Description of the Public Safety Medical Response and Patient Encounters Within and During the Indianapolis (USA) Spring 2020 Civil Unrest.
Thomas P ArkinsMark Y LiaoDaniel O'DonnellNancy GloberGregory FarisElizabeth WeinsteinMichael W SupplesJulia VaizerBenton R HunterThomas LardaroPublished in: Prehospital and disaster medicine (2024)
While most EMS transports did not result in hospitalization, it is important to note that the majority of EMS calls did result in a transport. There was a substantial amount of non-traumatic patient encounters. Trauma in many of the encounters was relatively severe, and the findings imply the need for rapid extraction methods from dangerous areas to facilitate timely in-hospital stabilization.