracheal intubation...
  12. ncbi Out-of-hospital airway management in the United States
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, United States
    Resuscitation 82:378-85. 2011
    ..Prior studies describe airway management by single EMS agencies, regions or states. We sought to characterize out-of-hospital airway management interventions, outcomes and complications across the United States...
  13. ncbi Opportunities for Emergency Medical Services care of sepsis
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th Street South, JTN 266 Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
    Resuscitation 81:193-7. 2010
    ..EMS often provides care for sepsis, a life-threatening sequelae of infection. In this study of Emergency Department patients admitted to the hospital with an infection, we characterized the patients receiving initial care by EMS...
  14. ncbi Outcomes after out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation errors
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Resuscitation 80:50-5. 2009
    ..We sought to evaluate the association between three key out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation (ETI) errors and patient outcomes...
  15. ncbi Emergency department visits by nursing home residents in the United States
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 59:1864-72. 2011
    ..To characterize emergency department (ED) use by nursing home residents in the United States...
  16. ncbi Differential effects of out-of-hospital interventions on short- and long-term survival after cardiopulmonary arrest
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 230 McKee Place, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Resuscitation 67:69-74. 2005
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  17. ncbi Interruptions in cardiopulmonary resuscitation from paramedic endotracheal intubation
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    Ann Emerg Med 54:645-652.e1. 2009
    ..We quantified the frequency and duration of CPR chest compression interruptions associated with paramedic endotracheal intubation efforts during out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest...
  18. ncbi Multivariate predictors of failed prehospital endotracheal intubation
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 10:717-24. 2003
    ..This study sought to use multivariate logistic regression to identify a set of factors associated with failed adult out-of-hospital ETI...
  19. ncbi A randomized comparison of manual, mechanical and high-impulse chest compression in a porcine model of prolonged ventricular fibrillation
    Amy E Betz
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 230 McKee Place, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Resuscitation 69:495-501. 2006
    ..We hypothesized that HI (very rapid acceleration of the down-stroke) would produce greater CPPs than MAN or MECH, and that HI would also produce a higher rate of ROSC...
  20. ncbi Paramedic intubation errors: isolated events or symptoms of larger problems?
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 25:501-9. 2006
    ..These findings indicate frequent errors associated with this life-saving technique. These events might be emblematic of larger issues in the structure and delivery of out-of-hospital emergency care...
  21. ncbi Medical conditions associated with out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 15:338-46. 2011
    ..While prior studies describe the clinical presentation of patients requiring paramedic out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation (ETI), limited data characterize the underlying medical conditions or comorbidities...
  22. ncbi Post-resuscitation hemodynamics and relationship to the duration of ventricular fibrillation
    James J Menegazzi
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Resuscitation 78:355-8. 2008
    ..We sought to characterize the time-course of these patterns, and to determine whether these differed based on duration of the VF insult...
  23. ncbi The association between EMS workplace safety culture and safety outcomes
    Matthew D Weaver
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 16:43-52. 2012
    ..Prior studies have highlighted wide variation in emergency medical services (EMS) workplace safety culture across agencies...
  24. ncbi Procedural experience with out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Crit Care Med 33:1718-21. 2005
    ..01) or transport (Spearman's rho = -0.06) times. CONCLUSIONS: Out-of-hospital ETI, an important and difficult resuscitation intervention, is an uncommon event for most rescuers...
  25. ncbi Ventricular fibrillation scaling exponent can guide timing of defibrillation and other therapies
    James J Menegazzi
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Circulation 109:926-31. 2004
    ..The scaling exponent (ScE) of the ventricular fibrillation (VF) waveform correlates with duration of VF and predicts defibrillation outcome. We compared 4 therapeutic approaches to the treatment of VF of various durations...
  26. ncbi How would minimum experience standards affect the distribution of out-of-hospital endotracheal intubations?
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 50:246-52. 2007
    ..The system-level influence of such limits is unknown. We seek to determine how minimum endotracheal intubation experience standards influence the number and distribution of out-of-hospital endotracheal intubations...
  27. ncbi Risk of cardiopulmonary arrest after acute respiratory compromise in hospitalized patients
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Resuscitation 79:234-40. 2008
    ..We determined the characteristics and clinical course of hospitalized patients experiencing ARC as well as their risk of developing subsequent CPA...
  28. ncbi Factors associated with the use of pharmacologic agents to facilitate out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 8:1-9. 2004
    ..To identify a set of clinical factors most strongly associated with the use of drug-facilitated intubation (DFI) in the out-of-hospital setting...
  29. ncbi Effect of airway-securing method on prehospital endotracheal tube dislodgment
    Douglas F Kupas
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania 17822 2005, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 14:26-30. 2010
    ..We compared the effectiveness of common airway-securing techniques in preventing endotracheal tube (ETT) dislodgment in the prehospital setting...
  30. ncbi Out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation and outcome after traumatic brain injury
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 44:439-50. 2004
    ..This study compares the effects of out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation versus emergency department (ED) endotracheal intubation on mortality and neurologic and functional outcome after severe traumatic brain injury...
  31. ncbi Does the type of out-of-hospital airway interfere with other cardiopulmonary resuscitation tasks?
    Benjamin N Abo
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 230 McKee Place, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Resuscitation 72:234-9. 2007
    ..We compared the effects of TI versus esophageal tracheal combitube (ETC) insertion on the accomplishment of other interventions during simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
  32. ncbi An algorithmic approach to prehospital airway management
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 9:145-55. 2005
    ..The algorithm may be valuable as a tool for ensuring patient safety and reducing errors as well as for training rescuers in airway management...
  33. ncbi Reliability of paramedic ratings of laryngoscopic views during endotracheal intubation
    Mark E Pinchalk
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 9:167-71. 2005
    ..POGO may be more appropriate than C-L for prehospital clinical and scientific application. Reliability must be formally evaluated for any proposed laryngoscopic exposure classification system...
  34. ncbi Paramedic rapid sequence intubation for severe traumatic brain injury: perspectives from an expert panel
    Daniel P Davis
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California 92103 8676, and Trauma Services, Inova Regional Trauma Center, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 11:1-8. 2007
    ....
  35. ncbi How much force is required to dislodge an alternate airway?
    Jestin N Carlson
    University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 14:31-5. 2010
    ..Newer alternate airway devices-esophageal-tracheal Combitube (ETC), King laryngeal tube disposable airway (King LT), and laryngeal mask airway (LMA)-are easier to insert, but their relative extubating forces remain unknown...
  36. ncbi Paramedic King Laryngeal Tube airway insertion versus endotracheal intubation in simulated pediatric respiratory arrest
    Michael S Mitchell
    Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 16:284-8. 2012
    ..Paramedics may use the King Laryngeal Tube airway (KLT) in difficult adult airways, but only limited data describe their application in pediatric patients...
  37. ncbi Admission hypothermia and outcome after major trauma
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Crit Care Med 33:1296-301. 2005
    ..The goal of this study was to evaluate the independent association between admission hypothermia and mortality after major trauma, with adjustment for clinical confounders...
  38. ncbi Feasibility of basic emergency medical technicians to perform selected advanced life support interventions
    Francis X Guyette
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 10:518-21. 2006
    ..We sought to evaluate the feasibility of training EMT-B providers to provide additional cardiac resuscitation procedures using the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) and intraosseous (IO) access...
  39. ncbi Out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation: where are we?
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 47:532-41. 2006
    ..These studies highlight our limited understanding of out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation and the need for new strategies to improve airway support in the out-of-hospital setting...
  40. ncbi Preliminary experience with a prospective, multi-centered evaluation of out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 230 McKee Place, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Resuscitation 58:49-58. 2003
    ..We sought to evaluate the feasibility of performing a prospective, multi-centered evaluation of out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation (ETI) using a standardized data collection tool...
  41. ncbi Comparison of methods for the determination of cardiopulmonary resuscitation chest compression fraction
    Masayuki Iyanaga
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 65249 7013, USA
    Resuscitation 83:568-71. 2012
    ..We compared nine methods for calculating CCF...
  42. ncbi Immediate defibrillation versus interventions first in a swine model of prolonged ventricular fibrillation
    James J Menegazzi
    Department of Emergency Medicine, 230 McKee Place, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Resuscitation 59:261-70. 2003
    ..We also sought to determine the predictive value of the ScE in determining post-shock outcomes...
  43. ncbi Paramedic perceptions of challenges in out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation
    Jane Boyce Thomas
    Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 11:219-23. 2007
    ..Little is known about workforce perceptions of these events. We sought to identify paramedic and physician perceptions regarding the challenges and pitfalls of out-of-hospital ETI...
  44. ncbi Defining the learning curve for paramedic student endotracheal intubation
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 9:156-62. 2005
    ..While the National Standard Paramedic Curriculum recommends that paramedic students (PSs) perform at least five live ETIs, these training opportunities are limited...
  45. ncbi How many attempts are required to accomplish out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation?
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 13:372-7. 2006
    ..Clinical protocols limiting the number of ETI attempts may minimize harm, but this strategy also may reduce the frequency of successful ETI...
  46. ncbi Effect of emergency medical technician-placed Combitubes on outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest
    Charles E Cady
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 13:495-9. 2009
    ..We compared the associations between initial EMT ETC placement and initial paramedic endotracheal intubation (ETI) on patient survival after out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest...
  47. ncbi Feasibility of sternal intraosseous access by emergency medical technician students
    David D Miller
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 9:73-8. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: EMT-B students with minimal training demonstrated limited success with applying a commercial sternal IO device. Clinical application by EMT-Bs on critically ill patients may be possible with more intensive training...
  48. ncbi Estimates of sedation in patients undergoing endotracheal intubation in US EDs
    Gregory S Weingart
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 31:222-6. 2013
    ..Although several small single-center studies demonstrate low rates of sedative drug administration after ETI in the emergency department (ED), little is known regarding post-ETI sedative drug practices nationally...
  49. ncbi Tort claims and adverse events in emergency medical services
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 52:256-62. 2008
    ..The objective of the study is to characterize the types, frequencies, and outcomes of adverse events associated with insurance tort claims against EMS providers...
  50. ncbi Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation: resource document for the National Association of EMS Physicians position statement
    Josiah C Daily
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Cullman Regional Medical Center, Cullman, Alabama, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 15:432-8. 2011
    ..This document serves as a resource to the NAEMSP position on prehospital NIPPV...
  51. ncbi A randomized, controlled comparison of cardiopulmonary resuscitation performed on the floor and on a moving ambulance stretcher
    John A Kim
    Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 10:68-70. 2006
    ..04). CONCLUSIONS: Chest compression and ventilation quality of CPR performed on the floor was superior to that of CPR performed on a moving stretcher in this manikin model. The quality of CPR while moving was significantly compromised...
  52. ncbi Drug-assisted effects on protective airway reflexes during out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation (preliminary report)
    Christopher D Cole
    University of Pittsburgh-Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine (CDC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 10:472-5. 2006
    ..Successful ablation of protective airway reflexes should be considered when attempting to characterize DAI performance or the effectiveness of specific drug facilitation regimens...
  53. ncbi Drug-assisted intubation in the prehospital setting (resource document to NAEMSP position statement)
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 10:261-71. 2006
  54. ncbi Prehospital airway management complicated by reported pseudocholinesterase deficiency
    Allyson J Whyte
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 11:343-5. 2007
    ..We describe the case of a patient with a reported pseudocholinesterase deficiency requiring emergent prehospital airway management. Knowledge of the reported condition influenced airway management decisions...
  55. ncbi National estimates of severe sepsis in United States emergency departments
    Henry E Wang
    Departments of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Crit Care Med 35:1928-36. 2007
    ..We sought to determine national estimates of the number, timing, ED length of stay, and case distribution of patients presenting to the ED with suspected severe sepsis...
  56. ncbi Neurocognitive function of emergency department patients with mild traumatic brain injury
    Shane E Peterson
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 53:796-803.e1. 2009
    ..We characterize the neurocognitive function of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with mild traumatic brain injury...
  57. ncbi Recommended guidelines for uniform reporting of data from out-of-hospital airway management: position statement of the National Association of EMS Physicians
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 8:58-72. 2004
  58. ncbi Prehospital rapid-sequence intubation--what does the evidence show? Proceedings from the 2004 National Association of EMS Physicians annual meeting
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 8:366-77. 2004
  59. ncbi Alternate airways in the prehospital setting (resource document to NAEMSP position statement)
    Francis X Guyette
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 11:56-61. 2007
  60. ncbi Cognitive control and prehospital endotracheal intubation
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 11:234-9. 2007
    ..We use Rasmussen's Skills-Rules-Knowledge (SRK) framework to highlight the cognitive complexities of prehospital ETI. These findings have important implications for prehospital education and care...
  61. ncbi Intraosseous infusion
    Brian G LaRocco
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 7:280-5. 2003
    ..The authors review the history, anatomy, technique, and clinical application of IOI. They also highlight the use of IOI in the prehospital setting...
  62. ncbi Variation in emergency medical services workplace safety culture
    P Daniel Patterson
    Department of Emergency Medicine and Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania, Inc, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 14:448-60. 2010
    ..Workplace attitude, beliefs, and culture may impact the safety of patient care. This study characterized perceptions of safety culture in a nationwide sample of emergency medical services (EMS) agencies...
  63. ncbi Post-cardiac arrest therapeutic hypothermia: overcoming the barrier of workplace culture and other implementation lessons
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 37:425-32. 2011
    ....
  64. ncbi Cardiovascular collapse after return of spontaneous circulation in human out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest
    John Mark Chestnut
    University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA
    Emerg Med J 29:129-32. 2012
    ..Few studies describe CVC in humans. This study aimed to determine the occurrence of CVC in human out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest (OHCA)...
  65. ncbi Paramedic endotracheal intubation
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, USA
    N C Med J 68:272-5. 2007
  66. ncbi Limited opportunities for paramedic student endotracheal intubation training in the operating room
    Bradford D Johnston
    University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 13:1051-5. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Despite its key role in airway management education, the quantity and nature of OR ETI training that is available to paramedic students is limited in comparison to that available to other ETI providers...
  67. ncbi A case of conversion disorder presenting as a severe acute stroke
    Phoebe S C Tobiano
    Department of Family Practice, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-McKeesport Hospital, McKeesport, PA, USA
    J Emerg Med 30:283-6. 2006
    ..This report highlights the dramatic clinical presentations that may result from conversion disorders as well as the benefits of rapid medical evaluation by specialty stroke centers...
  68. ncbi Linkages of acute care and EMS to state and local public health programs: application to public health programs
    E Brooke Lerner
    Department of Emergency Medicine, and the Center for Disaster Medicine and Emergency Preparedness, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 46542, USA
    J Public Health Manag Pract 11:291-7. 2005
    ..The relevancy of these findings to public health, as well as the benefits from development of an interoperable infrastructure to public health, will be opined...
  69. ncbi A trial of an impedance threshold device in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
    Tom P Aufderheide
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
    N Engl J Med 365:798-806. 2011
    ..Previous studies have suggested that the use of an ITD during CPR may improve survival rates after cardiac arrest...
  70. ncbi Postpartum appendicitis manifesting as umbilical purulence
    Scott W Irvine
    University of Alabama at Birmingham Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249 7013, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 28:262.e1-3. 2010
    ..We describe an unusual case of postpartum appendicitis complicated by appendiceal rupture, abscess formation, and enterocutaneous umbilical drainage...
  71. ncbi Street drug toxicity resulting from opiates combined with anticholinergics
    Henry E Wang
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-McKeesport Hospital, Pennsylvania 15238, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 6:351-4. 2002