Defining priorities for emergency medical services education research: A modified Delphi study.

Objective: As out-of-hospital medicine evolves, emergency medical services (EMS) education practices must also be updated to ensure that EMS professionals acquire and maintain the skills needed to best serve patients. We aimed to identify and rank the top 10 research priorities related to EMS education in the United States.

Methods: We conducted a convenience survey of EMS educators to identify challenges facing EMS education before leveraging a purposefully selected panel of EMS educators to prioritize research gaps through a modified Delphi approach.

Reduced Emergency Department Length of Stay and Proportion of Patients Who Left Without Being Seen Following Implementation of an Interprofessional Vertical Flow Track With Pivot Triage: A Retrospective Pre-/Postintervention Evaluation.

Our objective was to assess change in length of stay and patients who left without being seen following implementation of a pivot triage and interprofessional vertical flow track process at a midwestern academic medical center emergency department. The intervention leveraged an existing interprofessional staffing model including a registered nurse and a paramedic to staff a vertical flow track daily from 1100 to 2300. Pre- and postintervention data were retrospectively abstracted from the electronic charting software.

Emergency medical services education research priorities during COVID-19: A modified Delphi study.

Objective: Our objective was to identify research priorities to understand the impact of COVID-19 on initial emergency medical services (EMS) education.

Methods: We used a modified Delphi method with an expert panel (n = 15) of EMS stakeholders to develop consensus on the research priorities that are most important and feasible to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on initial EMS education. Data were collected from August 2020 to February 2021 over 5 rounds (3 electronic surveys and 2 live virtual meetings).

EMS Curriculum Should Educate Beyond a Technical Scope of Practice: Position Statement and Resource Document.

Position Statement and Resource document approved by the NAEMSP Board of Directors on April 27, 2021.

Geographic Distribution of Accredited Paramedic Education Programs in the United States.

The geographic distribution and access to paramedic education programs is unclear but often cited as a reason for emergency medical services (EMS) workforce shortages. Our aims were: 1) to examine the spatial distribution of accredited paramedic programs and 2) to compare characteristics of communities with and without existing programs. We performed a cross-sectional study of US paramedic education programs accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs as of April 2020.

Position Paper on Degree Requirements for EMS Educators.

Following an analysis of national EMS agendas, National Association of EMS Educators developed a position supporting educator degree requirements in EMS. This position provided a framework for degree requirements at varying levels of EMS education. Identified support and appreciation for interprofessional approaches as well as EMS specific education was included in the position.

Advanced Placement Paramedic Education for Health Care Professionals: A Descriptive Evaluation.

Introduction: The delivery of emergency medical services is primarily performed by emergency medical technicians and paramedics in the United States. More recently, nurses and physicians have become more involved in the delivery of emergency medical services. Advanced placement paramedic education bridging programs have been developed to prepare the workforce, but the success of these programs is unknown.

Homeless Shelter Users and Their Experiences as EMS Patients: A Qualitative Study.

Patients who are users of homeless shelters interact with EMS and Emergency Departments (ED) as means of accessing the healthcare system. Patients in this population are known to have chronic health conditions as well as being frequent users of EMS. In this study, we researched how patients living at a homeless shelter experienced EMS.

Executive Summary of Educational Content from EMS Agenda 2050.

EMS Agenda 2050 follows the original EMS Agenda for the Future and EMS Education Agenda for the Future. These visionary documents discussed and described learning content, requirements, and design of EMS education. This article written by members of the EMS Agenda 2050 Technical Expert Panel highlights the content in the preceding agendas for the future and content from EMS Agenda 2050 in an effort to provide a summarized guide for new and existing EMS education curriculums.

Patient Safety Organizations and Emergency Medical Services.

Providing safe and error-free patient care should resonate well with all healthcare providers including emergency medical technicians. The environments and circumstances in which emergency medical services (EMS) provide patient care inevitably create risks to both the provider and patient. This article explores the concepts of patient safety, errors, near misses, adverse events, and Just Culture.

Out-of-hospital adult cardiac arrests in a university hospital in central Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To report the characteristics of adult out-of-hospital arrest patients and their outcomes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  

Methods: This is a prospective descriptive study of out-of-hospital adult arrests incident transported to King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between July 2012 and September 2013.  

Results: A total of 96 adult patients were enrolled in this study.

The State of Leadership Education in Emergency Medical Services: A Multi-national Qualitative Study.

Objective: This study investigated how leadership is learned in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) from a multi-national perspective by interviewing EMS providers from multiple nations working in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Methods: A phenomenological, qualitative methodology was developed and 19 EMS providers from multiple nations were interviewed in June 2013. Interview questions focused on how participants learned EMS leadership as an EMS student and throughout their careers as providers.

World's largest gathering. Muslim mass pilgrimage poses EMS logistical & planning challenges.

The Hajj is a "mega-gathering" event attended yearly by millions of Muslims from across the world. Planning, communications and logistical support are the foundations of its success. EMS systems and major event planners throughout the world can learn from studying the special challenges involved with managing such a large multilingual, multicultural crowd.