The National Association of EMS Physicians annual conference showcases the best research on prehospital emergency care from across the U.S. and internationally. The most recent conference was held this past January 2010 in Phoenix AZ. Faculty affiliated with the Center and Department of Emergency Medicine here at Pittsburgh had another fine year, presenting 13 oral and moderated poster presentations (approximately 11% of all presented). Abstracts from each of these presentations have been published in Volume 14 of Prehospital Emergency Care, Supplment S1, January 2010. The title, author, and affiliations of our faculty and fellows are listed below – including Dr. Young Min Kim who is a visiting fellow with the Department of Emergency Medicine.

Drs. Hostler, Roth, and Guyette led or co-led two didactic sessions. Dr. Hostler was involved in instructing pre-conference attendees in the session entitled: “Operational EMS 101: Fireground Medicine Hazmat Operational Support, Tactical Medicine, Urban Search and Rescue.” Drs. Guyette and Roth co-led a concurrent session entitled: “Quality Improvement: Learning from the past.”

Congratulations to Dr. Christian Martin-Gill, an EMS Research Fellow, for receiving the Zoll Best Cardiac Poster for his study entitled: “Effect of crew size on objective measures of resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Christian Martin-Gill, Francis X. Guyette, Jon C. Rittenberger, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Emergency Medicine.”

Abstracts #, Title, Author, Affiliation:

6. Effect of crew size on objective measures of resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Christian Martin-Gill, Francis X. Guyette, Jon C. Rittenberger, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Emergency Medicine

24. Incidence of re-arrest after return of spontaneous circulation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. James J. Menegazzi, Amanda M. Stephenson, David D. Salcido, Joseph P. Condle, Clifton W. Callaway, University of Pittsburgh

25. Enhancing cardiopulmonary resuscitation performance during cardiac arrest resuscitation: a prospective trial of real-time feedback. David Hostler, Siobhan Everson-Stewart, Thomas D. Rea, Ian G. Stiell, Clifton W. Callaway, Peter J. Kundenchuk, Gena Sears, Scott S. Emerson, Marc-Andre Da Ponti, Grahm Nichol, for the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators, University of Pittsburgh

26. Recovery of electrocardiogram organization after prolonged ventricular fibrillation and cardiopulmonary bypass. David D. Salcido, Eric S. Logue, Xiaoyi Teng, James J. Menegazzi, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine

31. Direct versus video laryngoscopic intubation by novice prehospital intubators during chest compressions: a pilot manikin study. Young Min Kim, Hyung Goo Kang, Ji Hoon Kim, Hyun Soo Chung, Hyeon Woo Yim, Seung Hee Jeong, The Catholic University of Korea, Department of Emergency Medicine

32. Identification of adverse events in ground emergency medical services by medical directors. P. Daniel Patterson, Chris Martin-Gill, Matthew Weaver, Ronald Roth, Joe Suyama, Kaleab Abebe, Francis Guyette, Jon Rittenberger, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

43. A longitudinal study of turnover and its cost in emergency medical services. P. Daniel Patterson, Cheryl B. Jones, Michael Hubble, Matthew Weaver, Matthew Carr, Jon Engberg, Nicholas Castle, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Emergency Medicine

53. Pulmonary dysfunction is common after cardiac arrest. Matthew J. Stull, Xiaoyi Teng, Clifton W. Callaway, Francis X. Guyette, Jon C. Rittenberger, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

83. Re-arrest is rare during air ambulance transport of post-cardiac arrest patients. Bryn Mumma, Amy Hartke, Clifton Callaway, Frank X. Guyette, Jon C. Rittenberger, University of Pittsburgh

88. A modified LEMON scoring system for predicting difficult intubation in emergency airway management: a multicenter observational study. Young Min Kim, Ji Hoon Kim, Young Min Oh, Chun Song Youn, Byung Hak So, Tae Ho Lim, Hyuk Joong Choi, Hyun Soo Chung, Jun Ho Cho, Hyeon Woo Yim, Seung Hee Jeong, The Catholic University of Korea

99. Prehospital use of King LT-D with mechanical ventilation. Seth Ritter, Francis X. Guyette, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

109. Feasibility of initiating cardiopulmonary bypass during mechanical chest compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation. James J. Menegazzi, David D. Salcido, eric Logue, University of Pittsburgh

116. In-flight automatic external defibrillator use and consultation patterns. Aaron M. Brown, Jon C. Rittenberger, Charles M. Ammon, Scott T. Harrington, Frank X. Guyette, University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine