Promoting a health-centered approach to acute mental health crises on college campuses: The case for collegiate-based emergency medical services.

As college and university campuses re-open during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is increased concern for mental health crises. Current trends in campus mental health care emphasize providing quality care in a safe, non-judgmental, and non-punitive manner. Collegiate-based emergency medical services organizations are well-positioned to respond to acute mental health crises on college campuses.

Characteristics and outcomes of cardiac arrests reported in the national collegiate emergency medical services foundation data registry.

Objective: The objective of this study was to identify out-of-hospital cardiac arrest characteristics for patients treated by collegiate-based emergency medical services (CBEMS) organizations.

Participants: CBEMS organizations provided data via the National Collegiate EMS Foundation Cardiac Arrest Data Registry.

Methods: CBEMS organization details, patient demographics, cardiac arrest characteristics and treatments, and prehospital outcomes for cases spanning October 2007 to May 2020 were analyzed with descriptive statistics.

Direct to OR resuscitation of abdominal trauma: An NTDB propensity matched outcomes study.

Background: Direct to operating room resuscitation (DOR) is used by some trauma centers for severely injured trauma patients as an approach to minimize time to hemorrhage control. It is unknown whether this strategy results in favorable outcomes. We hypothesized that utilization of an emergency department operating room (EDOR) for resuscitation of patients with abdominal trauma at an urban Level I trauma center would be associated with decreased time to laparotomy and improved outcomes.

A brief history of the office of the Surgeon General and the 2 surgeons who have held the position.

Background: The Surgeon General oversees the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) and is viewed as the "Nation's Doctor," responsible for providing the public with information on living healthier and safer lives.

Trauma center activity and surge response during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic-the Philadelphia story.

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Applying Expectancy Theory to residency training: proposing opportunities to understand resident motivation and enhance residency training.

Medical resident education in the United States has been a matter of national priority for decades, exemplified initially through the Liaison Committee for Graduate Medical Education and then superseded by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. A recent Special Report in the New England Journal of Medicine, however, has described resident educational programs to date as prescriptive, noting an absence of innovation in education. Current aims of contemporary medical resident education are thus being directed at ensuring quality in learning as well as in patient care.

Association between helicopter vs ground emergency medical services and survival for adults with major trauma.

Context: Helicopter emergency medical services and their possible effect on outcomes for traumatically injured patients remain a subject of debate. Because helicopter services are a limited and expensive resource, a methodologically rigorous investigation of its effectiveness compared with ground emergency medical services is warranted.

Objective: To assess the association between the use of helicopter vs ground services and survival among adults with serious traumatic injuries.

Collegiate-based emergency medical services (EMS): a survey of EMS systems on college campuses.

Introduction: Collegiate-based emergency medical systems (CBEMS) are a unique model for the delivery of prehospital care. The National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NCEMSF) was founded to serve as a resource for CBEMS groups. The purpose of this investigation is to describe the current state of CBEMS organizations.