Prehospital and disaster medicine
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Prehosp Disaster Med · Oct 2018
Multicenter StudyPrehospital Airway Management Examined at Two Pediatric Emergency Centers.
IntroductionRoutine advanced airway usage by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has had conflicting reports of being the secure airway of choice in pediatric patients. Hypothesis/ProblemThe primary objective was to describe a pediatric cohort requiring airway management upon their arrival directly from the scene to two pediatric emergency departments (PEDs). A secondary objective included assessing for associations in EMS airway management and patient outcomes.
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Prehosp Disaster Med · Oct 2018
Multicenter StudyBarriers to Providing Prehospital Care to Ischemic Stroke Patients: Predictors and Impact on Care.
IntroductionIschemic stroke treatment is time-sensitive, and barriers to providing prehospital care encountered by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers have been under-studied. Hypothesis/ProblemThis study described barriers to providing prehospital care, identified predictors of these barriers, and assessed the impact of these barriers on EMS on-scene time and administration of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in the emergency department (ED).