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Paramedic research, 29 July 2026

10 new paramedic and prehospital papers from the 29 July 2026 scan.

• Conventional CPR best for drowning OHCA

  Resuscitation · Registry · Supports current practice

  Retrospective cohort of 3914 drowning-related OHCA patients found conventional CPR (compressions with rescue breaths) was associated with higher 1-month survival compared with hands-only CPR (24.1% vs 9.4%), and both were superior to no CPR (2.7%).

• Video dispatcher CPR no better than phone

  Resuscitation · RCT · Hypothesis-generating

  Cluster-randomized trial of 108 OHCA patients compared video-assisted dispatcher CPR instruction with conventional telephone instruction, finding no difference in bystander CPR rates (87.3% vs 92.5%, p=0.53) or ongoing CPR at EMS arrival, but significantly lower protocol compliance in the telemedicine group.

• AI dispatcher copilot concept for Tele-CPR

  Resuscitation · Other · Context only

  Concept paper proposes an AI dispatcher copilot using multimodal large language models for dynamic Tele-CPR, integrating acoustic agonal breathing detection, adaptive instruction generation, real-time video CPR coaching with compression feedback, and automated first responder and AED coordination.

• Keep infection control for POCUS procedures

  Annals of Emergency Medicine · Other · Context only

  Commentary reinforcing that infection control standards must be maintained for all percutaneous procedures including those perceived as routine like POCUS-guided cannulation, following widespread adoption of point-of-care ultrasound.

• Mitochondrial therapies after ROSC

  Resuscitation · Other · Context only

  No abstract available — title suggests exploration of mitochondrial-directed therapies after return of spontaneous circulation.

• Electrostatic discharge in helicopter hoists

  Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine · Other · Hypothesis-generating

  Editorial summarising two nationwide Norwegian studies demonstrating electrostatic discharge affects all rescue paramedics and 73% of physicians, with 23% experiencing severe events including pain, falls, impaired communication, and operation termination.

• AI trauma triage model validated in Norway

  Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine · Registry · Hypothesis-generating

  External validation of AI-based trauma triage model on 29,709 Norwegian trauma patients showed OSISP combined with clinical judgement reduced undertriage from 56% to 2.7% and mortality from 4.1% to 3.4–3.5%.

• Sex-specific defibrillation findings defended

  Resuscitation · Other · Context only

  Author response to criticism of sex-specific findings in the DOSE VF trial, defending the methodology and arguing biological plausibility for differential effects of manual pressure augmentation.

• Optimising ambulance locations in rural Spain

  Operations Research, Data Analytics and Logistics · Modelling · Context only

  Mathematical optimisation study applying meta-heuristic algorithms to ambulance station location problems in rural Spain, focusing on maximising population coverage within distance constraints.

• Ambulance crews estimate burn size accurately

  Burns · Cohort · Supports current practice

  Study comparing burn size estimates by ambulance crews and referring hospitals against definitive assessment at a specialised burn center — reports accuracy of prehospital burn assessment.