EMS1 Research Center
The EMS1 Research Center serves as a central access point for critical prehospital medicine research that can help drive operational and policy changes at the local, state and federal level.
Get insights into EMS provider behavior and beliefs related to hot topics like fatigue management, and participate in EMS1 polls and surveys.
Additionally, find the latest information about research conducted by esteemed EMS organizations, such as the American Ambulance Association, and National Association of EMS Physicians, among other organizations focused on provider health and wellness, patient assessment and treatment, and a variety of safety issues.
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In the wake of three deadly MCIs in November, only 11% of poll respondents said their agency is fully staffed and trained for a mass casualty incident
Canadian researchers studied the impact of a single night without sleep, as well as chronic poor sleep quality
The nationally representative survey questioned more than 6,000 drivers in November and December of 2010
In 2009, Idaho’s suicide rate rose to 19.9 percent per 100,000 people — a 20 to 22 percent increase from the previous year
Current research does not provide strong support for using passenger compartment intrusion alone as a reliable triage tool for selecting patients that require trauma center destinations.
Patrol cars equipped with AEDs important for cops who act as first responders
Reports of teenagers collapsing from sudden cardiac arrest fuel debate about screening young athletes
The report focuses on the collection of ambulance crash data, including fatalities and injuries from all 50 states, and the methods used to collect this data
The Combat Casualty Training Consortium will analyze medical information collected on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade
Nearly 5 percent of Americans ages 12 and older say they’ve abused prescription painkillers
The first formal CPR guidelines advocated by the American Heart Association included a statement that “elevation of the lower extremities may promote venous return and augment artificial circulation during external cardiac compression”
A string of deadly accidents has prompted calls for tougher regulation of the tour bus industry
Possible explanations for the decline in hospital stays abound, including healthier hearts, better control of risk factors like high blood pressure, and more patients treated in emergency rooms and clinics
Bicycling and football were the leading reasons for the kids’ brain injuries, but health officials said that could be at least partly related to the popularity of those activities
For most patients, benzodiazepines are used to sedate the patient and then an anti-psychotic is added, and a third drug, a paralysing agent, also can be injected if needed
Sixty-nine million people had to travel farther to reach a trauma center in 2007 than in 2001, according a study in the journal Health Affairs
The “Golden Hour” that holds that traumatized patients receiving definitive care during the first sixty minutes following injury gave rise to much of the infrastructure currently supporting EMS
More than half of families surveyed had no plan for what to do in a major emergency
Researchers analyzed reports to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about all adverse events connected to use of an AED between January 1993 and October 2008
The government and a host of private groups led research on how to shorten treatment times and started campaigns to persuade hospitals that this was the right thing to do
Statistics from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety indicate that August is the deadliest month of the year to be on America’s highways
The pilot program is aimed at people not sick enough to go to a nursing home or have home health care
Severely injured elderly patients are about 30 per cent less likely to get trauma centre care
Many researchers question the value of prehospital fluid administration for trauma patients, which is an important concern given the short transport intervals normally associated with urban environments
Study in response to report showing survival rates from cardiac arrest decreased when more time passed between chest compressions and defibrillation
Report shows CPR was administered before emergency crews arrived in 15 percent of the fatalities and 17 percent of near-drownings
The research showed that the longer patients stayed in the field the worse their chances of survival.
According to the study, ‘Exposure to traumatic stressors is potentially an integral part of the job for EMS personnel’
Visits by Medicaid recipients nearly doubled in a decade
Study: Intravenous Drug Administration During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Researchers examined the medical records of 5,170 minors who were treated by emergency medical personnel for an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
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