IMAGETREND COLLABORATE SHORT REPORT

Past studies have shown geriatric adults account for approximately 40% of all EMS responses.²-³ 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.

2.  Duong, H. V., Herrera, L. N., Moore, J. X., Donnelly, J., Jacobson, K. E., Carlson, J. N., … & Wang, H. E. (2018). National characteristics of emergency medical
services responses for older adults in the United States. Prehospital emergency care, 22(1), 7-14.

3.  Shah MN, Bazarian JJ, Lerner, EB, Fairbanks RJ, Barker WH, Auinger P, & Friedman B. (2007). The epidemiology of emergency medical services use by
older adults: an analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Academic Emergency Medicine, 14(5), 441-447.

OTHER COLLABORATE REPORTS

IMAGETREND COLLABORATE SHORT REPORT: PEDIATRIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INCIDENTS IN THE PREHOSPITAL SETTING FROM 2018-2021

CLINICAL AND RESEARCH SERVICES TEAM

ImageTrend enhanced its data analysis solutions by establishing a Clinical and Research Services Team to better serve customers in emergency response, public health and public safety industries. Not only does this team provide insight into ImageTrend’s solutions, but also bridges the gap between data collection and a need for industry-wide research.

Morgan K. Anderson joined the ImageTrend team in 2017. She graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2011 with a Master’s degree in Public Health with an emphasis in epidemiology. Prior to coming to ImageTrend, Morgan spent five (5) years with the Army Public Health Center as an Injury Prevention Epidemiologist. Morgan has been published in The Journal of Emergency Medical Services, The American Journal of Preventative Medicine, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Public Health, Military Medicine, and others.

Douglas Butler Jr. joined the ImageTrend team in 2018 and is currently the Director of
Clinical Services. Prior to coming to ImageTrend, he began his EMS career in 2003 gaining experience in roles such as EMT, Paramedic, FTO/Paramedic Preceptor, EMD/EFD Certified 911 Dispatcher, EMS Educator, Regional Faculty (AHA) and Clinical Manager. As a Clinical
Manager for AMR, Doug discovered his passion for data and quality improvement, which led to his position as Data Systems Manager for a multi-county EMS regulatory entity.

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