Prehospital Emergency Care, Volume 13, Issue 1 (2009)

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Prehospital Emergency Care, Volume 13, Issue 1 (2009)

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Original Contributions

Article
Influenza Vaccination among Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Department Personnel
Erik Rueckmann MD, Manish N. Shah MD, MPH & Sharon G. Humiston MD, MPH
Pages: 1-5
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforInfluenza Vaccination among Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Department Personnel | Full Text | References | PDF (57.5 KB)
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Blood or Body Fluid Exposures and HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis Utilization among First Responders
Roland C. Merchant MD, MPH, ScD, Jacob E. Nettleton, Kenneth H. Mayer MD & Bruce M. Becker MD, MPH
Pages: 6-13
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforBlood or Body Fluid Exposures and HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis Utilization among First Responders | Full Text | References | PDF (227.1 KB)
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Needle Thoracostomy for Tension Pneumothorax: Failure Predicted by Chest Computed Tomography
Robert L. Stevens MD, Angel A. Rochester MD, Jonathan Busko MD, Thomas Blackwell MD, Daniel Schwartz MD, Anne Argenta BS & Ronald F. Sing DO
Pages: 14-17
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforNeedle Thoracostomy for Tension Pneumothorax: Failure Predicted by Chest Computed Tomography | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB)
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Needle versus Tube Thoracostomy in a Swine Model of Traumatic Tension Hemopneumothorax
John B. Holcomb MD, John G. McManus MD, MCR, S. T. Kerr MD & Anthony E. Pusateri PhD
Pages: 18-27
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforNeedle versus Tube Thoracostomy in a Swine Model of Traumatic Tension Hemopneumothorax | Full Text | References | PDF (4.7 MB)
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Focus on Helicopter EMS

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Validity of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Dispatch Criteria for Traumatic Injuries: A Systematic Review
Akkie N. Ringburg MD, Gijs de Ronde MD, Stephen H. Thomas MD, MPH, Esther M. M. van Lieshout PhD, Peter Patka MD, PhD & Inger B. Schipper MD, PhD
Pages: 28-36
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforValidity of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Dispatch Criteria for Traumatic Injuries: A Systematic Review | Full Text | References | PDF (544.2 KB)
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Willingness to Pay for Lives Saved by Helicopter Emergency Medical Services
Akkie N. Ringburg MD, Martina Buljac Msc, Elly A. Stolk PhD, Esther M. M. van Lieshout PhD, Ed F. van Beeck MD, PhD, Peter Patka MD, PhD & Inger B. Schipper MD, PhD
Pages: 37-43
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforWillingness to Pay for Lives Saved by Helicopter Emergency Medical Services | Full Text | References | PDF (301.1 KB)
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Performance of Endotracheal Intubation and Rescue Techniques by Emergency Services Personnel in an Air Medical Service
Carl A. Germann MD, Michael R. Baumann MD, Kevin M. Kendall MD, Tania D. Strout RN, BSN, MS & Kim McGraw CCEMT-P, RN, FP-C
Pages: 44-49
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforPerformance of Endotracheal Intubation and Rescue Techniques by Emergency Services Personnel in an Air Medical Service | Full Text | References | PDF (60.6 KB)
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Military Medicine

Article
The Accuracy of Portable Ultrasonography to Diagnose Fractures in an Austere Environment
Christopher R. McNeil MD, John McManus MD, MCR & Sumeru Mehta MD, MPH
Pages: 50-52
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforThe Accuracy of Portable Ultrasonography to Diagnose Fractures in an Austere Environment | Full Text | References | PDF (210.3 KB)
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Education and Practice

Article
Physician Medical Oversight in Emergency Medical Services: Where Are We?
Jonathan R. Studnek MS, NREMT-P, Antonio R. Fernandez BS, NREMT-P, Gregg S. Margolis PhD, NREMT-P & Robert E. O'Connor MD
Pages: 53-58
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforPhysician Medical Oversight in Emergency Medical Services: Where Are We? | Full Text | References | PDF (65.6 KB)
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Article
Student Paramedic Experience with Prehospital Cardiac Arrest Cases in Johannesburg, South Africa
Christopher Stein BTech, BSc
Pages: 59-63
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforStudent Paramedic Experience with Prehospital Cardiac Arrest Cases in Johannesburg, South Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (55.1 KB)
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Do Emergency Medical Services Professionals Think They Should Participate in Disease Prevention?
E. Brooke Lerner PhD, Antonio R. Fernandez BS, NREMT-P & Manish N. Shah MD, MPH
Pages: 64-70
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforDo Emergency Medical Services Professionals Think They Should Participate in Disease Prevention? | Full Text | References | PDF (64.8 KB)
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Preliminary Reports

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Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus on the Stethoscopes of Emergency Medical Services Providers
Mark A. Merlin DO, Matthew L. Wong MPH, Peter W. Pryor MD, MPH, Kevin Rynn, Andreia Marques-Baptista MD, Rachael Perritt PharmD, Catherine G. Stanescu MD & Timothy Fallon BS
Pages: 71-74
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforPrevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus on the Stethoscopes of Emergency Medical Services Providers | Full Text | References | PDF (52.2 KB)
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Comparison of Use of the the Airtraq with Direct Laryngoscopy by Paramedics in the Simulated Airway
Thomas A. Nowicki MD, James C. Suozzi DO, NREMT-P, Mark Dziedzic MD, Richard Kamin MD, Stephen Donahue BS, RRT & Kenneth Robinson MD
Pages: 75-80
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforComparison of Use of the the Airtraq with Direct Laryngoscopy by Paramedics in the Simulated Airway | Full Text | References | PDF (309.6 KB)
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Method of Cold Saline Storage for Prehospital Induced Hypothermia
Mitch Kampmeyer BS & Clifton Callaway MD, PhD
Pages: 81-84
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforMethod of Cold Saline Storage for Prehospital Induced Hypothermia | Full Text | References | PDF (693.1 KB)
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Case Conference

Article
Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Defibrillation in Severe Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest
Christopher H. Lee MD, Carin Van Gelder MD, Kevin Burns PA-C, EMT-P & David C. Cone MD
Pages: 85-89
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
AbstractforAdvanced Cardiac Life Support and Defibrillation in Severe Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest | Full Text | References | PDF (2.7 MB)
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Abstracts

Article
Abstracts for the 2009 NAEMSP Scientific Assembly
Pages: 90-150
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
First Page PreviewforAbstracts for the 2009 NAEMSP Scientific Assembly | Full Text | PDF (442.7 KB)
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Erratum

Correction
Erratum
Page: 151
Published online: 02 Jul 2009
CitationforErratum | Full Text | PDF (16.3 KB)
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