Is AVPU comparable to GCS in critical prehospital decisions?
Is AVPU just as informative as GCS? This cross-sectional study is aimed to assess whether prehospital AVPU categorization correlates with GCS severity categorization and, similarly, with mortality rat...
22 Jan 20231h 2min
On Pins and Needles: Prehospital Chest Decompression
Prehospital needle decompression is a rare but potentially life-saving procedure. Prior studies on chest decompression in trauma patients have been small, limited to single institutions or emergency m...
22 Jan 20231h 3min
Arrested Development: EMS-Witnessed Cardiac Arrest
EMS witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest can be challenging for the EMS clinicians attending to the patient, even though patients who suffer OHCA in front of emergency medical services (EMS) clini...
22 Jan 20231h 2min
An EXACT target for SpO2 following OHCA Resuscitation?
The administration of a high fraction of oxygen following the return of spontaneous circulation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may increase reperfusion brain injury. Join us at the next PCRF Journa...
22 Jan 20231h 37min
What's the Scoop with Bup?
Medication for opioid use disorder is extremely effective and can reduce overdose mortality by two-thirds. However, treatment initiation rates are low among overdose survivors. Prehospital buprenorphi...
22 Jan 202358min
This is no Snoozefest: EMS Sleep Study
Long-duration shifts, variable shift scheduling, limited time off between shifts, and other factors are linked to fatigue in EMS shift workers. Odds of injury, error and adverse events are higher amon...
22 Jan 20231h 2min
Social Determinants of Health and EMS Use Among Children
Prior studies suggest that EMS utilization in children may vary by socioeconomic status. However, most of these studies were small, and focused on regional data. Join us as we review a recently publis...
22 Jan 20231h 3min
Cost of Caring Traumatic Stress and Compassion Fatigue in EMS
Compassion fatigue is the acute or gradual loss of benevolence that occurs after exposure to critical incident stress. The study we will review this month uses a cross-sectional survey to identify the...
22 Jan 20231h 2min
