You Can Learn a Lot from a Pair of Sneakers
To be treated like professionals, collegiate EMS providers need to display professionalism in their attitude and appearance.
Research and Scholarship in Collegiate Emergency Medical Services
JCEMS and NCEMSF are spearheading the drive to promote research and scholarship in the field of campus-based prehospital emergency care.
Dr. Michael Guttenberg – in Memoriam
Dr. Michael Guttenberg – an EMS physician, 9/11 responder, and dedicated advocate of collegiate EMS – passed away on October 17, 2017.
Tackling Barriers to Seeking Emergency Care
To encourage care-seeking behavior, collegiate EMS leaders spearheaded the development and implementation of a medical amnesty policy.
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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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.