Emergency Medicine Residents in the Prehospital Setting: Does this Augment Training?

This study investigates whether the inclusion of a dedicated response vehicle staffed by emergency medicine residents enhances their prehospital training experiences. By analyzing patient care records over five years, the authors quantify the number and types of prehospital encounters, revealing that residents gained significant exposure to critical situations such as cardiac arrests and trauma cases. The findings suggest that this approach effectively augments the educational curriculum for emergency medicine residents.