The Relative Importance of Vital Signs in Campus-Based Emergency Services
This study examined the vital signs of patients of the University of Texas at Dallas' BLS response team and compared them to established standards of upgrading to ALS.
Prehospital Antiemetic Therapy in Campus-Based EMS Services
Chuck et al. conducted a cross-sectional analysis of publicly available statewide emergency medical services (EMS) protocols in August 2019 examining the presence of antiemetic therapies at each provider level.
No IV, No Problem: A Cross Sectional Analysis of Antiemetic Therapies in Statewide...
Based on a cross-sectional analysis of statewide EMS protocols in the United States, adoption of BLS protocols for the treatment of nausea remains low.
Prehospital Management of Hypoglycemic Emergencies
This review discusses the pathophysiology and presentation of hypoglycemic emergencies, as well as assessment and treatment options across different scopes of practice for emergency medical services providers.
Benzodiazepine & Alcohol Co-Ingestion
This clinical review discusses the relevant pharmacology, clinical presentation, and treatment of patients who have co-ingested benzodiazepines and alcohol.
“Continuing Care” with EC-ERT
EC-ERT created a program called “Continued Care” (CC) to provide a prehospital care resource for patients who required additional time to monitor their condition until care could be terminated. Through its design and implementation, CC reduces non-emergent ALS transports, thus reducing strain on the county EMS system and local emergencies rooms.
Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault
Clinical review of drug-facilitated sexual assault in the college environment, health effects of drugs and alcohol in facilitating sexual violence, and proper response and treatment guidelines for collegiate first responders.
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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.
Standing Up and Staffing a Covid Vaccine Clinic on a Collegiate Campus
The University of California – Davis Fire Department discusses their experience setting an administering an on-campus COVID-19 vaccine clinic.
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.