ems research

EMS Research

Completed projects:

Motor Vehicle Fatalities Among Hispanics in Rural North Carolina. Academic Emergency Medicine 2003;10(11):1249-1252
Automated External Defibrillation by Very Young, Untrained Children. Prehospital Emergency Care 2002;6(3):295-298
National Prevalence of Palliative Care Protocols in Emergency Medical Services. Prehospital Emergency Care 2002;6(1):36-41
SAEM Emergency Medical Services Fellowship Guidelines. Academic Emergency Medicine 1999;6(10):1069-1070
Changes in Physical Examination Caused by Use of Spinal Immobilization. Prehospital Emergency Care 2002;6(4):421-4 and Annals of Emergency Medicine 1996;27(6):123
EMT Knowledge of Ambulance Traffic Laws. Prehospital Emergency Care 1998;2(2):136-140
A Breathing Manikin Model for Teaching Nasotracheal Intubation to EMS Professionals. Prehospital Emergency Care 1997;1(4):269-272
Does Ambulance Crew Size Affect on-Scene Time or Number of Prehospital Interventions. Prehospital Disaster Medicine 1996;11(3):214-218
Decay in Quality of Closed Chest Compressions Over Time. Annals of Emergency Medicine 1995;26(3):300-303

Active projects:

Motor Vehicle Fatalities Among Hispanics in Rural North Carolina. Academic Emergency Medicine 2003;10(11):1249-1252
Use of a Disaster Medical Aid Center During a Hurricane. Academic Emergency Medicine 2001;8(5):524
Automated External Defibrillation by Untrained Lay People: A Comparison of Two Different Defibrillators. Academic Emergency Medicine 1999;6(5):471
Learning Style Preferences of EMT-Paramedics, Implications for Future Education. Prehospital Emergency Care 2000;4(1):102
How Flexible are Those Backboards. Journal of Emergency Medicine 1998;16(6):931 and Annals of Emergency Medicine 1997;30(3):405

Future projects: