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Factors Associated with Requests for Non-Collegiate EMS Resources by Collegiate EMTs

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Assessing Characteristics and Best Practices In Responding to Psychiatric EMS Calls in a College...

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Training Student EMTs to Support Mobile Community Support Program

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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

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.