EMS Research
Thirty years ago, there were more research publications about herbal medicine, acupuncture, and hives than there were about all topics related to EMS. Without high quality studies assessing the efficacy or harm of prehospital interventions, EMS providers were often relying on dogmas and opinions.
Recognizing that there were critical knowledge gaps in EMS, the National EMS Research Agenda was published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2001 to help draw attention to that problem. Since that time, the amount of EMS research publications and EMS funding have increased significantly.
While much has changed over the last three decades, there is still a great need to learn more about the care that we provide outside the hospital. As an academic institution, research is a core part of our mission.
Our department is well-resourced to participate in high-quality research. Some of these resources include:
Peer-Reviewed Publications
The publications below were authored or co-authored by faculty in the Division of Prehospital Medicine.
Only the last 20 publications are listed. For a more exhaustive search, consider searching by author in a service such as Google Scholar or PubMed. This list updates automatically every week.