Prehospital and disaster medicine
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Prehosp Disaster Med · Oct 1996
A survey of emergency medical services systems on college and university campuses.
Many colleges and universities appear to exist in relative isolation from community-based emergency medical services (EMS) systems. In response, some have developed their own EMS systems. ⋯ A significant number of colleges/universities have EMS systems and one-half transport patients. However, the level of training of the personnel and medical direction may be below the standard for the EMS systems in the communities in which these campus-based systems exist.
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Prehosp Disaster Med · Oct 1996
Does basic life support in a rural EMS system influence the outcome of patients with respiratory distress?
The purpose of this study was to determine whether basic life support, prehospital emergency medical care in a rural area affects the hospital course of patients with respiratory distress. ⋯ Basic life support prehospital care in this rural emergency medical services system does not result in a lower mortality rate or a shorter hospital stay for a broad group of patients with respiratory distress who require hospital admission. Although this study is limited to a single population and a single emergency medical services system, it is one of only a few studies of outcome in basic life support systems.
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Prehosp Disaster Med · Oct 1996
Letter Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialNebulized lidocaine as an adjunct to endotracheal intubation in the prehospital setting.