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• Former EMT tries to convert bag valve masks into ventilators

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  Worcester Polytechnic Institute Professor Gregory Fischer hopes to create an open-source design that will help address COVID-19-driven ventilator shortages

• Analysis of recorded CPR cases improves ED resuscitation outcomes

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  A team of researchers and physicians developed a format for reviewing and reforming CPR practices to improve cardiac arrest survival rates

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• Research: Illness from accidental opioid exposure ‘extremely unlikely’

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  Researchers warn that misinformation about unintentional fentanyl exposure can have negative consequences for responders and opioid overdose patients

• Federal survey reveals high public trust in EMS services, providers

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  The vast majority of respondents to the NHTSA survey said they considered EMS to be an essential government service

• Grants, awards presented at NAEMSP 2020 Meeting

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  More than a dozen awards, including $10,000 in research grants, were presented to professionals at the annual conference

• Bystander CPR is less common in Hispanic neighborhoods, study finds

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  The study findings suggest a need for more CPR training in Hispanic communities

• Federal agencies request input on prehospital airway management questions

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  The agencies are seeking feedback on key questions that will be used to review research and develop evidence-based guidelines

• Wis. efficiency study may lead to reorganization of fire, EMS response

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  The research suggests that some municipalities may be better served if agencies from other municipalities responded

• EMS World Expo Quick Take: How big data is used to improve EMS clinical care

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  Big data is readily available to EMS leaders to capture, review and apply to making change to improve patient outcomes in every community

• Drones arrive 7 minutes before EMS crews in policy-changing trial

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  A Canadian cellular-connected drone trial resulted in a deployment policy change after the study showed significant time saved when using drones to transport AEDs

• Research team seeks data on EMS nicotine, tobacco use

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  EMS providers are asked to answer an anonymous survey to explore the need for nicotine cessation programs for providers

• Study of underrepresented groups shows change will be slow to come in EMS diversity

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  Researchers suggest early recruitment efforts to improve the lack of diversity in EMS, which has cultural divide, communication implications

• Deaths of 9/11 first responders from Ground Zero-related illnesses are on the rise

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  Doctors who study pulmonary fibrosis are just beginning to focus on 9/11 victims as the long-term effects of exposure are emerging

• Study: 9/11 first responders with PTSD at higher risk for early-onset dementia

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  A significant portion of first responders had new onset cognitive impairment years after their first initial cognitive test

• A research-based approach to understanding assaults against EMS personnel

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  EMS Chief Ernesto M. Rodriguez shares insights from the City of Austin EMS Department Assault Survey

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