Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP, is medical director for the Santa Barbara County and Ventura County (CA) EMS agencies and a member of the EMS World editorial advisory board.
Articles by Angelo
Literature Review: CPR Before Defibrillation
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
April 1, 2013
What does the evidence really say?
Literature Review: Is TXA Safe for Lesser Injuries?
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
December 1, 2012
Are you needlessly restricting TXA?
Literature Review: Paramedic Broselow Weights
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
October 1, 2012
Can paramedics estimate kids’ weights?
Literature Review: Long QT Syndrome in Excited Delirium
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
September 1, 2012
LQTS may be a cause of death in some cases of ExDS, and this warrants...
Literature Review: Undertriage by Age Group
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
August 1, 2012
When should the elderly go to trauma centers?
Literature Review: 2005 Guidelines vs. Nonshockable Rhythms
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
June 1, 2012
Can we help those in asystole/PEA?
Literature Review: Prehospital Epi for Cardiac Arrest
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
May 1, 2012
ROSC is one thing—survival, apparently, another
Literature Review: IM vs. IV Therapy for Status Epilepticus
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
April 1, 2012
In the prehospital realm, IM midazolam looks appealing.
Literature Review: Morphine vs. Morphine/Ketamine
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
March 1, 2012
Is better analgesia worth the side effects?
Literature Review: Advanced Airways in Cardiac Arrest
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
January 1, 2012
Studies point out the significant gaps in our knowledge of airway...
Literature Review: Pediatric Medication Errors
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
December 1, 2011
Are dosages always appropriate for weight?
Literature Review: ITDs, Rhythm Analysis for Cardiac Arrest
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
November 1, 2011
Analyze early or late? Does it matter? What about the ITD? New studies cast...
Literature Review: Chest Compressions and Fatigue
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
October 27, 2011
Training improvements more effective than switching compressors
Literature Review: Perishock Pauses and Survival to Discharge
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
July 18, 2011
Pauses between compressions and defibrillation aren't doing your SCA...
Literature Review: Overdose Reversal and Refusal of Transport
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
June 20, 2011
Wampler DA, Molina DK, McManus J, et al. No deaths associated with...
Literature Review: Helicopter Transport and Mortality
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
May 20, 2011
There may be benefits to air medical response, but weigh them against...
Literature Review: Second IV Line for Trauma Patients
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
April 22, 2011
If fluid is good, more fluid is better, right? Not so fast, says a new...
Literature Review: Real-time CPR Feedback and Return of Spontaneous Circulation
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
March 22, 2011
ROSC rates do not improve with CPR feedback
Literature Review: Police Transport of Penetrating Trauma Patients
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
March 1, 2011
This innovative program takes advantage of the existing law enforcement...
Literature Review: Prehospital IV Fluid for Severe Sepsis Patients
by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
February 23, 2011
In hospitals, aggressive early fluid administration improves sepsis...
