emergency medical services

Summary

Summary: Services specifically designed, staffed, and equipped for the emergency care of patients.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Chest compression fraction determines survival in patients with out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation
    Jim Christenson
    MSc, Emergency and Health Services Commission of British Columbia, 302 2955 Virtual Way, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5M 4X6
    Circulation 120:1241-7. 2009
  2. ncbi Inappropriate prehospital ventilation in severe traumatic brain injury increases in-hospital mortality
    Travis M Dumont
    Division of Neurosurgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont 05401, USA
    J Neurotrauma 27:1233-41. 2010
  3. ncbi Regional variation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcome
    Graham Nichol
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington Clinical Trial Center, Seattle, WA, USA
    JAMA 300:1423-31. 2008
  4. ncbi Mechanism, glasgow coma scale, age, and arterial pressure (MGAP): a new simple prehospital triage score to predict mortality in trauma patients
    Danielle Sartorius
    Department of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Université Lyon 1 and Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
    Crit Care Med 38:831-7. 2010
  5. ncbi Predictors of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Comilla Sasson
    Departments of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 3:63-81. 2010
  6. ncbi Pre-hospital airway management: guidelines from a task force from the Scandinavian Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
    P Berlac
    Copenhagen Mobile Intensive Care Unit, Rigshospitalet, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 52:897-907. 2008
  7. ncbi Precision of field triage in patients brought to a trauma centre after introducing trauma team activation guidelines
    Marius Rehn
    Department of Research and Development, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Drobak, Norway
    Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 17:1. 2009
  8. ncbi Quality of out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation with real time automated feedback: a prospective interventional study
    Jo Kramer-Johansen
    Institute for Experimental Medical Research, University of Oslo, N 0407 Oslo, Norway
    Resuscitation 71:283-92. 2006
  9. ncbi Can methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus be found in an ambulance fleet?
    Chad E Roline
    Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 11:241-4. 2007
  10. ncbi Impact of transport to critical care medical centers on outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
    Kentaro Kajino
    Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Osaka Police Hospital, Kitayama cho, 10 31 Tennouji ku, 543 0035 Osaka, Japan
    Resuscitation 81:549-54. 2010

Research Grants

  1. APPLIED REGIONALIZATION OF EMERGENCY CARE
    Charles Branas; Fiscal Year: 2004
  2. Comparative Effectiveness of Prehospital and Hospital Emergency Care
    Joel C Cantor; Fiscal Year: 2010
  3. EXPOSURE TO BLOOD AMONG NON-HOSPITAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS
    Jack Leiss; Fiscal Year: 2002
  4. Trauma System Evaluation with Survival Time Models
    David E Clark; Fiscal Year: 2010
  5. Trauma System Evaluation with Survival Time Models
    David Clark; Fiscal Year: 2009
  6. The Role of Neck Muscle Mechanics in Pediatric Head and Neck Injury
    David Nuckley; Fiscal Year: 2009
  7. The Role of Neck Muscle Mechanics in Pediatric Head and Neck Injury
    David Nuckley; Fiscal Year: 2007
  8. The Role of Neck Muscle Mechanics in Pediatric Head and Neck Injury
    David Nuckley; Fiscal Year: 2007
  9. Milwaukee Regional Clinical Center
    THOMAS AUFDERHEIDE; Fiscal Year: 2007
  10. Milwaukee Clinical Site Hub
    THOMAS AUFDERHEIDE; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications281 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Chest compression fraction determines survival in patients with out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation
    Jim Christenson
    MSc, Emergency and Health Services Commission of British Columbia, 302 2955 Virtual Way, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5M 4X6
    Circulation 120:1241-7. 2009
    ....
  2. ncbi Inappropriate prehospital ventilation in severe traumatic brain injury increases in-hospital mortality
    Travis M Dumont
    Division of Neurosurgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont 05401, USA
    J Neurotrauma 27:1233-41. 2010
    ..Our results suggest that abnormal Pco(2) on presentation after severe head trauma is correlated with increased in-hospital mortality. We advocate normoventilation in the prehospital setting...
  3. ncbi Regional variation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcome
    Graham Nichol
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington Clinical Trial Center, Seattle, WA, USA
    JAMA 300:1423-31. 2008
    ..The health and policy implications of regional variation in incidence and outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remain to be determined...
  4. ncbi Mechanism, glasgow coma scale, age, and arterial pressure (MGAP): a new simple prehospital triage score to predict mortality in trauma patients
    Danielle Sartorius
    Department of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Université Lyon 1 and Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
    Crit Care Med 38:831-7. 2010
    ..Prehospital triage of trauma patients is of paramount importance because adequate trauma center referral improves survival. We developed a simple score that is easy to calculate in the prehospital phase...
  5. ncbi Predictors of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Comilla Sasson
    Departments of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 3:63-81. 2010
    ..evaluated the strength of associations between OHCA and key factors (event witnessed by a bystander or emergency medical services [EMS], provision of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR], initial cardiac rhythm, or the return ..
  6. ncbi Pre-hospital airway management: guidelines from a task force from the Scandinavian Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
    P Berlac
    Copenhagen Mobile Intensive Care Unit, Rigshospitalet, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 52:897-907. 2008
    ..A supraglottic device such as the laryngeal tube or the intubation laryngeal mask should also be available as a backup device for anaesthesiologists in failed ETI...
  7. ncbi Precision of field triage in patients brought to a trauma centre after introducing trauma team activation guidelines
    Marius Rehn
    Department of Research and Development, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Drobak, Norway
    Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 17:1. 2009
    ..Previous informal trauma team activation (TTA) at Ulleval University Hospital (UUH) caused imprecise triage. We have analyzed triage precision after introduction of TTA guidelines...
  8. ncbi Quality of out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation with real time automated feedback: a prospective interventional study
    Jo Kramer-Johansen
    Institute for Experimental Medical Research, University of Oslo, N 0407 Oslo, Norway
    Resuscitation 71:283-92. 2006
    ..To compare quality of CPR during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with and without automated feedback...
  9. ncbi Can methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus be found in an ambulance fleet?
    Chad E Roline
    Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 11:241-4. 2007
    ..To perform an initial screening study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contamination in an ambulance fleet...
  10. ncbi Impact of transport to critical care medical centers on outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
    Kentaro Kajino
    Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Osaka Police Hospital, Kitayama cho, 10 31 Tennouji ku, 543 0035 Osaka, Japan
    Resuscitation 81:549-54. 2010
    ..Post-resuscitation care has emerged as an important predictor of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). In Japan, selected hospitals are certified as Critical Care Medical Centers (CCMCs) based on their ability and expertise...
  11. ncbi Prehospital hypotension redefined
    Brandon Bruns
    Department of Surgery, Division of Burns, Trauma, and Critical Care, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA
    J Trauma 65:1217-21. 2008
    ..However, Advanced Trauma Life Support recognizes this threshold as a late sign of shock. We undertook the current study to determine whether a higher PSBP threshold may identify patients at significant risk of death...
  12. ncbi Intravenous drug administration during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a randomized trial
    Theresa M Olasveengen
    Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevaal, N 0407 Oslo, Norway
    JAMA 302:2222-9. 2009
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  13. ncbi Optimal defibrillation response intervals for maximum out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates
    Valerie J De Maio
    Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Ann Emerg Med 42:242-50. 2003
    Many centers optimize their emergency medical services (EMS) systems to achieve a target defibrillation response interval of "call received by dispatch" to "arrival at scene by responder with defibrillator" in 8 ..
  14. ncbi Unrecognized misplacement of endotracheal tubes in a mixed urban to rural emergency medical services setting
    Michael E Jemmett
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME 04102, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 10:961-5. 2003
    OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate of unrecognized endotracheal tube misplacement when performed by emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in a mixed urban and rural setting...
  15. ncbi Prehospital rapid sequence intubation for head trauma: conditions for a successful program
    Samir M Fakhry
    Trauma Services, Inova Regional Trauma Center, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
    J Trauma 60:997-1001. 2006
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  16. ncbi Effect of an airway education program on prehospital intubation
    Eric R Swanson
    Division of Emergency Medicine and AirMed, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA
    Air Med J 21:28-31. 2002
    ..The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of an airway education program (AEP) on prehospital intubation...
  17. ncbi The impact of prehospital ventilation on outcome after severe traumatic brain injury
    Keir J Warner
    Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
    J Trauma 62:1330-6; discussion 1336-8. 2007
    ..We sought to determine the incidence of hyperventilation among a cohort of trauma patients undergoing prehospital intubation and the impact of ventilation on outcome after severe TBI...
  18. ncbi Pre-hospital endotracheal intubation and positive pressure ventilation is associated with hypotension and decreased survival in hypovolemic trauma patients: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank
    Shahid Shafi
    Division of Burns, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX 75390 9158, USA
    J Trauma 59:1140-5; discussion 1145-7. 2005
    ..An alternative hypothesis is that positive pressure ventilation increases mortality because positive pressure ventilation causes hypotension in severely injured hypovolemic patients...
  19. ncbi Quality of cardiac massage with ratio compression-ventilation 5/1 and 15/2
    J L Greingor
    Prehospital Emergency Medical Mobil Unit, Emergency Department, CHR Metz, 1, place Philippe de Vigneulles, 57 038 Metz, France
    Resuscitation 55:263-7. 2002
    ..The aim of this study is to study the quality of chest compressions over a period of 5 min with a compression-ventilation ratio of 5/1 and 15/2...
  20. ncbi Where's the tube? Evaluation of hand-held ultrasound in confirming endotracheal tube placement
    Rosaleen Chun
    Department of Anesthesia, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Prehosp Disaster Med 19:366-9. 2004
    ..Thoracic sonography, previously utilized to detect pneumothoraces, has not been tested to assess ETT placement...
  21. ncbi Acute traumatic coagulopathy
    Karim Brohi
    Trauma and Critical Care Unit, Royal London Hospital, United Kingdom
    J Trauma 54:1127-30. 2003
    ..Traumatic coagulopathy is thought to be caused primarily by fluid administration and hypothermia...
  22. ncbi Increased mortality in rural vehicular trauma: identifying contributing factors through data linkage
    Richard P Gonzalez
    Department of Surgery, Center for the Study of Rural Vehicular Trauma, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36617 2293, USA
    J Trauma 61:404-9. 2006
    ..The purpose of this study is to identify prehospital causes of the higher rural fatality rates by linking, analyzing, and comparing prehospital data for rural and urban vehicular crashes...
  23. ncbi Scandinavian pre-hospital physician-manned Emergency Medical Services--same concept across borders?
    Andreas J Krüger
    Department of Research and Development, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Drøbak, Norway
    Resuscitation 81:427-33. 2010
    ..This study aims to provide a comprehensive profile of the pre-hospital, physician-manned EMS in the Scandinavian countries...
  24. ncbi Defibrillation or cardiopulmonary resuscitation first for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrests found by paramedics to be in ventricular fibrillation? A randomised control trial
    Paul W Baker
    South Australian Ambulance Service, 216 Greenhill Road, Eastwood, South Australia 5063, Australia
    Resuscitation 79:424-31. 2008
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  25. ncbi Distance impacts mortality in trauma patients with an intubation attempt
    Michael T Cudnik
    Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 12:459-66. 2008
    ..We sought to determine whether patients injured farther from the hospital benefit more from OOH-ETI than those injured closer...
  26. ncbi Prehospital care - scoop and run or stay and play?
    R Malcolm Smith
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA, USA 02114, USA
    Injury 40:S23-6. 2009
    ..There may be more need for advanced techniques in the rural environment or where transport times are prolonged and certainly a need for more studies into subsets of patients who may benefit from interventions in the field...
  27. ncbi Early ventilation in traumatic brain injury
    Daniel P Davis
    UC San Diego Department of Emergency Medicine, 200 West Arbor Drive, 8676, San Diego, CA 92103 8676, United States
    Resuscitation 76:333-40. 2008
    ..Finally, the limited data regarding the impact of hypoventilation and hypercapnia on outcome from TBI are discussed...
  28. ncbi Out-of hospital advanced life support with or without a physician: effects on quality of CPR and outcome
    Theresa M Olasveengen
    Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway
    Resuscitation 80:1248-52. 2009
    ..The presence of physicians is believed to facilitate optimal management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, but has not been sufficiently documented...
  29. ncbi A randomized clinical trial to reduce patient prehospital delay to treatment in acute coronary syndrome
    Kathleen Dracup
    University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2:524-32. 2009
    ..Therefore, we conducted a clinical randomized trial to test whether an intervention tailored specifically for patients with ACS and delivered one-on-one would reduce prehospital delay time...
  30. ncbi Improving access to acute stroke therapies: a controlled trial of organised pre-hospital and emergency care
    Debbie A Quain
    Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    Med J Aust 189:429-33. 2008
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  31. ncbi Use of the intubating laryngeal mask airway in emergency pre-hospital difficult intubation
    Eric Tentillier
    Samu 33, Department of Emergency SAMU SMUR, Pellegrin Hospital, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
    Resuscitation 77:30-4. 2008
    ..We decided to assess the intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA) after failure of tracheal intubation (TI) under direct laryngoscopy...
  32. ncbi Out-of-hospital spinal immobilization: its effect on neurologic injury
    M Hauswald
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87131 5246, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 5:214-9. 1998
    ..To examine the effect of emergency immobilization on neurologic outcome of patients who have blunt traumatic spinal injuries...
  33. ncbi Understanding why patients delay seeking care for acute coronary syndromes
    Mark D Sullivan
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
    Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2:148-54. 2009
    ..Delay in presenting for care after the onset of symptoms is common, limits the potential benefit of acute reperfusion, and has not been reduced by interventions tested thus far...
  34. ncbi Factors influencing delay in presentation for acute stroke in an emergency department in Milan, Italy
    A Maestroni
    UO Cardiologia, PO Giussano, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale Civile di Vimercate, Milan, Italy
    Emerg Med J 25:340-5. 2008
    ..The aim of this study was to describe delays in presentation to hospital and in the emergency department (ED) management of patients with acute stroke and to identify factors influencing these delays in an Italian urban hospital...
  35. ncbi Is it the H or the EMS in HEMS that has an impact on trauma patient mortality? A systematic review of the evidence
    Daniel P Butler
    Academic Foundation Trainee, Department of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, University of Oxford, Kadoorie Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
    Emerg Med J 27:692-701. 2010
    ..This study systematically reviews the evidence comparing helicopter and ground transfer of trauma patients from the scene of injury...
  36. ncbi Pre-hospital transcranial Doppler in severe traumatic brain injury: a pilot study
    K Tazarourte
    Service d aide médicale urgente SAMU 77, Pôle Urgence, Hôpital Marc Jacquet, Melun, France
    Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 55:422-8. 2011
    ..Investigation of the feasibility and usefulness of pre-hospital transcranial Doppler (TCD) to guide early goal-directed therapy following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)...
  37. ncbi [Prehospital trauma triage before and after deployment of a physician-manned mobile emergency care unit in Nordsjaelland]
    Rikke Meisler
    Akutlaegebil Nordsjaelland, Anaestesiologisk afdeling, Hillerød Hospital, DK 3400 Hillerød
    Ugeskr Laeger 171:2548-52. 2009
    ..This study compared the influence of on-scene deployment of physicians with medical telephone counselling of paramedics on the triage of trauma patients...
  38. ncbi Does prehospital ultrasound improve treatment of the trauma patient? A systematic review
    Henrik Jørgensen
    Department of Anaesthesia, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Eur J Emerg Med 17:249-53. 2010
    ..There is currently no evidence in the literature that prehospital US of the abdomen or thorax improves treatment of trauma patients...
  39. ncbi Prehospital intravenous fluid administration is associated with higher mortality in trauma patients: a National Trauma Data Bank analysis
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Ann Surg 253:371-7. 2011
    ..We hypothesized that trauma patients who received prehospital IV fluids have higher mortality than trauma patients who did not receive IV fluids in the prehospital setting...
  40. ncbi Video quality of 3G videophones for telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation
    Uwe Tränkler
    Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany
    J Telemed Telecare 14:396-400. 2008
    ..Thus it seems possible to use 3G videophones for emergency calls involving CPR. However, further studies on the required video quality in different scenarios are necessary...
  41. ncbi Clinical trials in the out-of-hospital setting: rationale and strategies for successful implementation
    Paul E Pepe
    Department of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
    Crit Care Med 37:S91-101. 2009
    ..In certain venues, out-of-hospital emergency medical services personnel are highly skilled at managing resuscitations and routinely operate under strict, highly ..
  42. ncbi Is advanced life support better than basic life support in prehospital care? A systematic review
    Olli Pekka Ryynanen
    University of Eastern Finland, Department of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, P O Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
    Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 18:62. 2010
    ..ALS-level prehospital care uses invasive methods, such as intravenous fluids, medications and intubation. However, the effectiveness of ALS care compared to BLS has been questionable...
  43. ncbi CARES: Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival
    Bryan McNally
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 54:674-683.e2. 2009
    ..provide communities with a means to identify cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, measure how well emergency medical services (EMS) perform key elements of emergency cardiac care, and determine outcomes through hospital discharge...
  44. ncbi Protection against cold in prehospital care-thermal insulation properties of blankets and rescue bags in different wind conditions
    Otto Henriksson
    Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Sciences, Umea University, Sweden
    Prehosp Disaster Med 24:408-15. 2009
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  45. ncbi Quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation on manikins: on the floor and in the bed
    H Jäntti
    Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 53:1131-7. 2009
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  46. ncbi Trauma systems and early management of severe injuries in Scandinavia: review of the current state
    Thomas Kristiansen
    Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Department of Research, Drøbak, Norway
    Injury 41:444-52. 2010
    ..It has been suggested that Scandinavian trauma system development is immature compared to that of other regions. We wanted to assess the current status of Scandinavian trauma management and system development...
  47. ncbi Development of trauma systems and effect on outcomes after injury
    Avery B Nathens
    Division of General and Trauma Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle 98104 2499, USA
    Lancet 363:1794-801. 2004
    ....
  48. ncbi Impact of the 2005 American Heart Association cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care guidelines on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival
    Michael R Sayre
    Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 13:469-77. 2009
    ..To describe changes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) survival before and after the release of the 2005 American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care (ECC)...
  49. ncbi Calling emergency medical services for acute stroke: a study of 9-1-1 tapes
    Wayne 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.
  50. ncbi The effects of the new CPR guideline on attitude toward basic life support in Japan
    Miki Enami
    Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan
    Resuscitation 81:562-7. 2010
    ..There is no study regarding the influence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guideline renewal on citizen's attitude towards all basic life support (BLS) actions...
  51. ncbi Chest compressions by ambulance personnel on chests with variable stiffness: abilities and attitudes
    Silje Ødegaard
    University of Oslo, Faculty Division Ulleval University Hospital, N 0407 Oslo, Norway
    Resuscitation 74:127-34. 2007
    ..Quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed by professionals is reported to be substandard even with automated corrective feedback. We hypothesised that lack of quality is not due to physical capabilities...
  52. ncbi Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) PRIMED cardiac arrest trial methods part 1: rationale and methodology for the impedance threshold device (ITD) protocol
    Tom P Aufderheide
    Milwaukee, WI, USA
    Resuscitation 78:179-85. 2008
    ..Secondary aims are to compare functional status and depression at discharge and at 3 and 6 months post-discharge in survivors...
  53. ncbi Prehospital ultrasound by paramedics: results of field trial
    William Heegaard
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 17:624-30. 2010
    ..The objective was to determine if 9-1-1 paramedics trained in ultrasound (US) could adequately perform and interpret the Focused Assessment Sonography in Trauma (FAST) and the abdominal aortic (AA) exams in the prehospital care environment...
  54. ncbi [Evaluation of the severity and monitoring of early complications in multitrauma]
    Marc Freysz
    Rev Prat 57:441-52. 2007
  55. ncbi Emergency Medical Services Outcomes Project III (EMSOP III): the role of risk adjustment in out-of-hospital outcomes research
    Herbert G Garrison
    Department of Emergency Medicine, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 4354, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 40:79-88. 2002
    The purpose of the Emergency Medical Services Outcomes Project (EMSOP) is to develop a foundation and framework for out-of-hospital outcomes research...
  56. ncbi [Entrapped motorists and air rescue services: analysis of tactical rescue approach, rescue techniques, and emergency medical services illustrated by a helicopter emergency medical service]
    J Westhoff
    Unfallchirurgische Klinik, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl Neuberg Strass1, 30625 Hannover
    Unfallchirurg 111:155-61. 2008
    ..Analysis of the results and presentation of a treatment concept of a helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) in prehospital acute care of entrapped motorists...
  57. ncbi Emergency medical services and mortality from heart disease: a community study
    Thomas D Rea
    Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 41:494-9. 2003
    Little is known regarding the potential effects of emergency medical services (EMS) on total heart disease mortality...
  58. ncbi Pilot randomized clinical trial of prehospital induction of mild hypothermia in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with a rapid infusion of 4 degrees C normal saline
    Francis Kim
    Department of Medicine, Box 359748, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
    Circulation 115:3064-70. 2007
    ..The aims of the present pilot study were to assess the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of in-field cooling...
  59. ncbi Time-dependent effectiveness of chest compression-only and conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of cardiac origin
    Tetsuhisa Kitamura
    Kyoto University Health Service, Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8501, Japan
    Resuscitation 82:3-9. 2011
    ..Little is known about the effect of the type of bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for prolonged out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)...
  60. 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...
  61. ncbi Responding to disasters: academic medical centers' responsibilities and opportunities
    David P Sklar
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
    Acad Med 82:797-800. 2007
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  62. ncbi Prehospital management of the difficult airway: a prospective cohort study
    Keir J Warner
    Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
    J Emerg Med 36:257-65. 2009
    ..Patient anatomy is a primary factor in failed ETI. Among the advanced procedures, cricothyroidotomy had the highest success rate and should not be delayed by other interventions...
  63. ncbi Effect of real-time feedback during cardiopulmonary resuscitation outside hospital: prospective, cluster-randomised trial
    David Hostler
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3600 Forbes Ave, Suite 400A, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    BMJ 342:d512. 2011
    ..To investigate whether real-time audio and visual feedback during cardiopulmonary resuscitation outside hospital increases the proportion of subjects who achieved prehospital return of spontaneous circulation...
  64. ncbi Timeliness of tissue-type plasminogen activator therapy in acute ischemic stroke: patient characteristics, hospital factors, and outcomes associated with door-to-needle times within 60 minutes
    Gregg C Fonarow
    Ahmanson UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, 10833 LeConte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1679, USA
    Circulation 123:750-8. 2011
    ..The benefits of intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) in acute ischemic stroke are time dependent, and guidelines recommend an arrival to treatment initiation (door-to-needle) time of ≤60 minutes...
  65. ncbi Use of emergency medical services in acute myocardial infarction and subsequent quality of care: observations from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2
    John G Canto
    Chest Pain Center and Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0012, USA
    Circulation 106:3018-23. 2002
    ..Wider use of EMS by patients with suspected MI may offer considerable opportunity for improvement in public health...
  66. ncbi Environmental factors encountered during out-of-hospital intubation attempts
    Alex G Garza
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 12:286-9. 2008
    b>Emergency medical services (EMS) literature has studied paramedic performance with endotracheal intubation; however, there are few data describing environmental differences between out-of-hospital and in-hospital providers during ..
  67. ncbi A descriptive analysis of Emergency Medical Service Systems participating in the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) network
    Daniel P Davis
    Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 11:369-82. 2007
    The optimal Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system characteristics have not been defined, resulting in substantial variability across systems...
  68. ncbi Registry of emergency airways arriving at combat hospitals
    Bruce D Adams
    Department of Clinical Investigation, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas, USA
    J Trauma 64:1548-54. 2008
    Prehospital Emergency Medical Services have demonstrated variable success with regards to prehospital airway management in U.S. civilian settings...
  69. ncbi A randomized controlled feasibility trial comparing safety and effectiveness of prehospital pacing versus conventional treatment: 'PrePACE'
    Laurie J Morrison
    Prehospital and Transport Medicine Research Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont, Canada
    Resuscitation 76:341-9. 2008
    ..To evaluate the feasibility of a prehospital randomized controlled trial comparing transcutaneous pacing (TCP) with dopamine for unstable bradycardia...
  70. ncbi Does increased emergency medical services prehospital time affect patient mortality in rural motor vehicle crashes? A statewide analysis
    Richard P Gonzalez
    Department of Surgery, Center for Study of Rural Vehicular Trauma, University of South Alabama, 2451 Fillingim St, Mobile, AL 36617, USA
    Am J Surg 197:30-4. 2009
    ..By linking and analyzing Alabama's statewide prehospital data, emergency medical services (EMS) prehospital time was assessed for rural and urban vehicular crashes.
  71. ncbi Guidelines for emergency tracheal intubation immediately after traumatic injury
    C Michael Dunham
    St Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio 44501-1790, USA
    J Trauma 55:162-79. 2003
  72. ncbi Cardiocerebral resuscitation improves survival of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
    Michael J Kellum
    Mercy Health System, Janesville, Wis, USA
    Am J Med 119:335-40. 2006
    ..001). CONCLUSION: Instituting the new cardiocerebral resuscitation protocol for managing prehospital cardiac arrest improved survival of adult patients with witnessed cardiac arrest and an initially shockable rhythm...
  73. ncbi Automated external defibrillator program does not impair cardiopulmonary resuscitation initiation in the public access defibrillation trial
    Jerris R Hedges
    Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 97239 3098, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 13:659-65. 2006
    ....
  74. ncbi Design of rapid medical evacuation system for trauma patients resulting from biological and chemical terrorist attacks
    Russell S Frieder
    Cal Zark, LLC, Goleta, CA 93117, USA
    Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 1:6068-71. 2006
    ..Future work will include sizing and installation studies to ensure that the production version of the device can be rapidly implemented in a wide variety of private, commercial, and government utility vehicles...
  75. ncbi What are the etiology and epidemiology of out-of-hospital pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest in Ontario, Canada?
    Richard Bradley Gerein
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Acad Emerg Med 13:653-8. 2006
    ..Pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) outside of the hospital has a very high mortality rate...
  76. ncbi Chronicles from out-of-state professionals: providing primary care to underserved children after a disaster: a national organization response
    Alan Shapiro
    New York Programs, The Children's Health Fund, New York, NY 10027, USA
    Pediatrics 117:S412-5. 2006
  77. ncbi Cardiac resuscitation--when is enough enough?
    Gordon A Ewy
    N Engl J Med 355:510-2. 2006
  78. ncbi FEMA's organized response with a pediatric subspecialty team: the National Disaster Medical System response: a pediatric perspective
    Debra L Weiner
    Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 117:S405-11. 2006
  79. ncbi Emergency medical service systems in Japan: past, present, and future
    Koichi Tanigawa
    Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1 2 3 Kasumi, Minami Ku, Hiroshima 734 8551, Japan
    Resuscitation 69:365-70. 2006
    b>Emergency medical services are provided by the fire defence headquarters of the local government in Japan. There is a one-tiered EMS system...
  80. ncbi Characteristics of volunteers responding to emergencies in the Public Access Defibrillation Trial
    William J Groh
    The Department of Medicine, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University, 1800 N Capitol Avenue, Room E406, Indianapolis, IN, USA
    Resuscitation 72:193-9. 2007
    ..To evaluate the characteristics of volunteers responding to emergencies in the North American Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Trial...
  81. ncbi Increasing use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation during out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation arrest: survival implications of guideline changes
    Thomas D Rea
    Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    Circulation 114:2760-5. 2006
    ..We hypothesized that survival would be better with the new protocol...
  82. ncbi Quality of closed chest compression in ambulance vehicles, flying helicopters and at the scene
    Christof Havel
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerguertel 18 20 6D, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
    Resuscitation 73:264-70. 2007
    ..To date, however, no direct comparison of the quality of resuscitation at the scene, during a helicopter flight and in a moving ambulance has been made...
  83. ncbi Transport with ongoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation may not be futile
    P Eisenburger
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18 20 6D, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
    Br J Anaesth 101:518-22. 2008
    ..Despite it being generally regarded as futile, patients are regularly brought to the emergency department with ongoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)...
  84. ncbi Inter-rater reliability and comfort in the application of a basic life support termination of resuscitation clinical prediction rule for out of hospital cardiac arrest
    Laurie J Morrison
    Prehospital and Transport Medicine Research Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Resuscitation 74:150-7. 2007
    ....
  85. ncbi Derivation and evaluation of a termination of resuscitation clinical prediction rule for advanced life support providers
    Laurie J Morrison
    Prehospital and Transport Medicine Research Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5 Canada
    Resuscitation 74:266-75. 2007
    ..Validation of a rule for termination of resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med 2006;355(5):478-87] on the same cohort of patients for comparison purposes...
  86. ncbi Creating order from chaos: part I: triage, initial care, and tactical considerations in mass casualty and disaster response
    Michael S Baker
    Chairman, Department of Surgery, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, USA
    Mil Med 172:232-6. 2007
    ..Planning, rehearsing, and exercising various scenarios encourage the flexibility, adaptability, and innovation required in disaster settings. These skills can bring order to the chaos of overwhelming disaster events...
  87. ncbi Simulation training for a mass casualty incident: two-year experience at the Army Trauma Training Center
    David R King
    Dewitt-Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, Divisions of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
    J Trauma 61:943-8. 2006
    ....
  88. ncbi Outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a physician-staffed emergency medical system according to the Utstein style
    Heidi L Estner
    Deutsches Herzzentrum München and 1 Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany
    Am Heart J 153:792-9. 2007
    ..The aim of our study was to investigate the impact of a physician on the outcome of patients after OHCA...
  89. ncbi Outcome quality in the management of multiple casualty incidents
    T Vemmer
    Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 50:773-4. 2006
  90. ncbi Validation of a rule for termination of resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
    Laurie J Morrison
    Prehospital and Transport Medicine Research Program, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont, Canada
    N Engl J Med 355:478-87. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The use of a clinical prediction rule for the termination of resuscitation may help clinicians decide whether to terminate basic life support resuscitative efforts in patients having an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...
  91. ncbi Comparison of termination-of-resuscitation guidelines for basic life support: defibrillator providers in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
    Marcus E H Ong
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Ann Emerg Med 47:337-43. 2006
    ..can reduce unnecessary transport to hospital and associated road hazards and increase availability of emergency medical services (EMS) and emergency department resources for other patients...
  92. ncbi Treatment area considerations for mass casualty incidents
    Steven Cotter
    Emergency Medical Services, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
    Emerg Med Serv 35:48-51. 2006
    Mass casualty response is one of the most difficult aspects of emergency medical services. The medical incident command system is designed to treat and stabilize patients in a safe and effective manner...
  93. ncbi Guidelines for withholding or termination of resuscitation in prehospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest
    Laura R Hopson
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, USA
    J Am Coll Surg 196:475-81. 2003
  94. ncbi The perspective of paramedics about on-scene termination of resuscitation efforts for pediatric patients
    William L Hall
    Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
    Resuscitation 60:175-87. 2004
    ..The purpose of this study was to assess the attitude of paramedics to on-scene termination of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) efforts in children prior to developing a pediatric T-CPR policy...
  95. ncbi Evacuation priorities in mass casualty terror-related events: implications for contingency planning
    Sharon Einav
    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    Ann Surg 239:304-10. 2004
    ..To assess evacuation priorities during terror-related mass casualty incidents (MCIs) and their implications for hospital organization/contingency planning...
  96. ncbi Airway management in cardiac arrest--comparison of the laryngeal tube, tracheal intubation and bag-valve mask ventilation in emergency medical training
    J Kurola
    Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Kuopio University Hospital, P O Box 1777, FIN 70210 Kuopio, Finland
    Resuscitation 61:149-53. 2004
    ..0001). Our data suggest that the LT may enable airway control more rapidly and as effectively as ETI, and compared to BVM, may provide better minute ventilation when used by inexperienced personnel...
  97. ncbi Emergency medical service--mass gathering action plans
    Jan R Boatright
    Priority Mobile Health, New Orleans, LA, USA
    J Emerg Nurs 30:253-6. 2004
  98. ncbi Time to first shock by emergency medical technicians with automated external defibrillators
    Aaron M Brillhart
    University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA
    Prehosp Emerg Care 6:373-7. 2002
    ..In order to achieve the earliest possible defibrillation, many emergency medical services (EMS) systems equip first-responding units with an automated external defibrillator (AED)...
  99. ncbi Automated external defibrillators: the Singapore perspective
    Fatimah Lateef
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
    Emerg Med Serv 31:80-1, 95. 2002
  100. ncbi A multicasualty event: out-of-hospital and in-hospital organizational aspects
    Malka Avitzour
    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Trauma Unit, Hadassah Medical Organization, School of Public Health, PO Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
    Acad Emerg Med 11:1102-4. 2004
    ..While the walls remained intact, all three floors of the building collapsed, causing Israel's largest disaster...
  101. ncbi Mass-casualty terrorist bombings in Istanbul, Turkey, November 2003: report of the events and the prehospital emergency response
    Ulkumen Rodoplu
    Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey, Izmir, Turkey
    Prehosp Disaster Med 19:133-45. 2004
    ..This paper describes the two mass-casualty, terrorist attacks that occurred in Istanbul, Turkey in November 2003, and the resulting pre-hospital emergency response...

Research Grants76

  1. APPLIED REGIONALIZATION OF EMERGENCY CARE
    Charles Branas; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..develop an innovative mathematical tool to guide health planners in maximizing access to their State emergency medical services systems...
  2. Comparative Effectiveness of Prehospital and Hospital Emergency Care
    Joel C Cantor; Fiscal Year: 2010
    Patients with critical conditions such as cardiac arrest or major trauma often depend on prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) for life-saving care...
  3. EXPOSURE TO BLOOD AMONG NON-HOSPITAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS
    Jack Leiss; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..g., clinics, long-term care facilities, emergency medical services, correctional facilities, and home health care), (b)comparison of overall blood exposure incidence among ..
  4. Trauma System Evaluation with Survival Time Models
    David E Clark; Fiscal Year: 2010
    SUMMARY / ABSTRACT Proposed Objective and Approach: To determine and evaluate components of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and trauma systems that contribute to improved outcomes for acutely injured persons, using public data and ..
  5. Trauma System Evaluation with Survival Time Models
    David Clark; Fiscal Year: 2009
    SUMMARY / ABSTRACT Proposed Objective and Approach: To determine and evaluate components of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and trauma systems that contribute to improved outcomes for acutely injured persons, using public data and ..
  6. The Role of Neck Muscle Mechanics in Pediatric Head and Neck Injury
    David Nuckley; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Through a better understanding of child neck mechanics during these changes, emergency medical services such as patient extraction, transport, and diagnosis can be performed without further exacerbation of ..
  7. The Role of Neck Muscle Mechanics in Pediatric Head and Neck Injury
    David Nuckley; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Through a better understanding of child neck mechanics during these changes, emergency medical services such as patient extraction, transport, and diagnosis can be performed without further exacerbation of ..
  8. The Role of Neck Muscle Mechanics in Pediatric Head and Neck Injury
    David Nuckley; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Through a better understanding of child neck mechanics during these changes, emergency medical services such as patient extraction, transport, and diagnosis can be performed without further exacerbation of ..
  9. Milwaukee Regional Clinical Center
    THOMAS AUFDERHEIDE; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Memorial Lutheran Hospital (FMLH), the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), and the Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services System (MCEMS) as a Regional Clinical Center for the PULSE consortium, to be known as the Milwaukee ..
  10. Milwaukee Clinical Site Hub
    THOMAS AUFDERHEIDE; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..of the selected NETT Network protocols will exploit the award-winning models of the Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System and the nationally recognized Adult and Pediatric Trauma Centers housed at FMLH Adult ..
  11. A Comprehensive Surveillance of Occ Injury in Maryland
    Patricia Dischinger; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..records, death certificates, ambulance run sheets, police crash reports, trauma registry records, and emergency medical services communication logs...
  12. Seattle-King County Center for Resuscitation Research
    Peter Kudenchuk; Fiscal Year: 2007
    This application is the response of the University of Washington and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) of Seattle and King County, WA to the RFA HL-04-001 entitled "Clinical Research Consortium to Improve Resuscitation Outcomes...
  13. Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials (NETT) Network Clinical Site Hubs (U10)
    Barney Stern; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..The CSH leadership will also work closely with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) to effect pre-hospital protocols, as needed for the clinical trials to be conducted...
  14. Emergency Prehospital Investigative Consortium (EPIC)
    Terri Schmidt; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..requires that evaluation of potential interventions in both of these disease states incorporate the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system...
  15. Multi-Organizational Knowledge Based Approach Research
    Steven Moulton; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..the feasibility of using web services, based on standard SOAP/XML (HL-7) protocols, to exchange Emergency Medical Services (EMS) field data with disparate hospital information systems...
  16. The Northeast Center for Agricultural Health
    John May; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..now is continuation of work on: 3) Safe tractor operation (PSU) and a new five year effort that will use emergency medical services reports to build a 4) NY Statewide agricultural injury surveillance system (NYCAMH)...