Knowledge Advancement Reading List

Air Medical Services Use

Lyng JW, Braithwaite S, Abraham H, Brent CM, Meurer DA, Torres A, et al. Appropriate air medical services utilization and recommendations for integration of air medical services resources into the EMS system of care: a joint position statement and resource document of NAEMSP, ACEP, and AMPA. Prehosp Emerg Care 2021 Nov-Dec;25(6):854-73. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2021.1967534. Epub 2021 Oct 4. PMID: 34388053

Tidal Volumes and Bag-Valve-Mask Size

Siegler J, Kroll M, Wojcik S, Moy HP. Can EMS providers provide appropriate tidal volumes in a simulated adult-sized patient with a pediatric-sized bag-valve-mask? Prehosp Emerg Care 2017 Jan-Feb;21(1):74-8. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2016.1227003. Epub 2016 Oct 3. PMID: 27690714

Tranexamic Acid Morbidities with Acute Brain Trauma

Field Triage of Injured Patients: National Guidelines

Newgard CD, Fischer PE, Gestring M, Michaels HN, Jurkovich GJ, Lerner EB, et al.; 2021 National Expert Panel on Field Triage. National guideline for the field triage of injured patients: recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage, 2021. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2022 Apr 27. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003627. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35475939

Video or Telephone Communication with Community Paramedics


Abrashkin KA, Washko JD, Li T, Berkowitz J, Poku A, Zhang J, et al. Video or telephone? A natural experiment on the added value of video communication in community paramedic responses. Ann Emerg Med 2021 Jan;77(1):103-9. doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.04.026. Epub 2020 Jun 10. PMID: 32534834

Midazolam Use for Status Epilepticus

Guterman EL, Sporer KA, Newman TB, et al. Real-world Midazolam use and outcomes with out-of-hospital treatment of status epilepticus in the United States. Ann Emerg Med 2022 Oct;80(4):319-28. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.05.024. Epub 2022 Aug 2. PMID: 35931608; PMCID: PMC9930617