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EPIC Publications

EMS Treatment Guidelines in Major Traumatic Brain Injury With Positive Pressure Ventilation

Guideline Implementation Is Improving Trauma Care in the Wild, Wild West

Optimal Prehospital Blood Pressure in Major Traumatic Brain Injury: A Challenge to the Current Understanding of Hypotension

Correlation between prehospital and in-hospital hypotension and outcomes after traumatic brain injury

Hyperoxia and Outcome Before and After Implementation of the Prehospital Traumatic Brain Injury Guidelines.

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Publications

Association of Out-of-Hospital Hypotension Depth and Duration With Traumatic Brain Injury Mortality

Published in Annals of Emergency Medicine, October 2017

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Body Temperature after EMS Transport: Association with Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes

Published in Prehospital Emergency Care, May, 2017

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Mortality and Prehospital Blood Pressure in Patients With Major Traumatic Brain Injury: Implications for the Hypotension Threshold

Published in JAMA Surgery, April, 2017

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The Effect of Combined Out-of-Hospital Hypotension and Hypoxia on Mortality in Major Traumatic Brain Injury

Published in Annals of Emergency Medicine, January, 2017

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Environmental Hyperthermia in Prehospital Patients with Major Traumatic Brain Injury

Published in The Journal of Emergency Medicine Vol 49, #3.

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EPIC Methods Paper

Evaluation of the Impact of Implementing the Emergency Medical Services Traumatic Brain Injury Guidelines in Arizona: The Excellence in Prehospital Injury Care (EPIC) Study Methodology Published in Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2014

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EPIC Report: Accomplishments: Major Activities, Specific Objectives, Significant Results, Major Findings

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Abstract Presentation - The Synergistic Effect of Prehospital Hypotension and Hypoxia in Major Traumatic Brain Injury: Profound Impact on Mortality

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Guidelines for the Acute Medical Management of Severe TBI in Children and Beyond

From the Brain Trauma Foundation

https://www.braintrauma.org/december-2012-webinar/

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Abstract Presentation - Association Between Prehospital GCS and Trauma Center Outcomes in Moderate and Severe TBI

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