Does your Agency Participate in Studies/Clinical trials...

[Ace844]

Hi All,

In relation to my other post and some others that have been posted on this board recently, I got to wondering how common is research in EMS in general. It seems that most of the studies come from a few select areas....So lets hear from everyone, and what they think about the renewed push towards evidenced based medicine in EMS!!

Out here,

Ace844

[Ridryder 911]

I have discussed this with my ADminstrator and I agreee evidence medicine is going to be VERY hard in EMS. Performing emporical studies in the field with very many variables, will be hard to prove. I am not saying it should not be done, but will be very difficult for true scientific studies.

Be safe,

Ridryder 911

[AZCEP]

Currently, the biggest problem in my agency is the limited volume of patients. On a busy day we may transport 5-7 patients, on most 1-2. The most common types of calls are drug/ETOH related, and there are very few things that we would be able to control for.

Our medical director has assigned a couple of the residents to review data from the last two years in reference to intubation proficiency, so maybe there is some light at the end of the tunnel.