Emergency Medical Services Prehospital Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US: A Brief Literature Review.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to analyze prehospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the US through a brief systematic review of available literature in context with international prehospital counterparts. An exploration of the NCBI repository was performed using a search string of relevant keywords which returned n=5128 results; articles that met the inclusion criteria (n=77) were reviewed and analyzed in accordance with PRISMA and PROSPERO recommendations. Methodical quality was assessed using critical appraisal tools, and the Egger's test was used for risk of bias reduction upon linear regression analysis of a funnel plot. Sources of heterogeneity as defined by P < 0.10 or I^2 > 50% were interrogated. Findings were considered within ten domains: structural/syste

SUBMITTER: Ventura CAI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9165654 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature