Campus Public Health & Safety

Altered mental status is a common emergency call at universities, and for collegiate-based EMS providers this chief complaint is frequently found secondary to alcohol intoxication. The results of this research demonstrate evidence that EMTs may presumptively attribute alcohol intoxication as the etiology of AMS, as evidenced by the underutilization of key AMS assessments.

Posters from the Academic Poster Session at the 2024 Annual National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation Conference

The University of California – Davis Fire Department discusses their experience setting an administering an on-campus COVID-19 vaccine clinic.

Although college campuses have historically been regarded as a protective influence against the development of substance use disorders, substance use and misuse have risen to become one of the most widespread public health concerns facing U.S. college campuses in the past decade. This article discusses pertinent pharmacology, clinical presentations, and treatment guidelines for co-ingestion of alcohol and opioids.

Bystander CPR has been shown to significantly improve survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), yet rates of bystander CPR remain low across the United States. This paper outlines a brief HOCPR training that was successfully implemented by a collegiate-based EMS agency.

The authors compare existing and desired transport policies for intoxicated undergraduate students among collegiate EMS agencies.

Bradshaw et al. attempt determine if age and gender exert significant influence on a patient’s decision to utilize ambulatory transport to the emergency department.

JCEMS shares stories from CBEMS agencies and discuss potential areas of growth for CBEMS agencies moving forward.

This study assesses UAEMS’ patient evaluations when referenced to Tucson Fire, the local municipal agency.

While EMS professionals have not received any training in human trafficking, they are in a unique position to identify trafficked persons, gaining a view of the patient’s out-of-hospital environment not visible to most other healthcare providers.