Reducing Barriers to Bystander Intervention:

Harvard University's Crimson EMS developed a workshop series for students on campus, focusing on CPR and Stop the Bleed training.

Do EMT students enrolled through a college course perform better in terms of course...

Armstrong et al. conducted a retrospective review comparing course completion rates and state-certifying exam scores for college-affiliated and non-college-affiliated students enrolled in an EMT course.

Integrating Continuing Education Credits to a Collegiate EMS Training Model

The University of Pennsylvania Medical Emergency Response Team implemented a program to integrate continuing medical education (CME) credits into their training curriculum.

Interview with Paul Halliday

JCEMS offers an exclusive interview with Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) EMS's former chief and innovative leader.

Development of an Excel-Based Software Solution to Collegiate EMS Shift Scheduling & Placement

The University of Pennsylvania Medical Emergency Response Team created a Microsoft Excel-based software system to schedule providers for shift coverage.

SIREN: Schema In-Fill Rendered from Entry Notifications

Massachusetts Institute of Technology EMS created an end-to-end tool that converts audio files of hospital entry notes into text-based entries in a user-friendly database.

Free of Charge: Analysis of an Urban Collegiate EMS Agency

Herman et al. conducted a retrospective review of itemized billing forms from Tulane EMS. The financial costs saved by students due to the availability of Tulane EMS were estimated.

Interview with Catherine Gibbs

Catherine Gibbs shares her passion for community engagement and offers advice on how student speakers can inspire an audience.

Johns Hopkins Emergency Response Organization (HERO) lays the groundwork for inter-facility transport

Under the leadership of Christopher Wend (former Captain) and Leela Herbst (current Captain), HERO prepares for inter-facility transports.

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Innovation in Collegiate Emergency Medical Services

The authors review potential uses of current and future innovations in EMS and discuss our Call for Papers for an upcoming special JCEMS edition.

Presumptive Diagnosis of Alcohol Intoxication as the Etiology of Altered Mental Status in Collegiate...

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.

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.