Recently added articles from Prehospital Emergency Care:
INFLUENZA VACCINATION AMONG EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Objectives. Influenza vaccination has long been recommended for health care workers, but vaccination rates among this group have been low. Data on emergency medical services (EMS) personnel's vaccination status have not been published. This study compared self-reported ...
BLOOD OR BODY FLUID EXPOSURES AND HIV POSTEXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS UTILIZATION AMONG FIRST RESPONDERS
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Objectives. To estimate the incidence of first-responder visits to emergency departments (EDs) for blood or body fluid exposures, elucidate any temporal patterns of these visits, and quantify human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) utilization for these ...
NEEDLE THORACOSTOMY FOR TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX: FAILURE PREDICTED BY CHEST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Objective. Tension pneumothorax can lead to cardiovascular collapse and death. In the prehospital setting, needle thoracostomy for emergent decompression may be lifesaving. Taught throughout the United States to emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and physicians, the true ...
NEEDLE VERSUS TUBE THORACOSTOMY IN A SWINE MODEL OF TRAUMATIC TENSION HEMOPNEUMOTHORAX
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Objective. Traumatic tension hemopneumothorax is fatal if not treated rapidly. However, whether prehospital decompression is better achieved by chest tube or needle thoracostomy is unknown. We conducted this study to compare the immediate results and prolonged effectiveness of ...
VALIDITY OF HELICOPTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISPATCH CRITERIA FOR TRAUMATIC INJURIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Jan 01, 2009; ... Abstract Objective. This review provides an overview of the validity of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) dispatch criteria for severely injured patients. Methods. A systematic literature search was performed. English written and peer-reviewed publications on HEMS dispatch ...
WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR LIVES SAVED BY HELICOPTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Jan 01, 2009; ... Abstract Introduction. Currently, policy makers in the Netherlands are discussing the possibility to expand the availability of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) from 12 hours to 24 hours per day. For this, the preferences of the general public towards both the positive ...
PERFORMANCE OF ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION AND RESCUE TECHNIQUES BY EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL IN AN AIR MEDICAL SERVICE
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Background. Literature spanning the last two decades has identified potential harm associated with out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation performed by ground paramedics. Previous researchers have reported intubation success rates of 66% to 97% in the air medical setting ....
THE ACCURACY OF PORTABLE ULTRASONOGRAPHY TO DIAGNOSE FRACTURES IN AN AUSTERE ENVIRONMENT
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Background. Previous literature has shown the ability of ultrasonography technology to accurately assess orthopedic pathology. Over the past two decades, the use of ultrasound in the prehospital setting has become an important tool for triage, diagnosis, and treatment, ...
PHYSICIAN MEDICAL OVERSIGHT IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: WHERE ARE WE?
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Objective. The objective of this study was to quantify the amount of direct contact with medical direction that nationally registered emergency medical services (EMS) professionals receive. The secondary objective was to determine whether differences in medical director contact ...
STUDENT PARAMEDIC EXPERIENCE WITH PREHOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST CASES IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Objective. To describe the exposure of paramedic students studying at university level to prehospital cardiac arrest cases encountered during clinical learning. Method. Prehospital cardiac arrest cases included in an electronic clinical learning database between 2001 and 2007 ...
DO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROFESSIONALS THINK THEY SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN DISEASE PREVENTION?
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Objective. The primary objective of the study was to determine emergency medical services (EMS) professionals' opinions regarding participation in disease and injury prevention programs. A secondary objective was to determine the proportion of EMS professionals who had ...
PREVALENCE OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus ON THE STETHOSCOPES OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Objective. The investigation seeks to determine the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on the stethoscopes of emergency medical services (EMS) providers. While stethoscopes are known fomites for MRSA, the prevalence of MRSA in the prehospital ...
COMPARISON OF USE OF THE THE AIRTRAQ WITH DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY BY PARAMEDICS IN THE SIMULATED AIRWAY
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Introduction. Paramedics often encounter patients with difficult airways requiring emergent airway management. Objective. The purpose of this study was to compare intubation utilizing the Airtraq with direct laryngoscopy (DL) in the manikin model. We evaluated the number of ...
METHOD OF COLD SALINE STORAGE FOR PREHOSPITAL INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Objective. Research over the last decade has supported the use of cold intravenous (IV) fluid as a method for initiating therapeutic hypothermia in post-cardiac arrest resuscitation. However, prehospital care programs employing this treatment have encountered various ...
ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT AND DEFIBRILLATION IN SEVERE HYPOTHERMIC CARDIAC ARREST
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT The application of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) in severe hypothermic cardiac arrest remains controversial. While the induction of mild hypothermia has been shown to improve outcomes in patients already resuscitated from cardiac arrest, it is unknown whether ACLS ...
ERRATUM
Jan 01, 2009; ... PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE 2009;13:151 In the final printed version of the article "Prehospital Noninvasive Ventilation: A Viable Treatment Option in the Urban Setting", published in Prehospital Emergency Care 12(1), pp. 42-45, one of the authors was omitted. The correct author list ...
ADDRESSING PREHOSPITAL PATIENT SAFETY USING THE SCIENCE OF INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Oct 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT There is inadequate information about the scope and character of adverse events in prehospital care. However, there is ample evidence to suggest that prehospital patient safety hazards are often unique and underrecognized. We first summarize what is currently understood about ...
COMMUNITY CONSULTATION METHODS IN A STUDY USING EXCEPTION TO INFORMED CONSENT
Oct 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Objective. The most effective means of community consultation is unknown. We evaluated differences in community opinion elicited by varying means of consultation. Methods. We compared responses with a cross-sectional, standardized survey administered as part of the community ...
ADVANCE HOSPITAL NOTIFICATION BY EMS IN ACUTE STROKE IS ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTER DOOR-TO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY TIME AND INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF ADMINISTRATION OF TISSUE-PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR
Oct 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Background. Rapid brain imaging is a critical step in facilitating the use of intravenous (IV) tissue-plasminogen activator (tPA) or catheter-based thrombolysis. We hypothesized that advance notification by emergency medical services (EMS) would shorten emergency department (ED) ...
A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING TREATMENT REGIMENS FOR ACUTE PAIN FOR TOPICAL OLEORESIN CAPSAICIN (PEPPER SPRAY) EXPOSURE IN ADULT VOLUNTEERS
Oct 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Objective. Several topical therapies have been proposed to treat acute pain from exposure to oleoresin capsaicin (OC). The purpose of this study was to determine the most beneficial topical treatment for relieving contact dermatitis pain caused by OC exposure. Methods. We ...