Prehospital Emergency Care, Volume 22, Issue 3 (2018)

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Prehospital Emergency Care, Volume 22, Issue 3 (2018)

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Original Contributions

Article
Measuring a Crisis: Questioning the Use of Naloxone Administrations as a Marker for Opioid Overdoses in a Large U.S. EMS System
Joseph M. Grover MD, Taibah Alabdrabalnabi MD, Mehul D. Patel PhD, Michael W. Bachman MHS, EMT-P, Timothy F. Platts-Mills MD, MSc, Jose G. Cabanas MD, MPH & Jefferson G. Williams MD, MPH
Pages: 281-289
Published online: 03 Jan 2018
AbstractforMeasuring a Crisis: Questioning the Use of Naloxone Administrations as a Marker for Opioid Overdoses in a Large U.S. EMS System | Full Text | References | PDF (232.5 KB) | Supplemental
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Out-of-Hospital Pediatric Patient Safety Events: Results of the CSI Chart Review
Garth Meckler MD, MSHS, Matthew Hansen MD, MCR, William Lambert PhD, Kerth O'Brien PhD, Caitlin Dickinson MPH, Kathryn Dickinson MPH, Joshua Van Otterloo MSPH & Jeanne-Marie Guise MD, MPH
Pages: 290-299
Published online: 12 Oct 2017
AbstractforOut-of-Hospital Pediatric Patient Safety Events: Results of the CSI Chart Review | Full Text | References | PDF (280 KB) | Supplemental
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Evaluation of Physiologic Alterations during Prehospital Paramedic-Performed Rapid Sequence Intubation
Robert G. Walker BA, Lynn J. White MS, Geneva N. Whitmore MPH, Alexander Esibov BS, Michael K. Levy MD, Gregory C. Cover MD, Joel D. Edminster MD & James M. Nania MD, FACEP
Pages: 300-311
Published online: 03 Jan 2018
AbstractforEvaluation of Physiologic Alterations during Prehospital Paramedic-Performed Rapid Sequence Intubation | Full Text | References | PDF (550 KB)
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Open Access
Article
Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale Can Identify Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke
Christopher T. Richards MD, MS, FAEMS, Ryan Huebinger MD, Katie L. Tataris MD, MPH, FAEMS, Joseph M. Weber MD, Laura Eggers RN, Eddie Markul MD, Leslee Stein-Spencer RN, MS, Kenneth S. Pearlman MD, Jane L. Holl MD, MPH & Shyam Prabhakaran MD, MS
Pages: 312-318
Published online: 03 Jan 2018
AbstractforCincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale Can Identify Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke | Full Text | References | PDF (154.2 KB)
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Syringe Administration of Epinephrine by Emergency Medical Technicians for Anaphylaxis
Andrew J. Latimer MD, Sofia Husain MPH, Jonathan Nolan MICP, Vinod Doreswamy MD, Thomas D. Rea MD, MPH, Michael R. Sayre MD & Mickey S. Eisenberg MD, MPH, PhD
Pages: 319-325
Published online: 15 Jan 2018
AbstractforSyringe Administration of Epinephrine by Emergency Medical Technicians for Anaphylaxis | Full Text | References | PDF (303 KB)
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Impact of a Mass Gathering Alcohol Sobering Facility on Emergency Resources
Franco Castro-Marin MD, Steven A. Maher MD, Tomas Navarro MD, Tomas Nuño PhD, John Whitney EMT, Andrew McDonald BS, EMT-P, Albert Razo RN, Christopher Marcuzzo MD, Russell Chick MD & Joshua B. Gaither MD
Pages: 326-331
Published online: 03 Jan 2018
AbstractforImpact of a Mass Gathering Alcohol Sobering Facility on Emergency Resources | Full Text | References | PDF (116.1 KB)
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Focus on Cardiac Arrest

Article
Does Experience Matter? Paramedic Cardiac Resuscitation Experience Effect on Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes
Nicholas Weiss DO, Elliot Ross MD, Craig Cooley MD, MPH, EMT-P, Joan Polk BA LP, Christopher Velasquez EMT-P, Stephen Harper MD, Benjamin Walrath MD, Theodore Redman MD, Julian Mapp MD & David Wampler PhD LP
Pages: 332-337
Published online: 22 Dec 2017
AbstractforDoes Experience Matter? Paramedic Cardiac Resuscitation Experience Effect on Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes | Full Text | References | PDF (211.7 KB)
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No Benefit in Neurologic Outcomes of Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with Mechanical Compression Device
Ryan Newberry DO, Ted Redman MD, Elliot Ross MD, Rachel Ely DO, Clayton Saidler, Allyson Arana PhD, David Wampler PhD & David Miramontes MD
Pages: 338-344
Published online: 18 Jan 2018
AbstractforNo Benefit in Neurologic Outcomes of Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with Mechanical Compression Device | Full Text | References | PDF (304 KB)
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Association between Weather-Related Factors and Cardiac Arrest of Presumed Cardiac Etiology: A Prospective Observational Study Based on Out-of-Hospital Care Data
Mario Hensel MD, PhD, Daniel Geppert MD, Jan F. Kersten, Markus Stuhr MD, Jürgen Lorenz D-BIOL, PhD, Sebastian Wirtz MD & Thoralf Kerner MD, PhD
Pages: 345-352
Published online: 18 Jan 2018
AbstractforAssociation between Weather-Related Factors and Cardiac Arrest of Presumed Cardiac Etiology: A Prospective Observational Study Based on Out-of-Hospital Care Data | Full Text | References | PDF (311.3 KB) | Supplemental
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International EMS

Article
Response by Twin Italian Hub Hospitals in a Double Seismic Event: A Retrospective Observational Investigation
Alberto Barbieri MD, Gabriele Melegari MD, Valentina Lob MBBS, Lorenzo Mazzali MBBS, Luca D'Amelio MBBS, Andrea Giovannoni BSGeo & Enrico Giuliani MD PhD
Pages: 353-360
Published online: 18 Jan 2018
AbstractforResponse by Twin Italian Hub Hospitals in a Double Seismic Event: A Retrospective Observational Investigation | Full Text | References | PDF (416.6 KB)
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Education and Practice

Article
Improving Prehospital Protocol Adherence Using Bundled Educational Interventions
Megan C. Marino MD, Daniel G. Ostermayer MD, Juan A. Mondragon, Elizabeth A. Camp PhD, Elizabeth M. Keating MD, Louis B. Fornage MD, Charles A. Brown MD, MPH & Manish I. Shah MD, MS
Pages: 361-369
Published online: 24 Jan 2018
AbstractforImproving Prehospital Protocol Adherence Using Bundled Educational Interventions | Full Text | References | PDF (270.8 KB)
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Article
National Assessment of Quality Programs in Emergency Medical Services
Michael Redlener MD, Patrick Olivieri MD, George T. Loo MPA, MPH, DrPH, Kevin Munjal MD, MPH, MSCR, Michael T. Hilton MD, MPH, Katya Trudeau Potkin MS, EMT-B, Michael Levy MD, Jeffrey Rabrich DO, Michael R. Gunderson & Sabina A. Braithwaite MD, MPH
Pages: 370-378
Published online: 03 Jan 2018
AbstractforNational Assessment of Quality Programs in Emergency Medical Services | Full Text | References | PDF (279.4 KB)
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Article
Paramedic-Initiated Home Care Referrals and Use of Home Care and Emergency Medical Services
Amol A. Verma MD, MPhil, John Klich BA, ACP, Adam Thurston RN, ACP, Jordan Scantlebury MSc, MPP, Alex Kiss PhD, Gayle Seddon RN, MHS & Samir K. Sinha MD, DPhil
Pages: 379-384
Published online: 15 Nov 2017
AbstractforParamedic-Initiated Home Care Referrals and Use of Home Care and Emergency Medical Services | Full Text | References | PDF (101.3 KB)
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Preliminary Reports

Report
Comparison Of The I-Gel Supraglottic And King Laryngotracheal Airways In A Simulated Tactical Environment
Juan A. March, Theresa E. Tassey, Noel B. Resurreccion, Roberto C. Portela & Stephen E. Taylor
Pages: 385-389
Published online: 24 Jan 2018
AbstractforComparison Of The I-Gel Supraglottic And King Laryngotracheal Airways In A Simulated Tactical Environment | Full Text | References | PDF (276.7 KB)
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Position Statement

EMS Physician-Performed Clinical Interventions in the Field
Pages: 390-391
Published online: 24 Jan 2018
CitationforEMS Physician-Performed Clinical Interventions in the Field | Full Text | PDF (56.8 KB)
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Consensus Statement

Article
Consensus Statement- Prehospital Care of Exertional Heat Stroke
Luke N. Belval MS, ATC, Douglas J. Casa PhD, ATC, William M. Adams PhD, ATC, George T. Chiampas DO, Jolie C. Holschen MD, Yuri Hosokawa PhD, ATC, John Jardine MD, Shawn F. Kane MD, Michele Labotz MD, Renée S. Lemieux BS, Kyle B. McClaine MD, Nathaniel S. Nye MD, Francis G. O'Connor MD, MPH, Bryan Prine MD, Neha P. Raukar MD, Michael S. Smith MD, PharmD & Rebecca L. Stearns PhD, ATC
Pages: 392-397
Published online: 16 Jan 2018
AbstractforConsensus Statement- Prehospital Care of Exertional Heat Stroke | Full Text | References | PDF (388.6 KB)
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