 IN THE SPOTLIGHT |
| Price Hill Woman Thanks First Responders Who Saved Her Life |
 A Price Hill woman is living a Christmas miracle this holiday season. Deloris Casey suffered a massive heart attack in September. But teamwork by paramedics, air care helicopter nurses and doctors brought her back to life. Local 12's Larry Davis says she got to see them all face to face today -- to say thank you. View story..
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| ACMC Competes in METI Cup 2011 |
Air Care & Mobile Care, for the second year in a row, was one of the ten teams chosen to compete in the annual METI Cup simulation competition at the Air Medical Transport Conference last week in St. Louis. Those who compete are the very best in North American transport medicine. Our team is no exception. The ACMC METI Cup 2011 Team consisted of Matt Gunderman and Chris Zammit, with Jenn Lakeberg serving as the team alternate.
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WELCOME THE NEW CLASS
0F 2015!
Michael Bohanske, MD
Boston University
Matthew Chinn, MD
University of Texas @ Houston
J'Mir Cousar, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Kristopher Ford, MD
University of Illinois
Dina Gozman, MD
Ohio State University
Phillip Moschella, MD
Medical University of S. Carolina
Megan Redmond, MD
SUNY Upstate
Matthew Stull, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Elaine Todd, MD
Duke University
Joseph Verzwyvelt, MD
University of Mississippi
Kyle Walsh, MD
Michigan State University
Cyrus Yamin, MD
Harvard Medical School
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| RESEARCH NEWS |
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NOVEMBER 2011:
In a new publication, Dr. Christopher Palmer and his team address HEMS scene response time for STEMI
Myocardial infarction is a leading cause of death in the United States. Dr. Christopher Palmer and his team address HEMS scene response for patients with STEMI in a publication titled, “Response for a STEMI Patient Transported Directly to the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory†in the current issue of Air Medical Journal.
In a recent publication in Current Neurovascular Research, Dr. Jason Meunier and colleagues discuss effectiveness of tPA combination therapies in stroke patients
In ischemic stroke, a blood clot blocks blood flow in the brain; an emergency condition, it is often treated by administration of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), which breaks up the clot. However, tPA can not be administered to all patients, and can have severe side effects. One important goal in stroke research is to combine tPA with another treatment, to make thrombolysis (breaking up blood clots) more effective while using less tPA. This in-vitro study compares several combination treatments with tPA in a model of ischemic stroke: tPA by itself, tPA with ultrasound at two frequencies, and tPA with plasminogen. In general, combination therapy is more effective than tPA by itself; different combinations work better at different tPA concentrations.
OCTOBER 2011:
In a new publication in "Neurocritical Care," Dr. Michael Ward identifies U.S. population access to neurocritical care units
Neurocritical care improves outcomes and reduces costs for neurological patients with critical illness. Yet, U.S. population access to such services is unknown. We identify current U.S. population access rates for the U.S. along with geographic disparities, particularly those that exist in the Southeastern United States.
JULY 2011:
In a new publication in "Academic Emergency Medicine," Dr. Michael Ward identifies the specific steps needed to develop a research agenda on efficiency in emergency care
Achieving efficiency in U.S. emergency departments is paramount to providing quality and cost-effective emergency care, but the methods and means in which this can be achieved are currently unknown. Dr. Ward recently led a group of emergency medicine researchers as part of the Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference held in June 2011 to identify and map out a research agenda for achieving efficiency in U.S. emergency departments. This manuscript identifies the specific steps needed to develop a research agenda on efficiency.
A new manuscript highlights cardiac arrest management techniques used by Emergency Medical Services agencies across the country
Survival rates after out of hospital cardiac arrest are variable across the country. As a first step to better understand why this variability occurs, researchers from across the country--including University of Cincinnati Department of Emergency Medicine faculty Jason McMullan, MD--surveyed Emergency Medical Services agencies participating in the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival project. The results highlight the variety of cardiac arrest management techniques used by these agencies; the impact of these differences on survival requires further evaluation.
MARCH 2011:
A new publication in The American Heart Association's journal "Stroke" discusses the implications of increased treatment rates
In a manuscript currently in press with the journal Stroke, Dr. Adeoye and colleagues in Neurology (Drs. Khatri and Kleindorfer) found that treatment of ischemic stroke patients in the United States with rt-PA approximately doubled in 2005 to 2009 compared with 2001 to 2004. This increase in treatment rates has significant implications for potentially reducing the societal burden of stroke.
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