Prehospital Care Research Forum Journal Club – Details, episodes & analysis

Can one email from a professor improve students' exam scores? This isn't a story about an accidental email sent with the answer key attached. It is a story about a professor who, using a growth mindset, encourages students to keep pushing forward in their biology class. Join us for this month's education journal club as we explore the impact of faculty mindset on student performance, specifically on first-generation college students, following this experience.

https://www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10.1187/cbe.23-07-0131

Workforce shortages continue to pervade EMS. Despite the pandemic recovery and increased efforts at bringing more people into the field and keeping them there, fewer people are choosing to climb into the back of an ambulance. Little work, however, has been put into describing the experience of being an EMT or paramedic, specifically those who are underrepresented in the EMS workforce. Join the Prehospital Care Research Forum clinical journal club this month to explore the latest research on just that,

The Female Emergency Medical Services Experience: A Mixed Methods Study.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10903127.2024.2306248

Communication, advocacy, and even history-taking are all behaviors engrained in the EMS provider. In fact, we can all think of an educator, preceptor, or partner who helped teach and role-model these skills. Because these behaviors reflect our training, they are also open to bias based on our different lived experiences. Join us this month for the Prehospital Care Research Forum education podcast as we review this scooping review on using simulation to teach behavioral skills related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36194859/

Survival from out of hospital cardiac arrest continues to be a benchmark for EMS Agencies across the globe. Focuses on chest compression quality and early defibrillation have led to substantial improvements in return of spontaneous circulation and thousands more cardiac arrest survivors being able to leave the hospital. Join this month’s PCRF Journal Club to discuss a paper that evaluates the size of BVM used and its impact on cardiac arrest survival.

Checklists have become a part of every EMS provider's day. We use them to check in our ambulances, ensure we have all our equipment, and help us prepare for low-frequency skills. However, can a checklist do more than that? Can a checklist help us perform better in the field? Join us for this month's Prehospital Care Research Forum education podcast, where we will review a study that evaluated if using an easy-to-remember checklist can improve cardiac arrest management.

While most cardiac dysrhythmias fit nicely into a treatment algorithm, atrial fibrillation stands out as lacking clear-cut treatment guidelines. Concerns over patient outcome, risk of potential stroke, and further cardiac damage leave many agencies favoring rapid transport and limited treatment. Additionally, limited data is available to link prehospital treatment to the patient’s hospital discharge status. Join this month's PCRF Journal Club to discuss a landmark paper that evaluates treating atrial fibrillation in the prehospital setting, including a link between prehospital treatment and hospital outcome data.

The inherent risk of injury and illness comes with most jobs, more so in the first responder community. Working on the front lines during disasters, roadway collisions, and violent encounters, paramedics experience their fair share of risk. However, limited large-scale data analysis describes the injuries and illnesses paramedics face. Join this month's PCRF Journal Club as we review a study that evaluated workforce data to describe these challenges paramedics face and how we compare to other first responders and those in health care.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10548021/

Join us for this end-of-year special edition of the PCRF Education Research Journal Club when each of our panelists will share a favorite article from the educational literature in 2023.

Most of our pediatric patients cared for and transported by EMS have low acuity, which results in very favorable outcomes. Despite this, EMS providers still experience adverse safety encounters while caring for pediatric patients. Join this month's PCRF Journal Club as we review a study that evaluated the frequency, type, and potential harm from these adverse safety encounters across 15 EMS Agencies in 3 states.

Can students in self-directed endotracheal intubation training accurately and reliably self-evaluate their abilities? This paper used an algorithm-driven hybrid simulation learning method to assess competence. Including peer-to-peer practical skills training. Join us as we explore this method of learning and algorithm for assessment.