Wilderness First Responder Medical Clearance - A Scoping Review with Recommendations.

Background And Purpose: Due to environmental extremes, as well as the nature of the work itself, wilderness first responders are at risk of incurring medical events in the line of duty. There currently do not exist standardized and scientifically supported methods to screen for a wilderness first responder's risk of incurring a medical event.

Methods: We performed multiple scoping reviews using PubMed and CINAHL.

Role of Emergency Medical Services in Disaster Response - National Association of EMS Physicians Position Statement.

This is the official position statement of the National Association of EMS Physicians on the role of emergency medical services (EMS) in disaster response.

[Impact of the type of incubator (non-humidified versus humidified) on embryo culture media osmolality].

Introduction: Benchtop incubators with small individual chambers have been developed in order to improve the stability of embryo culture conditions reducing the environmental stress during the embryo development. These new dry incubators were designed without any air humidification system in order to prevent bacterial proliferation and to enable the use of time-lapse system. However, an elevated evaporation of the culture media could occur in these conditions.

Acidemia Detected on Venous Blood Gas After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Predicts Likelihood to Survive to Hospital Discharge.

Background: Sudden cardiac arrest is the most common cause of death worldwide, and prognostication after survival remains challenging. Decisions regarding prognosis can be fraught with error in the immediate postarrest period, with guidelines recommending the use of various tests, including blood gas pH, to determine which interventions to perform. Despite these recommendations, the prognostic utility of blood gas pH remains unclear.

Evaluation of a Safety Awareness Group Program for Adults With Intellectual Disability.

Using a participatory research approach, we enlisted 12 U.S. Centers for Independent Living (CILs) to recruit and enroll 170 adults with intellectual disability (ID) to be randomized to either The Safety Class, an abuse prevention group program, or usual care.