Interview with Lisa Basgall
JCEMS offers an exclusive interview with Lisa Basgall, EMS Director of Rice University EMS – 2019 Collegiate EMS Organization of the Year.
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.
Inside the JCEMS Team
JCEMS is proud to be managed by a team of all volunteers that includes recognized experts in prehospital emergency care as well as student-leaders. Here we offer an inside look at the organizational structure of JCEMS and share opportunities to join the team.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.