2024 Conference Academic Poster Session Posters

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

Ambulance Usage on a Collegiate Campus as a Function of Age and Gender

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.

Lessons Learned and Opportunities for CBEMS Growth Following the COVID-19 Pandemic

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

Evaluating the Content and Quality of Emergency Medical Services Oral Patient Handoff Reports

There exists no universal criterion for the patient data to be presented from EMS to hospital Emergency Department (ED) personnel. This study seeks to ascertain what patient data is orally reported by EMS to ED personnel.

Creating a Protocol for Campus EMS Response to Mental Health Complaints

The authors share their experience with developing a mental health response framework for their collegiate EMS service.

Assessment of Bystander Intervention on EMS Transport Decisions for Cases of Alcohol Intoxication at...

Looking at a small liberal arts college in New York State, Di Nucci et al. study the impact of bystander intervention on EMS transport decisions for alcohol intoxication cases.

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2024 Conference Academic Poster Session Posters

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

Advising Resilient Healthcare Teams

McMaster University's Emergency First Response Team (EFRT) has curated a multi-step, highly selective hiring process that has led to exemplary retention rates.

Opioid and Alcohol Co-Ingestion

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.

Improvements in the Self-Efficacy of CPR Performance Following a Brief Hands-only Training Program for...

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.