A History and Overview of Telecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (T-CPR).

Few events in pre-hospital medicine inspire as much attention and resources as out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), yet the survival rate for such events has remained stagnant and unacceptably low. The first links in the chain of survival are early recognition and early CPR; yet EMS services do not arrive to the scene of a medical call for on average 7 minutes. Emergency dispatchers are generally the first trained individuals involved in medical emergencies; they can provide pre-arrival instructions, specifically telecommunicator CPR (T-CPR), and represent the potential to double the bystander CPR rate and increase return of spontaneous circulation.

Emergency medical technician education and training.

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) training and education are vital and vibrant aspects of a young and evolving profession. This article provides a perspective on this effort in the United States and reviews current activity in Rhode Island.

Death within 48 hours of admission to the emergency department: the value of autopsy.

Objective: To identify factors that contribute to patient death within 48 hours of admission to the emergency department.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study of the patients who died within 48 hours of admission to the emergency department, from the years 2000 to 2003. The antemortem diagnosis and postmortem diagnosis were compared.