Prehospital Emergency Care, Volume 23, Issue 6 (2019)

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Prehospital Emergency Care, Volume 23, Issue 6 (2019)

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Special Contribution

Article
Evidence-Based Guidelines for EMS Administration of Naloxone
Kenneth Williams MD, Eddy S. Lang MDCM, CCFP (EM), Ashish R. Panchal PhD, MD, James J. Gasper PharmD, BCPP, Peter Taillac MD, John Gouda MB BCH BAO, John W. Lyng MD, NRP, Jeffrey M. Goodloe MD & Mary Hedges MPA
Pages: 749-763
Published online: 17 Apr 2019
AbstractforEvidence-Based Guidelines for EMS Administration of Naloxone | Full Text | References | PDF (330.5 KB) | EPUB
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Original Contributions

Article
Bolus Dose Epinephrine Improves Blood Pressure but is Associated with Increased Mortality in Critical Care Transport
Francis Xavier Guyette MD, MPH, Christian Martin-Gill MD, MPH, Gabriela Galli BS, Neal McQuaid BS & Jonathan Elmer MD, MS
Pages: 764-771
Published online: 09 Apr 2019
AbstractforBolus Dose Epinephrine Improves Blood Pressure but is Associated with Increased Mortality in Critical Care Transport | Full Text | References | PDF (183.5 KB) | EPUB
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Characteristics of Prehospital Electrocardiogram Use in North Carolina Using a Novel Linkage of Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Department Data
Jessica K. Zègre-Hemsey PhD, RN, Josephine Asafu-Adjei PhD, Antonio Fernandez PhD & Jane Brice MD, MPH
Pages: 772-779
Published online: 17 Apr 2019
AbstractforCharacteristics of Prehospital Electrocardiogram Use in North Carolina Using a Novel Linkage of Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Department Data | Full Text | References | PDF (108.6 KB) | EPUB
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Characteristics of Patients with Recurrent Emergency Medical Services Utilization for Symptomatic Hypoglycemia in an Urban Setting
Laurel O’Connor MD, Ricky C. Kue MD, MPH, FACEP, FAEMS & Mark J. O’Connor MD
Pages: 780-787
Published online: 28 Mar 2019
AbstractforCharacteristics of Patients with Recurrent Emergency Medical Services Utilization for Symptomatic Hypoglycemia in an Urban Setting | Full Text | References | PDF (209.1 KB) | EPUB
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Effects of Real-time EMS Direction on Optimizing EMS Turnaround and Load-balancing Between Neighboring Hospital Campuses
Joseph Felice MD EMT-P, Ryan F. Coughlin MD, Kevin Burns PA-C EMT-P, Christopher Chmura MSN RN, Sandy Bogucki MD, PhD, David C. Cone MD, Daniel Joseph MD, Vivek Parwani MD, Fangyong Li MPH MS, Thomas Saxa MSN RN & Andrew Ulrich MD
Pages: 788-794
Published online: 27 Mar 2019
AbstractforEffects of Real-time EMS Direction on Optimizing EMS Turnaround and Load-balancing Between Neighboring Hospital Campuses | Full Text | References | PDF (252 KB) | EPUB
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Layperson Ability and Willingness to Use Hemostatic Dressings: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Craig Goolsby MD, MEd, FACEP, Luis Rojas MS, Krista Moore MD, Eric Kretz BS, Eunice Singletary MD, Victoria Klimczak BS & Nathan Charlton MD
Pages: 795-801
Published online: 09 Apr 2019
AbstractforLayperson Ability and Willingness to Use Hemostatic Dressings: A Randomized, Controlled Trial | Full Text | References | PDF (383.5 KB) | EPUB
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Weather and Temporal Factors Associated with Use of Emergency Medical Services
Sriram Ramgopal MD, Jennifer Dunnick MD MPH, Sylvia Owusu-Ansah MD MPH, Nalyn Siripong PhD, David D. Salcido MPH PhD & Christian Martin-Gill MD MPH
Pages: 802-810
Published online: 05 Apr 2019
AbstractforWeather and Temporal Factors Associated with Use of Emergency Medical Services | Full Text | References | PDF (690.5 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Effects of Spinal Immobilization and Spinal Motion Restriction on Head-Neck Kinematics during Ambulance Transport
Florent Thézard MSc, CAT(C), Neil McDonald MPhil, ACP, Dean Kriellaars PhD, CEP, Gordon Giesbrecht PhD, FAsMA, Erin Weldon MD, FRCPC(EM) & Rob T. Pryce PhD, CAT(C)
Pages: 811-819
Published online: 15 Mar 2019
AbstractforEffects of Spinal Immobilization and Spinal Motion Restriction on Head-Neck Kinematics during Ambulance Transport | Full Text | References | PDF (499.4 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Focus on Trauma

Article
Dutch Prospective Observational Study on Prehospital Treatment of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: The BRAIN-PROTECT Study Protocol
Sebastiaan M. Bossers MD, Christa Boer PhD, Sjoerd Greuters MD, Frank W. Bloemers MD, PhD, Dennis Den Hartog MD, PhD, Esther M. M. Van Lieshout PhD, Nico Hoogerwerf MD, PhD, Gerard Innemee MD, PhD, Joukje van der Naalt MD, Anthony R. Absalom MD, PhD, Saskia M. Peerdeman MD, PhD, Matthijs de Visser, Stephan Loer MD, PhD, Patrick Schober MD, PhD & on behalf of the BRAIN-PROTECT collaborators
Pages: 820-827
Published online: 27 Mar 2019
AbstractforDutch Prospective Observational Study on Prehospital Treatment of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: The BRAIN-PROTECT Study Protocol | Full Text | References | PDF (573.8 KB) | EPUB
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Article
Evaluation of Trauma Triage Criteria Performance in a Regional Trauma System
Nichole Bosson MD, MPH, Amy H. Kaji MD, PhD, Marianne Gausche-Hill MD, Dennis Kim MD, Brant Putnam MD, Shira Schlesinger MD, George Singer MD & Roger J. Lewis MD, PhD
Pages: 828-837
Published online: 01 Apr 2019
AbstractforEvaluation of Trauma Triage Criteria Performance in a Regional Trauma System | Full Text | References | PDF (640.3 KB) | EPUB
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Focus on Cardiac Arrest

Article
Timing of Advanced Airway Placement after Witnessed Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Justin L. Benoit MD, MS, Jason T. McMullan MD, Henry E. Wang MD, MPH, MS, Changchun Xie PhD, Peixin Xu MS, Kimberly W. Hart MA, Uwe Stolz PhD, MPH & Christopher J. Lindsell PhD
Pages: 838-846
Published online: 23 Apr 2019
AbstractforTiming of Advanced Airway Placement after Witnessed Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest | Full Text | References | PDF (922.9 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Comparison of Outcomes and Characteristics of Emergency Medical Services (EMS)-Witnessed, Bystander-Witnessed, and Unwitnessed Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in Singapore
Michael Yih Chong Chia MBBS, Tammy Pei Wen Kwa MB, Bch, BAO, Win Wah MBBS, Susan Yap RN, Nausheen Edwin Doctor MBBS, Yih Yng Ng MBBS, FAMS, MRCS A&E, MPH, MBA, Desmond R. Mao MBBS, Benjamin Sieu-Hon Leong MBBS, Han Nee Gan MBBS, Lai Peng Tham MBBS, Si Oon Cheah MBBS & Marcus Eng Hock Ong MBBS (S’pore), MPH
Pages: 847-854
Published online: 27 Mar 2019
AbstractforComparison of Outcomes and Characteristics of Emergency Medical Services (EMS)-Witnessed, Bystander-Witnessed, and Unwitnessed Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in Singapore | Full Text | References | PDF (694.5 KB) | EPUB
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Education and Practice

Article
Non-Auto-Injector Epinephrine Administration by Basic Life Support Providers: A Literature Review and Consensus Process
John W. Lyng MD, Chelsea C. White IV MD, T. Quigley Peterson MD, Heidi Lako-Adamson MD, Jeffrey M. Goodloe MD, Michael W. Dailey MD, Brian M. Clemency DO & Lawrence H. Brown PhD
Pages: 855-861
Published online: 19 Apr 2019
AbstractforNon-Auto-Injector Epinephrine Administration by Basic Life Support Providers: A Literature Review and Consensus Process | Full Text | References | PDF (246.3 KB) | EPUB
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Free Access
Article
Evaluation of a Selective Prehospital Pediatric Spinal Protection Protocol
Caleb E. Ward MB BChir, Gia Marissa Badolato MPH, Kristen Breslin MB, MPH, Kathleen Brown MD & Joelle N. Simpson MD, MPH
Pages: 862-869
Published online: 25 Mar 2019
AbstractforEvaluation of a Selective Prehospital Pediatric Spinal Protection Protocol | Full Text | References | PDF (411.4 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Paramedic-Identified Enablers of and Barriers to Pediatric Seizure Management: A Multicenter, Qualitative Study
John M. Carey MD, Jonathan R. Studnek PhD, Lorin R. Browne DO, Daniel G. Ostermayer MD, Thomas Grawey DO, Stephanie Schroter MD, E. Brooke Lerner PhD & Manish I. Shah MD, MS
Pages: 870-881
Published online: 13 May 2019
AbstractforParamedic-Identified Enablers of and Barriers to Pediatric Seizure Management: A Multicenter, Qualitative Study | Full Text | References | PDF (809.2 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Preliminary Report

Report
A Geospatial Analysis of Distances to Hospitals that Admit Pediatric Asthma Patients
Jennifer Fishe MD, Erik Finlay MPH, Sam Palmer MAURP & Phyllis Hendry MD
Pages: 882-886
Published online: 05 Apr 2019
AbstractforA Geospatial Analysis of Distances to Hospitals that Admit Pediatric Asthma Patients | Full Text | References | PDF (263.9 KB) | EPUB
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