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Session: Emergency Medical Care and Transport
5115.0: Wednesday, November 10, 2004: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Emergency Medical Care and Transport
This session will have presentations on aspects of emergency medical care, services and transport.
Learning Objectives: Learn more about topics in emergency medical care and transport.
Moderator(s):Lynne Fullerton, PhD
12:30 PMEmergency medical care for children: How well integrated are pediatric issues into state emergency medical service systems?  [ Recorded presentation ]
Michael Ely, MHRM, Mike Schnyder, NNREMT-P, Lisa K. Hyde, BS, Amy E. Donaldson, MS, Ron Furnival, MD
12:45 PMBenefits of transfer guidelines for pediatric trauma in pennsylvania  [ Recorded presentation ]
Christopher S. Hollenbeak, PhD, Jennifer Findeis-Hosey, BS, Robert E. Cilley, MD, Stanley J. Kurek, DO, Andreas Meier, MD, Peter W. Dillon, MD, MS
1:00 PMPrehospital providers’ compliance with hospital ambulance diversion protocols
Melissa McCarthy, ScD, Andrew Shore, PhD, Guohua Li, MD DrPH, Gabor Kelen, MD FACEP, Nelson Tang, MD, FACEP, Riccardo Colella, DO, James Scheulen, MBA, John New, BA
1:15 PMEpidemiology of occupational injuries and illnesses among emergency medical services personnel  [ Recorded presentation ]
Brian J Maguire, DrPH, MSA, EMT-P, Katherine L. Hunting, PhD, MPH, Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, Gordon S. Smith, MD, MPH
1:30 PMBlunt cardiac injury associated with cardiac valve insufficiency: Trauma links to chronic disease?
Rovshan M Ismailov, MD MPH, Harold B. Weiss, MPH, PhD, Roberta B Ness, MD, MPH, Bruce A. Lawrence, PhD, Ted Miller, Ph D
1:45 PMVariations in the Management of Splenic Injuries in the United States  [ Recorded presentation ]
David H. Rothstein, MD, David P. Mooney, MD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Endorsed by:Health Administration; Occupational Health and Safety
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA