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  • Completed studies - CCT CORE

    The following CCT CORE-facilitated studies have been published since the formation of the CCT CORE group:

    • Thomas S, Judge T, Lowell MJ, MacDonald RD, Madden J, Pickett K, Werman HA, Shear ML, Patel P, Starr G, Chesney M, Domeier R, Frantz P, Funk D, Greenberg RD.  Airway management success and hypoxemia rates in air and ground critical care transport:  A prospective multicenter study.  Prehospital Emergency Care 2010; 14:283-291.
    • MacDonald R, Yelle R, Oake-Vecchiato J, Melis C, Bigham BL.  Derivation of a taxonomy to categorize adverse events and near-misses in transport medicine.  Air Medical Journal 2011; 30(5): 254-255.
    • Brown L, Arthur A, Keeling C, Yuhas C, Thomas SH.  Establishing benchmarks for helicopter EMS patient stabilization times in interfacility transport for primary percutaneous coronary intervention.  Int J Clin Med 2012; 3: 765-768.
    • Thomas SH, Arthur AO, Howard Z, Shear ML, Kadzielski JJ, Vrahas MS.  Helicopter emergency medical services crew administration of antibiotics for open fractures.  Air Medical Journal 2013; 32(2):74-79.
    • Price B, Arthur AO, Brunko M, Frantz P, Dickson JO, Judge T, Thomas SH.  Hemodynamic consequences of ketamine vs etomidate for endotracheal intubation in the air medical setting.  American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2013; 31:1124-1132.
    • Phillips M, Arthur AO, Chandwaney R, Hatfield J, Brown B, Pogue K, Thomas M, Lawrence M, McCarroll M, McDavid M, Thomas SH. Helicopter transport effectiveness of patients for primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Air Medical Journal 2013; 32: 144-152.
    • Krebs MG, Fletcher EN, Werman H, McKenzie LB. Characteristics of nontrauma scene flights for air medical transport. Air Medical Journal 2014; 33:320-325.
    • Soulek JJ, Arthur AO, Williams E, Schieche C, Banister N, Thomas SH.  Geographical information systems (GIS) programs’ accuracy for interfacility air transport distances and times.  Air Med J 2014; 33: 165-171.
    • Soulek JJ, Arthur AO, Wang A, Reimer AP, Simmons M, Brunko M, Thomas SH. Helicopter EMS transport time savings for ST-elevated myocardial infarctions. Circulation 2014;130: A13837.
    • Arthur AO, Wold R, Wanahita A, Irfan F, Pathan S, Alinier G, Akhtar N, Bhutta Z, Shuaib A, Thomas SH. Use of geographical information software to demonstrate clinically significant time savings magnitude for air transport of ischemic stroke patients. Cerebrovas Dis 2016; 41/S1/16: 35.
    • Pathan S, Burns B, Qureshi I, Werman H, Reisman A, Brunko M, Alinier G, Irfan F, Thomas SH. Helicopter EMS and rapid transport for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: The HEARTS Study. J Emerg Med Trauma Acute Care 2017: 8 (doi 10.5339/jemtac.2017.8) (link to open-access article)
    • Thomas SH, Thomas SW, Thomas SA, Pathan S.  HEMS literature 1972-2017: Characteristics and trends.  Air Medical Journal 2019; 38: 115-124. (doi.org/10.1016/j.amj.2018.11.016)