Clinical Research

This Collaborate Report is three years (2020 – 2022) of retrospective analyses that encompasses almost 29 million prehospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) incidents across the nation. This report spans various themes including respiratory illness, traffic-related incidents, behavioral health, alcohol and suspected substance use, injuries and more.

The purpose of this report is to contribute knowledge and insights to not only local, state, and federal agencies but the healthcare industry as a whole. This Collaborate Report is three years (2019 – 2021) of retrospective analyses that encompasses almost 24 million prehospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) incidents across the nation. This report spans various themes including Influenza and COVID-19, traffic-related incidents, behavioral health, alcohol and suspected substance use, fall injuries and more.

The Collaborate Report is three years (2018 – 2020) of retrospective analyses that encompasses over 17 million prehospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) incidents across the nation. This report spans various themes including COVID-19, traffic-related, behavioral health, alcohol and suspected drug use, pediatric patients and more.

National EMS Quality Alliance (NEMSQA) has identified Airway-18 as a critical measure for assessing the effectiveness of airway management in prehospital settings.

Airway-18 includes optional elements in the performance calculation within the National EMS Information System (NEMSIS) dataset, making it impossible to fully calculate using NEMSIS alone. However, ImageTrend Collaborate has data that can help establish a baseline, utilizing our national research dataset, which includes a representative sample of the NEMSIS dataset.

Approximately 60 million Americans located in metro areas experience 90 degree or higher temperatures more than 76 days (about 2 and a half months) each year.1 According to the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the heat wave season is now 49 days longer than it was in the 1960’s.2 This increase in high-heat days will also increase emergency medical services (EMS) utilization for individuals that find themselves sensitive to heat, have minimal access to cooling options, or participate in outdoor physical activities.

There has been minimal research published on heat-related illnesses attended by EMS. This report analyzes the characteristics of heat-related incidents attended by EMS from 2019 through 2023.

Past studies have shown geriatric adults account for approximately 40% of all EMS responses. Understanding this aging population and their unique needs for EMS can help strengthen training, quality of care, resource allocation, and alternative healthcare options to ultimately improve patient quality of life.

This Collaborate report is a large sample of data from across the nation where incidents in the geriatric population are seen in the prehospital setting. This report looks at variables in these incidents across incident locations, urbanicity, regions, dispatch reasons, patient dispositions, gender, race and social determinants from 2019 to 2022. The goal is to add valuable data to not only the prehospital industry but also bridge the gap with public health programs and initiatives.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has identified firearm-related incidents as the top five leading causes of death for individuals under the age of 65.1 While intentionality of firearm-related incidents is not always known in the prehospital setting, U.S. trauma centers have seen an increase in patients with violent injuries, including firearm-related, over the past 12 months.2 Firearm-related incidents are a public health concern and can utilize valuable and often strained Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

This Collaborate report is a large sample of data from across the nation where firearm-related incidents are seen in the prehospital setting. This report looks at how these incidents have changed across age groups and different regions from 2018 to 2020. The goal is to add valuable data to not only the prehospital industry but also bridge the gap with public health programs and initiatives.

Several studies have found an increase in emergent pediatric behavioral health incidents over the last two decades and even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported the proportion of pediatric mental health-related emergency department visits increased by 31% from 2019 to 2020. The rise in pediatric behavioral health emergencies is not only a societal concern, but also adds additional strain to EMS organizations.

This Collaborate report is a large sample of data from across the nation where pediatric behavioral health incidents are seen in the prehospital setting. This report looks at how these incidents have changed across age groups and different regions from 2018 to 2021.