Establishing a Collegiate Emergency Medical Service
Ferdowsian et al. share their experience establishing a new EMS team at the Claremont Colleges.
Creating a Protocol for Campus EMS Response to Mental Health Complaints
The authors share their experience with developing a mental health response framework for their collegiate EMS service.
Determinants of Volunteer Collegiate-Based Emergency Medical Service Budget Size
This unique study examines determinants of budget size and budget sources for a cross-section of collegiate EMS agencies.
Evaluating the Content and Quality of Emergency Medical Services Oral Patient Handoff Reports
There exists no universal criterion for the patient data to be presented from EMS to hospital Emergency Department (ED) personnel. This study seeks to ascertain what patient data is orally reported by EMS to ED personnel.
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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.