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    "pk": 9394,
    "title": "Emergency Physicians as Good Samaritans: Survey of Frequency, Locations, Supplies and Medications",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "Introduction:\n Little is known about the frequency and locations in which emergency physicians (EPs) are bystanders to an accident or emergency; equally uncertain is which contents of an “emergency kit” may be useful during such events. The aim of this study was to describe the frequency and locations of Good Samaritan acts by EPs and also determine which emergency kit supplies and medications were most commonly used by Good Samaritans.\nMethods:\n We conducted an electronic survey among a convenience sample of EPs in Colorado.\nResults:\n Respondents reported a median frequency of 2.0 Good Samaritan acts per five years of practice, with the most common locations being sports and entertainment events (25%), road traffic accidents (21%), and wilderness settings (19%). Of those who had acted as Good Samaritans, 86% reported that at least one supply would have been useful during the most recent event, and 66% reported at least one medication would have been useful. The most useful supplies were gloves (54%), dressings (34%), and a stethoscope (20%), while the most useful medications were oxygen (19%), intravenous fluids (17%), and epinephrine (14%).\nConclusion:\n The majority of EPs can expect to provide Good Samaritan care during their careers and would be better prepared by carrying a kit with common supplies and medications where they are most likely to use them.",
    "language": "en",
    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "emergency physician"
        },
        {
            "word": "Good Samaritan"
        },
        {
            "word": "Pre-hospital"
        },
        {
            "word": "first aid, kit"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Ethical and Legal Issues",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/59z8886v",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Taylor",
            "middle_name": "W.",
            "last_name": "Burkholder",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver, Colorado",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Renee",
            "middle_name": "A.",
            "last_name": "King",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aurora, Colorado",
            "department": "None"
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2015-10-08T19:32:53Z",
    "date_accepted": "2015-10-08T19:32:53Z",
    "date_published": "2016-01-12T23:01:16Z",
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            "path": "https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/9394/galley/5279/download/"
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    ]
}