Open AccessA Statewide Study of the Epidemiology of Emergency Medical Services' Management of Pediatric Asthma
Author(s) -
Jennifer N. Fishe,
Eugene Palmer,
Erik Finlay,
Carmen Smotherman,
Shiva Gautam,
Phyllis L. Hendry,
Leslie Hendeles
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pediatric emergency care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.449
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1535-1815
pISSN - 0749-5161
DOI - 10.1097/pec.0000000000001743
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , asthma , ipratropium bromide , confidence interval , epidemiology , emergency department , population , emergency medicine , exacerbation , emergency medical services , pediatrics , bronchodilator , environmental health , psychiatry
Little is known about emergency medical services' (EMS') management of pediatric asthma. This study's objective was to describe the demographic, clinical, and geographic characteristics of current EMS' management of pediatric asthma in the state with the fourth-largest pediatric population.