Special contribution
237 Linkages of Acute Care and Emergency Medical Services to State and Local Public Health Programs: The Role of Interactive Information Systems for Responding to Events Resulting in Mass Injury Robert E. O'Connor, E. Brooke Lerner, Michael Allswede, Anthony J. Billittier IV, Thomas Blackwell, Richard C. Hunt, Richard Levinson, Henry E. Wang, Lynn J. White, Barak Wolff
Original articles
254 An Evaluation of the Use of Guidelines in Prehospital Management of Brain Injury Dorraine D. Watts, Dan Hanfling, Maureen A. Waller, Colleen Gilmore, Samir M. Fakhry, Arthur L. Trask
262 Efficacy of Lower-energy Biphasic Shocks for Transthoracic Defibrillation: A Follow-up Clinical Study Steven L. Higgins, Sharon G. O'Grady, Isabelle Banville, Fred W. Chapman, Paul W. Schmitt, Paula Lank, Robert G. Walker, Marina Ilina
268 Trauma Center versus Non–Trauma Center Admissions in Adult Trauma Victims by Age and Gender Linda J. Scheetz
273 Comparison of Etomidate and Midazolam for Prehospital Rapid-sequence Intubation Eric R. Swanson, David E. Fosnocht, Suzanne C. Jensen
Focus on AEDS
280 Prevalence of Automated External Defibrillators at Cardiac Arrest High-risk Sites Holly A. Bartimus, Thomas D. Rea, Mickey S. Eisenberg
284 Automated External Defibrillator Use by Untrained Bystanders: Can the Public-use Model Work? Anthony D. Andre, Dawn B. Jorgenson, Jamie A. Froman, David E. Snyder, Jeanne E. Poole
292 Mathematical Determination of External Defibrillators Needed at Mass Gatherings Todd J. Crocco, Michael R. Sayre, Tiepu Liu, Stephen M. Davis, Christopher Cannon, Jagadish Potluri
Education and practice
298 An Evaluation of Paramedics' Ability to Screen Older Adults during Emergency Responses Manish N. Shah, E. Brooke Lerner, Sharon Chiumento, Eric A. Davis
International EMS
304 New Paradigm for Protection: The Emergency Ambulance Services in the Time of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Fatimah Lateef, Swee Han Lim, Eng Hoe Tan
308 Development of Emergency Medical Services in Guatemala Ann Hess, Tamara Thomas, Ronny Contreras, Gary B. Green
Position papers
313 High-dose Steroids for Acute Spinal Cord Injury in Emergency Medical Services Bryan E. Bledsoe, A. Keith Wesley, Jeffrey P. Salomone, for the National Association of EMS Physicians Standards and Clinical Practice Committee