Abstract Competition: Details & Past Winners

2025

1^st Place
Describing Prehospital Maternity and Neonatal Care in North Carolina
Authors: James Winslow, Tom Mitchell, James Hood, Alison Treichel, J. Brent Myers, Remle Crowe, Jennifer Wilson, Christopher Montera, Antonio Fernandez

2^nd Place
2019-2023 Demographic and Injury Characteristics of Micromobility-related Injuries from Utah Trauma Registry
Authors: Daisy Banta, Jessica Rosner, Camela Crittenden, Remle P. Crowe, J Brent Myers, Antonio Fernandez

3^rd Place
Quantifying & Describing Pediatric Patients Who Received Emergency Care from North Dakota EMS for Suicide or Self-Harm
Authors: Chettie Greer, Christopher Price, Mary Waldo, Allison Treichel, Remle Crowe, J. Brent Meyers, Jennifer Wilson, Christopher Montera, Antonio Fernandez

Honorable Mention
Optimizing Interfacility Trauma Transfers from a Facility Perspective: Understanding Resource Utilization and Impact on Emergency Medical and Trauma Systems
Authors: Kiva Thompson, Scott Beckley, Angela Wright, Amber Viitanen, Martin Duffy, Jenna Seddon

Improving Pediatric Medication Safety through Implementation of Evidence Based Guidelines
Authors: Shane O’Donnell, William Cheng, Ward Strickland, Benjamin Sensenbach, Melinda Cannuli, Amy Eisenhauer, Jeremy Cushman, Maia Dorsett

Critical Care for EMS: Understanding the Job Satisfaction and Retention to Sustain the Workforce
Authors: Amber Viitanen, Scott Beckley, Jenna Seddon, Matthew Pickler, Michael Bateman, Angela Wright

2024

1^st Place
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival–Assessing the Impact of the Wyoming First Responder AED Project
Authors: Amber Martinez, Laurel Wimbish, Lena Dechert, Aaron Koehler, and Jay Ostby, with assistance from Shinze Kato and Eric Canen

2^nd Place
A Statewide Evaluation of Potentially Under Triaged Trauma Patients in the Prehospital Setting
Authors: Daisy Banta, Jessica Rosner, Camela Crittenden, Remle P. Crowe, J Brent Myers, Antonio Fernandez

3^rd Place
Bidirectional Impact: Transforming Trauma Data with a Statewide Validation Process for the Colorado Trauma Registry
Authors: Kiva Thompson, MSN, RN; Scott Beckley, PhD; Amber Viitanen, MPH; Martin Duffy, BSN, RN; and William Clark RHIT, NRP 

Honorable Mention
A Comparison of Cardiac Arrest Recognition by Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) and non-EMD Systems in Kansas
Authors: Alyssa M. Green, Chad E. Pore, Morgan K. Anderson

A Study of the EMS Workforce in Maine 
Authors: Anna Massefski, Darren Davis

Breaking Point: Unraveling the Strain on Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Colorado and the Rising Role of Interfacility Transports 
Authors: Amber Viitanen, MPHi, Avery Richardson, BSc.i, Austin Wingate, NRPii, Sarah Weatherrediii, MHL, MSN, RN, Bill Clark, RHIT, NRPi, Jenna Seddonii

2023

1^st Place
Factors Associated with Improved Patient Condition to First Dose of Prehospital Naloxone Administration in the State of Wyoming 
Authors: Morgan K. Anderson, Lori L. Boland, Jay Ostby 

2^nd Place
Impact of Helmet Law Repeal on Motorcycle Crash Incidents Attended by EMS in Missouri
Authors: Morgan K. Anderson, Lori L. Boland, Peggy Huddleston, AAS, CADS

3^rd Place
Where Are They Now: Linking Colorado’s EMS Provider Database with Labor and Wage Data to Inform Recruitment and Retention Practices for a More Sustainable System
Authors: Amber Viitanen, MPH, CIP, Donnie Woodyard, Jr., MAML, NRP, Matthew Pickler, William Clark RHIT, NRP, Scott Beckley, PhD, Michael Bateman, RN, BSN, Jeff Beckman, MD

Honorable Mention
Getting Patients to the Right Level of Trauma Center After Motorcycle Crashes: The Challenge for a Rural State Trauma System
Authors: Heather M. Stamey, RN, MBA, BSN, Lina I. Brou, MPH, Katherine R. Meyers, BS, Hannah Yang, MSPH, Kristin Thackeray-Pflughoft, MSN, Sarah K. Spilman, MA

Creating a Reliable Syndrome Definition for Motor Vehicle Crashes
Authors: Emily Bergquist, MSA, EMT-P, I/C, Director, Division of EMS and Systems of Care; Joe Ferrell, MS, Paramedic; Alissa Morrison, BAS, EMT-P; Josh Walters, MSEE