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.

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.

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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.

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.

Improvements in the Self-Efficacy of CPR Performance Following a Brief Hands-only Training Program for...

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.