Prehospital Emergency Care, Volume 24, Issue 2 (2020)

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Prehospital Emergency Care, Volume 24, Issue 2 (2020)

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Special Contributions

Article
Comparative Effectiveness of Analgesics to Reduce Acute Pain in the Prehospital Setting
Diana M. Sobieraj PharmD, Brandon K. Martinez PharmD, Benjamin Miao PharmD, Mark X. Cicero MD, Richard A. Kamin MD, Adrian V. Hernandez MD, PhD, Craig I. Coleman PharmD & William L. Baker PharmD
Pages: 163-174
Published online: 23 Sep 2019
AbstractforComparative Effectiveness of Analgesics to Reduce Acute Pain in the Prehospital Setting | Full Text | References | PDF (577.8 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Medical Services Systems
Brian Moore MD, FAAP, Manish I. Shah MD, MS, FAAP, Sylvia Owusu-Ansah MD, MPH, FAAP, Toni Gross MD, MPH, FAAP, Kathleen Brown MD, FAAP, Marianne Gausche-Hill MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAEMS, Katherine Remick MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAEMS, Kathleen Adelgais MD, MPH, FAAP, John Lyng MD, FAEMS, FACEP, NRP, Lara Rappaport MD, MPH, FAAP, Sally Snow RN, BSN, CPEN, FAEN, Cynthia Wright-Johnson MSN, RNC, Julie C. Leonard MD, MPH, FAAP, and American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Section on Emergency Medicine EMS Committee and Section on Surgery;American College of Emergency Physicians Emergency Medical Services Committee;Emergency Nurses Association Pediatric Committee;National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians Standards and Clinical Practice Committee;National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians Emergency Pediatric Care Committee
Pages: 175-179
Published online: 19 Dec 2019
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Original Contributions

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Females and Minority Racial/Ethnic Groups Remain Underrepresented in Emergency Medical Services: A Ten-Year Assessment, 2008–2017
Remle P. Crowe PhD, NREMT, William Krebs DO, Rebecca E. Cash MPH, NRP, Madison K. Rivard BS, NREMT, Erin W. Lincoln MD, EMT-P & Ashish R. Panchal MD, PhD
Pages: 180-187
Published online: 24 Jul 2019
AbstractforFemales and Minority Racial/Ethnic Groups Remain Underrepresented in Emergency Medical Services: A Ten-Year Assessment, 2008–2017 | Full Text | References | PDF (319.5 KB) | EPUB
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Push Dose Epinephrine Use in the Management of Hypotension During Critical Care Transport
Philip Stuart Nawrocki MD, Matthew Poremba DO & Benjamin James Lawner DO
Pages: 188-195
Published online: 28 Mar 2019
AbstractforPush Dose Epinephrine Use in the Management of Hypotension During Critical Care Transport | Full Text | References | PDF (304.4 KB) | EPUB
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Association Between Intravenous Fluid Bolus and Biomarker Trajectory During Prehospital Care
Emily B. Brant MD, Jason Kennedy MS, Christian Martin-Gill MD, MPH, Vanessa Jackson, Octavia M. Peck Palmer PhD, Clifton W. Callaway MD, PhD, Jeremy M. Kahn MD, MS, Donald M. Yealy MD, FACEP, Derek C. Angus MD, MPH, FRCP & Christopher W. Seymour MD, MSc
Pages: 196-203
Published online: 01 Jul 2019
AbstractforAssociation Between Intravenous Fluid Bolus and Biomarker Trajectory During Prehospital Care | Full Text | References | PDF (233.6 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Dosing Errors Made by Paramedics During Pediatric Patient Simulations After Implementation of a State-Wide Pediatric Drug Dosing Reference
John D. Hoyle Jr. MD, Glenn Ekblad DO, MSN, MPH, Tracy Hover BS, Alyssa Woodwyk MS, Richard Brandt MS, Bill Fales MD & Richard L. Lammers MD
Pages: 204-213
Published online: 10 Jun 2019
AbstractforDosing Errors Made by Paramedics During Pediatric Patient Simulations After Implementation of a State-Wide Pediatric Drug Dosing Reference | Full Text | References | PDF (633.3 KB) | EPUB
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Homeless Shelter Users and Their Experiences as EMS Patients: A Qualitative Study
William J. Leggio EdD, NRP, Anthony Giguere BS EMS, NRP, Carissa Sininger BS EMS, NRP, Nicole Zlotnicki BS EMS, NRP, Samuel Walker BS EMS, NRP & Michael G. Miller EdD, RN, NRP
Pages: 214-219
Published online: 28 Jun 2019
AbstractforHomeless Shelter Users and Their Experiences as EMS Patients: A Qualitative Study | Full Text | References | PDF (192.4 KB) | EPUB
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Focus on Cardiac Arrest

Article
Effect of Implementation of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation-Targeted Multi-Tier Response System on Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Before-and-After Population-Based Study
Sun Young Lee MD, MS., Kyoung Jun Song MD, PhD & Sang Do Shin MD, PhD
Pages: 220-231
Published online: 10 Jul 2019
AbstractforEffect of Implementation of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation-Targeted Multi-Tier Response System on Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Before-and-After Population-Based Study | Full Text | References | PDF (596 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Dual Defibrillation is Highly Variable: An Analysis of Pulse Interval Delivered in Dual Defibrillation
Richard J. Hamilton MD, Mark Ramzy DO, Jamie Teufel EMT-P, EMS, Glenn Laub MD & J. Yasha Kresh PhD
Pages: 232-237
Published online: 14 Jun 2019
AbstractforDual Defibrillation is Highly Variable: An Analysis of Pulse Interval Delivered in Dual Defibrillation | Full Text | References | PDF (772.9 KB) | EPUB
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Simulating Public Buses as a Mobile Platform for Deployment of Publicly Accessible Automated External Defibrillators
Hadi Hajari MS, Jessica Salerno BA, Lenny S. Weiss MD, James J. Menegazzi PhD, Hassan Karimi PhD & David D. Salcido PhD
Pages: 238-244
Published online: 18 Jun 2019
AbstractforSimulating Public Buses as a Mobile Platform for Deployment of Publicly Accessible Automated External Defibrillators | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB) | EPUB
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Focus on Trauma

Article
Survival Benefit of Treatment at or Transfer to a Tertiary Trauma Center among Injured Older Adults
Tabitha Garwe PhD, MPH, Kenneth E. Stewart PhD, MPH, Craig D. Newgard MD, MPH, Julie A. Stoner PhD, John C. Sacra MD, Patrick Cody DO, MPH, Babawale Oluborode MBBS, MPH & Roxie M. Albrecht MD
Pages: 245-256
Published online: 16 Jul 2019
AbstractforSurvival Benefit of Treatment at or Transfer to a Tertiary Trauma Center among Injured Older Adults | Full Text | References | PDF (415.2 KB) | EPUB
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Injured Older Adults Transported by Emergency Medical Services: One Year Outcomes by POLST Status
Dana Zive MPH, Craig D. Newgard MD, MPH, Amber Lin MS, Aaron B. Caughey MD, PhD, Susan Malveau MS & Elizabeth Eckstrom MD, MPH
Pages: 257-264
Published online: 29 May 2019
AbstractforInjured Older Adults Transported by Emergency Medical Services: One Year Outcomes by POLST Status | Full Text | References | PDF (400.3 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Military Medicine

Article
U.S. Military Medical Evacuation and Prehospital Care of Pediatric Trauma Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan
Jason F. Naylor DSc PA-C, Michael D. April MD PhD MS, Erick E. Thronson BSN, Guyon J. Hill MD & Steven G. Schauer DO MS
Pages: 265-272
Published online: 19 Jun 2019
AbstractforU.S. Military Medical Evacuation and Prehospital Care of Pediatric Trauma Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan | Full Text | References | PDF (148.5 KB) | EPUB
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Education and Practice

Article
Assessing Severity of Illness in Patients Transported to Hospital by Paramedics: External Validation of 3 Prognostic Scores
Daniel J. Lane PhD, Hannah Wunsch MD, MSc, Refik Saskin MS, Sheldon Cheskes MD, Steve Lin MDCM, MSc, Laurie J. Morrison MD, MSc & Damon C. Scales MD, PhD
Pages: 273-281
Published online: 15 Jul 2019
AbstractforAssessing Severity of Illness in Patients Transported to Hospital by Paramedics: External Validation of 3 Prognostic Scores | Full Text | References | PDF (716.2 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Classification versus Prediction of Mortality Risk using the SIRS and qSOFA Scores in Patients with Infection Transported by Paramedics
Daniel J. Lane PhD, Steve Lin MDCM, MSc & Damon C. Scales MD, PhD
Pages: 282-289
Published online: 19 Jun 2019
AbstractforClassification versus Prediction of Mortality Risk using the SIRS and qSOFA Scores in Patients with Infection Transported by Paramedics | Full Text | References | PDF (814.1 KB) | EPUB
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Critical Medication Shortages: Effective Strategies to Maintain Continuous Medication Availability for Emergency Medical Services
Denise Whitfield MD, MBA, Nichole Bosson MD, MPH, Dorothy Habrat DO, John Telmos RN, Gary Watson BSN, MBA, Marc Eckstein MD, MPH, Clayton Kazan MD & Marianne Gausche-Hill MD
Pages: 290-296
Published online: 31 May 2019
AbstractforCritical Medication Shortages: Effective Strategies to Maintain Continuous Medication Availability for Emergency Medical Services | Full Text | References | PDF (243.2 KB) | EPUB
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Case Conference

Article
Guiding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation with Focused Echocardiography: A Report of Five Cases
Rachel B. Liu MD, Sandy Bogucki MD, PhD, Evie G. Marcolini MD, Connie Y. Yu MD, Charles R. Wira MD, Sharmin Kalam MD, James Daley MD, MPH, Chris L. Moore MD & David C. Cone MD
Pages: 297-302
Published online: 01 Jul 2019
AbstractforGuiding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation with Focused Echocardiography: A Report of Five Cases | Full Text | References | PDF (819.5 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Letters

Letter
Challenges of Being Prepared for Pediatric Emergencies
Jost Kaufmann MD & Michael Laschat MD
Pages: 303-304
Published online: 19 Jun 2019
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Other Approaches to Prehospital Transesophageal Echocardiography
Darren Braude, Jenna White & Trenton Wray
Pages: 305-306
Published online: 15 Jul 2019
CitationforOther Approaches to Prehospital Transesophageal Echocardiography | Full Text | References | PDF (550.4 KB) | EPUB
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