Interview with Catherine Gibbs

Catherine Gibbs shares her passion for community engagement and offers advice on how student speakers can inspire an audience.

Benzodiazepine & Alcohol Co-Ingestion

This clinical review discusses the relevant pharmacology, clinical presentation, and treatment of patients who have co-ingested benzodiazepines and alcohol.

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.

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.

Research and Scholarship in Collegiate Emergency Medical Services

JCEMS and NCEMSF are spearheading the drive to promote research and scholarship in the field of campus-based prehospital emergency care.

Call to EMS Research: Disparities in Recruitment and Retention of Black Providers is an...

Hutchens discusses the need for further research into the issue of recruitment and retention of Black EMS providers.

Prehospital Management of Hypoglycemic Emergencies

This review discusses the pathophysiology and presentation of hypoglycemic emergencies, as well as assessment and treatment options across different scopes of practice for emergency medical services providers.

Peer Review of Collegiate EMS Scholarly Literature

JCEMS employs a double-blind peer review process to filter manuscripts for publication. We believe that the process minimizes bias, promotes fairness, encourages appropriate criticism, and strengthens the quality of submitted manuscripts.

Assessment of Bystander Intervention on EMS Transport Decisions for Cases of Alcohol Intoxication at...

Looking at a small liberal arts college in New York State, Di Nucci et al. study the impact of bystander intervention on EMS transport decisions for alcohol intoxication cases.

Designing Safety into Ambulances

Massachusetts Institute of Technology EMS designed an innovative new ambulance, incorporating best practices and current evidence to enhance provider safety.

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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.

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.