Prehospital Care Research Forum (PCRF) Journal Club
The UCLA Center for Prehospital Care established the Prehospital Care Research Forum (PCRF) at UCLA in 1992 in cooperation with JEMS Communications. The PCRF Journal Club is a bi-monthly online meeting that critically evaluates published research and its relevance to prehospital care. We aim to promote healthy and respectful discussions that challenge present and future prehospital care practices. Each session is facilitated by a panel of experts, PCRF board members, and associates.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 72
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
TBI: A Challenge to the Current Understanding of Hypotension
The societal burden of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) is enormous. One major focus of evidence-based TBI treatment guidelines is the prevention and treatment of hypotension. However, little is known…
Falls in Older Adults Requiring Emergency Services
Falls in Older Adults Requiring Emergency Services: Mortality, Use of Healthcare Resources, and Prognostication to One Year Although falls among older adults are common and frequently require emergen…
Is AVPU comparable to GCS in critical prehospital decisions?
Is AVPU just as informative as GCS? This cross-sectional study is aimed to assess whether prehospital AVPU categorization correlates with GCS severity categorization and, similarly, with mortality ra…
On Pins and Needles: Prehospital Chest Decompression
Prehospital needle decompression is a rare but potentially life-saving procedure. Prior studies on chest decompression in trauma patients have been small, limited to single institutions or emergency …
Arrested Development: EMS-Witnessed Cardiac Arrest
EMS witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest can be challenging for the EMS clinicians attending to the patient, even though patients who suffer OHCA in front of emergency medical services (EMS) clin…
An EXACT target for SpO2 following OHCA Resuscitation?
The administration of a high fraction of oxygen following the return of spontaneous circulation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may increase reperfusion brain injury. Join us at the next PCRF Journ…
What's the Scoop with Bup?
Medication for opioid use disorder is extremely effective and can reduce overdose mortality by two-thirds. However, treatment initiation rates are low among overdose survivors. Prehospital buprenorph…
This is no Snoozefest: EMS Sleep Study
Long-duration shifts, variable shift scheduling, limited time off between shifts, and other factors are linked to fatigue in EMS shift workers. Odds of injury, error and adverse events are higher amo…
Social Determinants of Health and EMS Use Among Children
Prior studies suggest that EMS utilization in children may vary by socioeconomic status. However, most of these studies were small, and focused on regional data. Join us as we review a recently publi…
Cost of Caring Traumatic Stress and Compassion Fatigue in EMS
Compassion fatigue is the acute or gradual loss of benevolence that occurs after exposure to critical incident stress. The study we will review this month uses a cross-sectional survey to identify th…
Reducing pediatric medication errors: Could an age-based field guide be perfect addition?
Several studies have demonstrated the high frequency of medication errors in pediatric patients by prehospital providers during both patient care and simulation. Does the addition of a pediatric fiel…
Let’s talk about Sex & Race: How Equitable is our EMS Care?
EMS providers pride themselves on the great care we deliver, but is that care equitable for all our patients? Join us for this second special edition PCRF journal club with the Diversity, Equity, and…