title: Collegiate-based emergency medical service: impact on alcohol-related emergency department transports at a small liberal arts college.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors examined the impact of a collegiate-based emergency medical service (CBEMS) on the frequency of emergency department (ED) transports.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students transported to the ED for acute alcohol intoxication during the Fall 2008 and the Fall 2009 semesters (N = 50).
  
  
  METHODS
  The frequency of students receiving transportation to a hospital ED and the reported blood alcohol content (BAC) levels during the initial operational semester of the CBEMS were compared to those values over the same time period the previous year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  More than twice the number of students was transported to the ED following the introduction of CBEMS. There was no change in mean BAC levels.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CBEMS could promote a culture conducive to increased reporting behavior, which makes the campus safer. Similar BAC levels suggest that the degree of intoxication was similar for the 2 reporting periods, but students sought emergency assistance more frequently following the inception of CBEMS.
authors.affiliation: Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, USA. jbfrosen@gmail.com
authors.forename: Joshua B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: Mark H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000150:complications*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*