Emergency Medical Service Agency Practices and Cardiac Arrest Survival.
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DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.1189
Abstract: Importance Survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) varies widely across emergency medical service (EMS) agencies in the US. However, little is known about which EMS practices are associated with higher agency-level survival. Objective To identify… read more here.
Keywords: survival; favorable neurological; cardiac arrest; ems agencies ... See more keywords
Paramedic determination of appropriate emergency department destinationā
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.06.024
Abstract: Background Freestanding emergency departments (FSED) are equipped to care for most emergencies, but do not have all the resources that hospitalābased emergency departments (ED) offer. As the number of FSEDs grows rapidly, emergency medical services… read more here.
Keywords: destination; ems agencies; emergency; additional hospital ... See more keywords
Improving Quality in Cardiac Arrest via Resuscitation Academy Training (IQ-CART): Study Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Study With a Focus on Low-Performing EMS Agencies.
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DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.125.012571
Abstract: BACKGROUND Given the large variation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival, the Resuscitation Academy has developed a comprehensive training and mentorship program for emergency medical service (EMS) agencies to improve OHCA care. This study will… read more here.
Keywords: ohca survival; ems agencies; resuscitation academy;
Mixed-Methods Investigation of Rural Emergency Medical Services ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Time to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: High- vs Low-Performing Agencies
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DOI: 10.5811/westjem.43536
Abstract: Background Patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) cared for by rural emergency medical services (EMS) agencies commonly do not have first medical contact-to-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) time within the recommended goal of 90 minutes. In… read more here.
Keywords: low performing; time; culture; ems agencies ... See more keywords