Speaking Up, Speaking out: Empowering new graduates to speak up for safety
Power, hierarchy, and poor team culture can put patient care at risk. By understanding the complex psychosocial and clinical challenges that new graduates face, is it possible for a new graduate to ac...
27 Jan 20231h 4min
Rhythm interpretation misclassification & poor survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Early recognition and rapid defibrillation of shockable rhythms are strongly associated with survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Little is known about the accuracy of paramedic rhythm i...
22 Jan 20231h 2min
TBI: A Challenge to the Current Understanding of Hypotension
The societal burden of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) is enormous. One major focus of evidence-based TBI treatment guidelines is the prevention and treatment of hypotension. However, little is known ...
22 Jan 20231h
Falls in Older Adults Requiring Emergency Services
Falls in Older Adults Requiring Emergency Services: Mortality, Use of Healthcare Resources, and Prognostication to One Year Although falls among older adults are common and frequently require emergenc...
22 Jan 20231h
Is AVPU comparable to GCS in critical prehospital decisions?
Is AVPU just as informative as GCS? This cross-sectional study is aimed to assess whether prehospital AVPU categorization correlates with GCS severity categorization and, similarly, with mortality rat...
22 Jan 20231h 2min
On Pins and Needles: Prehospital Chest Decompression
Prehospital needle decompression is a rare but potentially life-saving procedure. Prior studies on chest decompression in trauma patients have been small, limited to single institutions or emergency m...
22 Jan 20231h 3min
Arrested Development: EMS-Witnessed Cardiac Arrest
EMS witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest can be challenging for the EMS clinicians attending to the patient, even though patients who suffer OHCA in front of emergency medical services (EMS) clini...
22 Jan 20231h 2min
An EXACT target for SpO2 following OHCA Resuscitation?
The administration of a high fraction of oxygen following the return of spontaneous circulation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may increase reperfusion brain injury. Join us at the next PCRF Journa...
22 Jan 20231h 37min
