Labor Trafficking and the Role of the EMS Professional
While EMS professionals have not received any training in human trafficking, they are in a unique position to identify trafficked persons, gaining a view of the patient’s out-of-hospital environment not visible to most other healthcare providers.
Towards Anti-Racist Prehospital Healthcare
This article outlines the steps which Dartmouth EMS has taken to educate our members on socially just and racially inclusive emergency medicine.
Maintaining Collegiate EMS Readiness During COVID Campus Closures
Alatis and Nable discuss the impact of COVID-19 on campus EMS organizations and how teams can maintain operational readiness throughout the pandemic.
Naloxone Training and Distribution Program in an Urban Collegiate Setting
MERT worked with physicians from Penn Medicine’s Emergency Department to develop a 1-1.5 hour bystander naloxone training curriculum.
Promoting Youth Emergency Preparedness through Lifesaving Emergency Skill Workshops
Members of Harvard CrimsonEMS expanded outreach to high-school students to create a more medically-literate youth community.
Development of a Mass Gathering Medicine Training Program for Novice Collegiate EMS Providers
New training and protocols have promoted better team dynamics, higher staff confidence, and more efficient patient care.
A Survey of Canadian, Student-Run Campus Emergency Medical Response Teams
Formosa et al. provide an overview of Canadian student-run campus emergency medical response teams, examining aspects including training, operations, and organizational status.
Interview with Virginia Tech Rescue Squad
Chief Jake Martin discusses Virginia Tech Rescue Squad's rigorous training program and the squad's unique role as a collegiate-based EMS agency operating at the ALS level.
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.
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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.
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.
Evaluation of Transport Policies for Intoxicated Undergraduate Students by Undergraduate Emergency Medical Services Agencies
The authors compare existing and desired transport policies for intoxicated undergraduate students among collegiate EMS agencies.
Ambulance Usage on a Collegiate Campus as a Function of Age and Gender
Bradshaw et al. attempt determine if age and gender exert significant influence on a patient’s decision to utilize ambulatory transport to the emergency department.