Emergency Medicine

Regarding Racial Disparities in Door-to-Clinician Time for Cardiac Chest Pain in the Emergency Department (Letter to the Editor)

Completed: 2026-06-28

Awad and colleagues are to be commended for a methodologically careful examination of racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department

Comment on “Cervical Spine Clearance in Adult and Pediatric Trauma: A Systematic Review”

Palmiero and Figueiredo present a valuable synthesis of cervical spine clearance evidence across adult and pediatric trauma populations (1). Their

Cyberwarfare Beyond the Hospital: Emergency Medical Services as a Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability

This commentary examines cyberwarfare targeting healthcare supply chains as an underrecognized threat to emergency medical services (EMS) in the United

Dynamic crew configuration recommendations for emergency medical services

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) face uncertainty regarding how to staff ambulances most effectively. The standard practice requires a minimum of

Reader comment regarding machine learning models to detect opioid misuse in emergency department patients at triage

Chhablani and colleagues make an important contribution by demonstrating that machine learning classifiers applied to triage-level electronic health record data

Intentional pediatric nonprescription cold/cough and analgesic/antipyretic exposure trends amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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The objective of this study is to examine US Poison Center intentional pediatric nonprescription analgesics/antipyretic and cold/cough exposure trends involving

Implications of systemic racism in Emergency Medical Services: On prehospital bias and complicity

Public health research has increasingly proven racial disparities within emergency medicine, as exemplified by the fallibility of pulse oximeters resulting

Out of Hospital Bystander CPR Rates in Baltimore City, Maryland, 2020-2022, Compared to State and National Rates: A Preliminary Report

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This preliminary study was a rapid retrospective analysis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) cases from Baltimore City between January 2020

Prehospital Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: A Rapid Review of Implementation Approaches and Outcomes

This study aimed to evaluate the use of prehospital medication-assisted treatment (MAT) administration by Emergency Medical Services for opioid use

Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Emergency Medical Services: Perspectives on the Implications of Generative AI in Prehospital Care

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Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is likely to experience transformative changes due to the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), such