Research Goals
The Prehospital Medicine research group aims to improve the health of communities and care of prehospital, emergency medical services (EMS) patients by advancing the evidence-based practice of prehospital personnel.
Prehospital medicine is an essential part of the public health and public safety systems and these systems are tightly linked with emergency departments (EDs) and hospitals nationwide. However, EMS practice has been based on in-hospital practice or perceived best practices from the field, with limited supporting research. Furthermore, little research has explored the public health role of EMS. The research group is working to overcome these deficiencies and advance the science of prehospital medicine.
Research News
- Michael Spigner recognized by the National Association of EMS Physicians for excellence and potential as an early career medical director (January 2024).
- Mike Mancera named to Citizen CPR Foundation’s 40 Under 40 (2021) for his contributions to improving prehospital cardiac arrest care.
- Dane County’s cardiac arrest survival, bystander CPR rates well above national average: Dr. Michael Mancera in the Wisconsin State Journal talking about Dane County’s cardiac arrest survival and bystander CPR attempts well above national averages. This is part of the CARES (Cardiac Arrest Registry for Enhanced Survival) registry that he helps lead.
- Drs. Lohmeier, Mancera and Shah contribute chapter on geriatric trauma to ninth edition of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) Prehospital Trauma Life Support for First Responders Course Manual.
