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The NASEMSO Abstracts competition fosters EMS system research and performance improvement in state offices of EMS.

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Eligible Participants: A member of a state EMS office must be a listed author (includes EMSC staff and medical directors).

Topics/Components: Abstracts must include an introduction, objective(s), methods, results, and a conclusion for a system performance improvement topic or epidemiological study related to EMS.

Judging Criteria: Authors’ ability to describe, analyze, intervene, measure, and implement their idea into the state system. Complexity and potential impact of the research also considered.

Abstract Format: Submit in abstract format, up to two pages, 12-point font, Times New Roman, 0.5” margins.

Poster Display: Entrants are expected to display posters summarizing their work. Poster size: 24” by 36”.

Submission deadline: April 11, 2025

Submit abstracts and questions to: abstracts@nasemso.org.

Past Winners

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^ndPlace
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

2022

1^st Place
Defining a Suite of Performance Measures for EMS in Rural Settings: North Dakota Rural EMS Counts Project
Authors: Christopher Price, MPA; Lindsey B. Narloch, MS; Antonio R. Fernandez, PhD, NRP; Nikiah Nudell, MS, NRP; Karen E. Jacobson, BA; Shila Blend, PhD, RN-BC; Brad Gibbens, MPA; Jason Eblen, BUS, NRP; Howard Walth, RN, NRP; J. Brent Myers, MD, MPH; Remle P. Crowe, PhD, NREMT

2^nd Place
Preventing Ambulance Crashes in Massachusetts
Authors: Anna Massefski, MPH, EMT-B; Stephanie DeMarco, EMT-B; Ridgely Ficks, EMT-B

3^rd Place
How Good is Good Enough: Establishing a Statewide EMS Scope of Practice Surveillance Program
Authors: Amber Viitanen, MPH, William Clark RHIT, NRP, Scott Beckley, PhD, Matthew Pickler, Dale Knochenmus, Donnie Woodyard, Jr., MALL, NRP

Honorable Mention
Epidemiology of Interfacility Transports in Largely Rural State: Incident Descriptives & Associated Factors for Air Transports (Kansas)

Authors: Morgan K. Anderson, Chad Pore, Joseph House, Douglas G. Butler, Jr.

Pediatric Emergency Care Coordination in EMS Agencies: Findings of a Multistate Learning Collaborative
Authors: Hoi See Tsao, MD, MPH, Rachael Alter, BA, Erica Kane, Toni Gross, MD, MPH, Lorin Browne, MD, Marc Auerbach, MD, MSci, Julie Leonard, MD MPH, Lorah Ludwig, MA, Kathleen M. Adelgais, MD, MPH

Calls of Despair: An EMS Perspective on Suicide and Overdose in Rhode Island during COVID-19
Authors: James L. Thorndike, EMT-B; Carolina Roberts-Santana; Jason Rhodes; Kenneth Williams, MD, FACEP, FAEMS