EMS Research

As part of the EMS track, residents are assigned to one or more EMS agencies based on their interests and serve as an Assistant Medical Director to those agencies. The residents are able to partake in many other opportunities covering EMS operations, education, and disaster management. The track was designed to allow the resident the flexibility to tailor their experience toward their interests.

The residents are mentored by our staff EMS physicians, some who have had significant EMS experience prior to medical school.

For more information on the EMS Scholarly Track, contact Jeff Myers at jwmyers@buffalo.edu.
Click here to view the complete EMS Scholarly Track guidelines.

EMS Research / Projects

Current Activity

Arrival Mode for STEMIs

Effect of Interprofessional Experience on EMR Attitudes Towards Team Care

Paramedic Textbook

ED Delay Study

The Lay Public's Expectations of Prearrival Instructions when Dialing 911…A Decade Later

Abdominal Pain Above The Navel

Comparison of Transport Time of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services vs. Ground Transport

Traditional Operating Room vs. Cadaver Lab Experience for Paramedic Intubation Training

Does the Second Crew Member Effect HEMS on Scene Time?

Does the Second Crew Member's Training Effect Ambulance On-Scene Time?

Can Citizens Accurately Determine Workable and Non-Workable Cardiac Arrests?

ALS vs BLS Study - Outcomes of Calls That Should Have Gone to a Medic But Did Not

2010

Beebe RW, Myers JW. Professional Paramedic Volume 3: Trauma Care and Operations. Delmar Cengage Learning, Albany, NY 2010.

Beebe RW, Myers JW. Professional Paramedic Volume 2: Medical Emergencies, Maternal Health and Pediatrics. Delmar Cengage Learning, Albany, NY 2010.

Beebe RW, Myers JW. Professional Paramedic Volume 1: Foundations of Paramedic Care. Delmar Cengage Learning, Albany, NY 2010.

Clemency B, Cooley C, Roginski M, Attwood K, Billittier AJ: Prehospital Intubation: Patient Position Does Matter. Prehosp Emerg Care, 2010; 14 Supplement 1:9.

Clemency B, Roginski M, Cooley C, Manka M, Attwood K, Billittier AJ: Emergency Department "Open With Delay" Status Does Not Affect the Rate of Ambulance Arrivals. Prehosp Emerg Care, 2010; 14 Supplement 1:37.

2008

Myers JW (Senior Editor & Author). Techniques in Airway Management: Basic and Advanced Instructional DVD. Delmar Cengage Learning, Albany, NY 2008.

Shand D, Myers J, Wander S, Billittier A, Woytash J, Vertes D, Malone J. Effective Catheter Length for Needle Thoracostomy. Academic Emergency Medicine 2008;15(5): Supplement 1, S109.

Lerner EB, Billittier AJ: Cardiac Arrest Patients Rarely Receive Chest Compressions Prior to Ambulance Arrival Despite the Availability of Pre-Arrival CPR Instructions. Resuscitation; 2008; 77(1):51-56.

2007

Blatt A, Jehle D, Billittier A, et al: Time Required to Notify 911 with Automated Collision Notification Systems. Journal of Emergency Management 2007;5(5):43-49.

2006

Myers JW, Williams B: Standing order prehospital analgesic administration: Does practice setting make a difference?  National Association of EMS Physicians, Tucson, AZ, January 19-21, 2006.

Williams B, Myers JW: Medications utilized for prehospital analgesia. National Association of EMS Physicians, Tucson, AZ, January 19-21, 2006.