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 JCEMS is committed to freely disseminating research and other scholarly work to the collegiate EMS community and the public. All JCEMS articles and other content are therefore published open access at CollegeEMS.com, which means that all content is freely available to the public. Open access publication ensures that content reaches the widest audience and has the greatest impact. Authors and readers can access, share, print, and distribute JCEMS content for free, provided the authors and JCEMS are appropriately cited.
 
We have waived our article processing charge (APC) to remove all barriers for JCEMS authors to publish open access. Unlike most open access journals, JCEMS does not charge authors to submit or publish articles.

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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.