OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Prehospital Emergency Care is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect of RapidShock ^TM Implementation on Perishock Pause in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest	47
The Hunter-8 Scale Prehospital Triage Workflow for Identification of Large Vessel Occlusion and Brain Haemorrhage	38
Innovations in EMS Education Abstracts for the 2024 National Association of EMS Physicians Annual Meeting	37
Maritime Interfacility Transport of Two Laboring Mothers – A Case Report	33
Transitioning from Direct to Video Laryngoscopy during the COVID-19 Pandemic Was Associated with a Higher Endotracheal Intubation Success Rate	31
Equitable Allocation of Remdesivir for the COVID-19 Pandemic in Los Angeles County	28
A Proposed Theoretical Framework for Clinical Judgment in EMS	27
Analysis of 67,975 Emergency Deployments in a Major German City – Criteria for More Efficient Dispatching of Emergency Physicians	24
LUCAS Device Use Associated with Prolonged Pauses during Application and Long Chest Compression Intervals	24
The Female Emergency Medical Services Experience: A Mixed Methods Study	23
Association Between Response Time and Time from Emergency Medical Service Contact with the Patient to Hospital Arrival as well as Survival and Neurological Outcomes in Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardia	23
Sex Disparities in Prehospital Advanced Cardiac Life Support in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in South Korea	22
Understanding the Role of Cognitive Load in Paramedical Contexts: A Systematic Review	19
Joint Position Statement on EMS Performance Measures Beyond Response Times	17
Predictors of Transfusion in Trauma and Their Utility in the Prehospital Environment: A Scoping Review	17
Coffee and Cases (C&C) - Enhancing Knowledge Creation and Sharing for Organizational Learning From Clinical Debriefs in a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service: A Quality Improvement Study	17
Critical Factors in Planning a Pediatric Prehospital Airway Trial	16
Deriving National Continued Competency Priorities for Emergency Medical Services Clinicians	16
Initial Validity Evidence for the American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medical Services Certification Examination	15
Disparities of Aspirin Administration for Prehospital Chest Pain and ST Elevation Myocardial Infarctions	15
Consensus Guideline for Care of Patients in the Prehospital and Aerospace Settings with Exposures to Hydrazine and Hydrazine Derivatives	14
Evaluation of the Use of Ketamine in Prehospital Seizure Management: A Retrospective Review of the ESO Database	13
What is the Evidence for Using Intranasal Medicine in the Prehospital Setting? A Systematic Review	13
Feasibility and Safety of a Paramedic-Directed Prehospital Buprenorphine Initiation Protocol for Acute Opioid Withdrawal	13
Prehospital Cardiac Arrest Airway Management: An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document	12

Columbia Icefield Bus Rollover: A Case Study of Wilderness Mass Casualty Triage, Treatment, and Transport	12
Safety of an Alternative Care Protocol for EMS Non-Transport in the COVID-19 Pandemic	12
Prehospital Use of Ketamine versus Benzodiazepines for Sedation among Pediatric Patients with Behavioral Emergencies	12
Prehospital Blood Administration in Pediatric Patients: A Case Report	11
EMS Involvement in COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts – Results of a North Carolina Statewide Survey	11
The Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals Course and the Pediatric Assessment Triangle: A 25-Year Retrospective	11
A Systematic Review of Methodologies and Outcome Measures of Mobile Integrated Health-Community Paramedicine Programs	11
Association between Case Volumes of Extracorporeal Life Support and Clinical Outcome in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest	10
Sudden Electrocardiogram Rhythm Changes after Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Porcine Models of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Phenomenological Report	10
The Effect of Documenting Patient Weight in Kilograms on Pediatric Medication Dosing Errors in Emergency Medical Services	10
The Menegazzi Scientific Sessions: Research Abstracts from the 2023 National Association of EMS Physicians Annual Meeting	10
Outcomes with Tibial and Humeral Intraosseous Access Compared to Peripheral Intravenous Access in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest	10
The Safety of Methoxyflurane for Emergency Pain Relief in Children and Adolescents: A Retrospective Cohort Study	10
Prehospital Initiation of Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder by Paramedics	10
Completeness of Pediatric Versus Adult Patient Assessment Documentation in the National Emergency Medical Services Information System	9
Novel Technologies and Techniques for Prehospital Airway Management: An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document	9
Prehospital Evaluation of the FAST-ED as a Secondary Stroke Screen to Identify Large Vessel Occlusion Strokes	9
Caring for Transgender and Gender Diverse Prehospital Patients: A NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document	9
Critical Steps for Determining Capacity to Refuse Emergency Medical Services Transport: A Modified Delphi Study	9
Safe Ground Transport of Pediatric Patients: A Qualitative Assessment of Best Practice Guidelines Implementation	9
Ineffectiveness of Paramedic Naloxone Administration as a Standalone Metric for Community Opioid Overdoses and the Increasing Use of Naloxone by Community Members	9
Emergency Medical Services Clinicians’ Perspectives on Pediatric Non-Transport	9
Factors Associated With Emergency Medical Clinicians Leaving EMS	9
Air Versus Ground Transport Times in an Urban Center	9
Numerical Cincinnati Stroke Scale Versus Stroke Severity Screening Tools for the Prehospital Determination of Large Vessel Occlusion	9
The Evaluation of Online Medical Consultation Use in Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest	9
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the United States Emergency Medical Services Workforce: A Scoping Review	8
Prehospital Shock Index Multiplied by the Alert/Verbal/Painful/Unresponsive Score as a Predictor of Clinical Outcomes in Traumatic Injury	8
EMS Experience Caring and Communicating with Patients and Families with a Life-Limiting-Illness	8
Style Changes at Prehospital Emergency Care	8
Smartphone-Enabled Point-of-Care Testing for Prehospital Stroke Diagnosis	8
NAEMSE Consensus Statement on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging	8
The Menegazzi Scientific Sessions: Quality and Safety Abstracts for the 2025 National Association of EMS Physicians Annual Meeting	8
Correction	8
Workplace Health Promotion Programs Available to Emergency Medical Services Clinicians in North Carolina	7
Caveat cum CARES	7
Interventions Targeting Resistance and Resilience Among Emergency Medical Service Clinicians: A Systematic Review	7
Prehospital Buprenorphine in Treating Symptoms of Opioid Withdrawal – A Descriptive Review of the First 131 Cases in San Francisco, CA	7
Development and Deployment of a Pre-Planned Hospital Emergency Response Team (HERT) for EMS Augmentation: Case Report and Program Review	7
Effectiveness of a Novel Rapid Infusion Device and Clinician Education for Early Fluid Therapy by Emergency Medical Services in Sepsis Patients: A Pre-Post Observational Study	7
Comparison of Intubating Conditions with Succinylcholine Versus Rocuronium in the Prehospital Setting	7
Geospatial Analysis for Prehospital Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Houston, Texas	7
Barriers to the Initiation of Telecommunicator-CPR during 9-1-1 Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Calls: A Qualitative Study	7
Ambulance Staff Experiences and Perceptions of Medical Emergencies in Care Homes in the East Midlands, United Kingdom: A Qualitative Interview Study	7
Precipitated Withdrawal Induced by Prehospital Naloxone Administration	6
Emergency Medical Services Management of Bronchospasm in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Analysis and Nationwide Quality Assessment	6
Ambulance Traffic Crashes in Japan: Characteristics of Casualties and Efforts to Improve Ambulance Safety	6
Prehospital Manual Ventilation: An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document	6
Prehospital Blood Lactate Measurements in Ambulances and Associations with Outcomes: A Cohort Study	6
The National Association of EMS Physicians Compendium of Airway Management Position Statements and Resource Documents	6

ALS and BLS, an Historical Perspective: Time for a New Paradigm!	6
Prehospital Trauma Compendium: Management of the Entrapped Patient – a Position Statement and Resource Document of NAEMSP	6
2022 Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Prehospital Care	6
Mental Health and Occupational Stress Among Emergency Telecommunicators: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	6
“Dead or Alive?” Assessment of the Binary End-of-Event Outcome Indicator for the NEMSIS Public Research Dataset	6
First Responder CPR and Survival Differences in Texas Minority and Lower Socioeconomic Status Neighborhoods	6
The Effect of Missing Data on the Measurement of Cardiac Arrest Outcomes According to Race	6
Do EMS Physicians Delay On-Scene Times for HEMS Crews?	6
Feasibility of 10-Minute Arrival Time to Departure Time Metric for STEMI Patients	6
Evidence-Based Guidelines for Prehospital Airway Management: Methods and Resources Document	6
Role of EMS in Disaster Response – A Position Statement and Resource Document of NAEMSP	6
Suicide-Related Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in Queensland, Australia: Temporal Trends of Characteristics and Outcomes over 14 Years	6
Disparities in Prehospital Non-Traumatic Pain Management	6
ABEM Core Content Letter to the Editor	6
Prehospital Whole Blood Administration Not Associated with Increased Transfusion Reactions: The Experience of a Metropolitan EMS Agency	6
Advancing Emergency Medical Services’ (EMS) Response Capability for Behavioral Health Emergencies: Los Angeles County’s Performance Improvement Initiative	5
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Demand for Emergency Ambulances in Victoria, Australia	5
Paramedic-Performed Carotid Artery Ultrasound Heralds Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Case Report	5
Novel Methodology for Linking 9-1-1 Dispatch Categories with a Death Registry: Mortality Rates of Selected Dispatch Categories	5
Pediatric Emergency Care Coordination in EMS Agencies: Findings of a Multistate Learning Collaborative	5
Key Takeaways and Progress on Leveraging EMS in Overdose Response Among Five Learning Collaborative States	5
Providing Performance Feedback and Patient Outcome Follow-Up to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is Associated with Subsequent Improved Clinical Performance	5
Optimizing Physiology During Prehospital Airway Management: An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document	5
Frequency, Type, and Degree of Potential Harm of Adverse Safety Events among Pediatric Emergency Medical Services Encounters	5
Prehospital Post-Resuscitation Vital Sign Phenotypes are Associated with Outcomes Following Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest	5
Revisiting the “Scanty Science” of Prehospital Emergency Care 25 Years Later	5
Outcomes following Naloxone Administration by Bystanders and First Responders	5
Police Involvement in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Qualitative Exploration of Law Enforcement Roles and Contributing Organizational Factors	5
Effects of a Designated Ambulance Team Response on Prehospital Return of Spontaneous Circulation and Advanced Cardiac Life Support of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Nationwide Natural Experimental	5
Prehospital Trauma Compendium: Prehospital Administration of Antibiotics in Trauma Patients – an NAEMSP Resource Document	5
Factors Influencing Outcomes of Trauma Patients Transferred in Trauma Systems by Air or Ground Ambulance: A Systematic Review	5
Prehospital Trauma Compendium: Vasopressors in Trauma – a Position Statement and Resource Document of NAEMSP	5
Machine Learning Analysis to Identify Data Entry Errors in Prehospital Patient Care Reports: A Case Study of a National Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Registry	5
Change in Emergency Medical Services-Attended Out-of-Hospital Deliveries during COVID-19 in the United States	5
Predictors of Non-Transport for Older Adult EMS Patients Encountered for Falls	5
Blind Spots: Biases in Prehospital Race and Ethnicity Recording	4
Pharmacokinetics of Tranexamic Acid (TXA) Delivered by Expeditious Routes in a Swine Model of Polytrauma and Hemorrhagic Shock	4
Identification of Naloxone in Emergency Medical Services Data Substantially Improves by Processing Unstructured Patient Care Narratives	4
Establishing Outcome Parameters for Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Research in The Netherlands: Results of a Mixed-Methods Delphi Consensus Study	4
National Characteristics of Non-Transported Children by Emergency Medical Services in the United States	4
Acknowledgment	4
An EMS Transport Destination Officer is Associated with Reductions in Simultaneous Emergency Department Arrivals	4
Ready for Children Part II: Increasing Pediatric Care Coordination and Psychomotor Skills Evaluation in the Prehospital Setting	4
State Requirements for Medical Directors in the United States	4
Evidence for Use of Validated Sepsis Screening Tools in the Prehospital Population: A Scoping Review	4
Prehospital Use of Waveform Capnography in Intubated Neonates	4
Utilization and Effect of Direct Medical Oversight during Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest	4
Gender Differences in Defibrillator Practices in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest	4
Using Natural Language Processing to Examine Social Determinants of Health in Prehospital Pediatric Encounters and Associations with EMS Transport Decisions	4
A Retrospective Analysis of Combat Injury Patterns and Prehospital Interventions Associated with the Development of Sepsis	4
Prehospital Treatment of Benzodiazepine-Resistant Pediatric Status Epilepticus with Parenteral Ketamine: A Case Series	4
Comparison of Four Methods of Paramedic Continuing Education in the Management of Pediatric Emergencies	4
Social Determinants of Health and Emergency Medical Services: A Scoping Review	4
Navy En-Route Care in Future Distributed Maritime Operations: A Review of Clinician Capabilities and Roles of Care	4
Sublingual Sufentanil Tablet for Analgesia in Emergency Medical Services and Search and Rescue Agencies	4
False Electrical Capture in Prehospital Transcutaneous Pacing by Paramedics: A Case Series	4
A Systematic Survey of Emergency Medical Services Fellows in the United States	4
Prehospital Care Research Forum Abstracts 2022	4
Approaches, Barriers, and Facilitators in Statewide Initiative to Combat Opioid Overdose: A Narrative Review of Ohio’s Experiences During the HEALing Communities Study	4
Effect of Wearing N95 Mask on the Quality of Chest Compressions in Prehospital Emergency Personnel: A Cross-over Study	4
Tourniquet Use in the Prehospital Setting	4
Prehospital Sinus Node Dysfunction and Asystole in a Previously Healthy Patient with COVID-19	4
Elder Mistreatment Documentation by Prehospital Clinicians: An Analysis of the National Emergency Medical Services Information System Database	4
A Dedicated SARS-CoV-2 Testing Center for Public Service Agency Personnel: Implementation, Results, and Impact on Human Resources	4
Implementation of EMS Clinician Feedback Tool Encourages Patient Feedback Requests and Professional Development: A Mixed-Methods Study	4
Prehospital Extended FAST Exams Improve Clinical Decision Making by Helicopter EMS Crews: A Retrospective Case Series	4
Annual Cost of Civilian EMS: An Analysis of Navy Expenditures in Southern California	4
Prehospital Workforce Changes: 10-Year Evaluation of National Registry Certifications	3
Impact of Workplace Violence Against Emergency Medical Services (EMS)	3
Ventricular Fibrillation Simulated Electrocardiogram Artifact by a Deep Brain Stimulator	3
Time to Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC) and Survival: Tissue and Brain Perfusion Is Probably More Important than ROSC	3
Position Statement: The Role of the EMS Physician Assistant (PA) and Nurse Practitioner (NP) in EMS Systems	3
Wilderness First Responder Medical Clearance – A Scoping Review with Recommendations	3
Association of Ketamine Dosing with Intubation and Other Adverse Events in Patients with Behavioral Emergencies	3
The Effect of Building-Level Socioeconomic Status on Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Retrospective Cohort Study	3
Outcomes of Patients Receiving Thrombolysis in a Mobile Stroke Unit: A 4-Year Retrospective, Observational, Single-Center Study	3
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Prehospital Emergency Care for Adults with Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	3
Prehospital Ketamine Use in Pediatrics	3
Hemorrhagic Shock in Isolated and Non-Isolated Pelvic Fractures: A Registries-Based Study	3
Artificial Intelligence Driven Prehospital ECG Interpretation for the Reduction of False Positive Emergent Cardiac Catheterization Lab Activations: A Retrospective Cohort Study	3

Barriers to Implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment in the Prehospital Setting	3
Hemodynamic Collapse After Intubation in Critical Care Transport	3
Prehospital Sepsis Recognition and Antibiotic Administration: A Retrospective Analysis	3
Impact of Trauma Center Designation Level on the Survival of Trauma Patients Transported by Police in the United States	3
Nebulized Ketamine for Analgesia in the Prehospital Setting: A Case Series	3
Incorporating Systems-Level Stakeholder Perspectives into the Design of Mobile Integrated Health Programs	3
A One-Year Cross Sectional Analysis of Emergency Medical Services Utilization and Its Association with Hypertension in Pregnancy	3
Association Between Ambulance Station Case Volume and Clinical Outcomes in Moderate to Severe Trauma	3
One and Done Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest? Outcomes in a Multiagency United States Study	3
Position Statement: Expert Witness Qualifications and Ethical Guidelines for Emergency Medical Services Litigation	3
Longer Total Interhospital Transfer Times for Rural Sepsis Patients Not Associated with Increased Mortality	3
A Scoping Review and Consensus Recommendations for Emergency Medical Services Buprenorphine (EMS-Bupe) Programs	3
Changing Epidemiology of Emergency Medical Services Calls for Children in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Reopening	3
State-Level Helmet Use Laws, Helmet Use, and Head Injuries in EMS Patients Involved in Motorcycle Collisions	3
Prehospital Transcutaneous Cardiac Pacing in the United States: Treatment Epidemiology, Predictors of Treatment Failure, and Associated Outcomes	3
Mobile Integrated Health Care Roles of US EMS Clinicians: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study	3
A Retrospective Nationwide Comparison of the iGel and King Laryngeal Tube Supraglottic Airways for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation	3
Crystalloid Fluid Management of Non-Traumatic Hypotension by New South Wales Ambulance	3
Comparison of Patient Comfort and Acceleration Exposure During Lifting and Loading Operations Using Manual and Powered Stretchers	3
Correlation Between EtCO ₂ and PCO ₂ in Patients Undergoing Critical Care Transport	3
Factors Impacting the Implementation of Mobile Integrated Health Programs for the Acute Care of Older Adults	3
Intubation Rates following Prehospital Administration of Ketamine for Acute Agitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	3
Continuum of Care: A Multiagency Approach to Seamless Warmed Prehospital Whole Blood Resuscitation of a Patient with Noncompressible Truncal Hemorrhage	3
Are Pediatric Manual Resuscitators Only Fit for Pediatric Use? A Comparison of Ventilation Volumes in a Moving Ambulance	3
Association between EMS Workforce Density and Population Health Outcomes in the U.S.	3
Implementation Barriers of Prehospital Buprenorphine Administration Programs in the United States: A Scoping Review	3
Association of GPS-Based Logging and Manual Confirmation of the First Responders’ Arrival Time in a Smartphone Alerting System: An Observational Study	3
EMS Bypass to Endovascular Stroke Centers is Associated with Shorter Time to Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy for LVO Stroke	3
Evaluation of the CARES Skills Framework as a Peer Support Model in the Paramedic Undergraduate Curriculum: Facilitating Challenging Discussions in a Safe Environment	3
Association between Mode of Transport and Patient Outcomes in the Emergency Department following Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Single-Center Retrospective Study	3
Compliance Evaluation with ChatGPT for Diagnosis and Treatment in Patients Brought to the ED with a Preliminary Diagnosis of Stroke	3
Pediatric Bradycardia Is Undertreated in the Prehospital Setting: A Retrospective Multi-Agency Analysis	3
Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound by Intensive Care Paramedics to Assess Respiratory Distress in the Out-of-Hospital Environment: A Pilot Study	3
Brugada Syndrome as an Underlying Diagnosis for a Prehospital Seizure Dispatch	3
Assessing the “Reach” of a Fire-Based Mobile Integrated Health Buprenorphine Induction Program Through an Implementation Science Lens	3
The Association of Time to Key Prehospital Interventions Recorded by EMT-Worn video Devices and Sustained Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest	3
Prehospital SALAD Airway Technique in an Adolescent with Penetrating Trauma Case Report	3