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Student volunteer EMS providers are often under significant mental and physical stress which may lead to provider burnout and decreased compassion malleability. The authors demonstrate the efficacy of Cognitively-Based Compassion Training on addressing these conditions.

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

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.

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

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.

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

This article outlines the steps which Dartmouth EMS has taken to educate our members on socially just and racially inclusive emergency medicine.