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Ralph J. Frascone, MD
Retired Research Investigator and Medical Director, Regions Hospital Emergency Medical Services

About

Other titles: Medical director, Regions Hospital Emergency Medical Services

Academic appointment: Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Overview/research interests:

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, airway management, intraosseous access, air medical

Publications While At HealthPartners

selected publications

Journal Article
  • The effects of prehospital TXA on mortality and neurologic outcomes in patients with traumatic intracranial hemorrhage: a subgroup analysis from the prehospital TXA for TBI trial. 
  • Intact survival from a blunt trauma cardiac arrest using intraoperative automated CPR. 
    Trauma case reports. 2023
  • Supraglottic airway devices are associated with asphyxial physiology after prolonged CPR in patients with refractory Out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest presenting for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 
  • Automated versus manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation in flight: are we being safe?. 
  • The use of video laryngoscopy did not lead to greater first-pass or overall success rates compared to direct laryngoscopy in pediatric intubation in a helicopter emergency medical service. 
    • Editorial Article
  • The risk versus benefit of LUCAS: is it worth it [editorial]?. 
  • Milestones in treatment: the tipping point and the ResQ Trial [editorial]. 
    Lancet (London, England).  377. 2011
    Article has an altmetric score of 1
    • Conference Poster
  • Survival with favorable neurological function decreases after 15 minutes of CPR in a non-linear manner in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest [poster]
    2017
  • Head up position lowers intracranial pressure in a human cadaver model of cardiopulmonary resuscitation [poster]. 
    Circulation. 2016
  • Prehospital ketamine for chemical restraint: administered dose vs intubation rate [poster]
    2014
  • Alternative airway use by paramedics after video laryngoscope failure [poster]
    2013
  • An analysis of on-course emergencies requiring transport by stretcher capable ATV's from an extreme sporting event [poster]
    2013
    • Review
  • Quality of CPR: an important effect modifier in cardiac arrest clinical outcomes and intervention effectiveness trials [review]. 
  • HemoDynamic Duo. Improving survival from cardiac arrest using active compression-decompression CPR (ACD-CPR) with an ITD [review]. 
    JEMS: A Journal of Emergency Medical Services. 2014
  • High index of suspicion. Recognizing & managing traumatic neck injuries [review]. 
    JEMS: A Journal of Emergency Medical Services. 2014
    • Abstract
  • Does the use of video laryngoscopy improve first-time success rates or overall success rates in HEMS [abstract]?. 
    Prehospital Emergency Care. 2017
  • Use of the Lucas-2 device in helicopter EMS: is it safe [abstract]?. 
    Prehospital Emergency Care. 2017
  • Gasping during cardiopulmonary resuscitation is associated with a higher likelihood of one-year survival after cardiac arrest [abstract]. 
    Circulation. 2016
  • Intraosseous pressure monitoring in healthy volunteers [abstract]. 
    Prehospital Emergency Care. 2016
  • Intraosseous pressure monitoring in critical care patients [abstract]. 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2015
    • Document
  • Community consultation and public disclosure: the ResQ Trial experience
    2007

    • presentations

    Presentation
  • Active compression decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation and augmentation of negative intrathoracic pressure is neuro-protective in patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest [presentation], European Resuscitation Council (ERC) Congress
  • Comparative effects of standard CPR versus active compression decompression CPR with augmentation of negative intrathoracic pressure for treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: results from a randomized prospective study [presentation], European Resuscitation Council Congress
  • EAGLES bullet rounds #2: intra-osseous monitoring [presentation], Medical Directors Gathering of EAGLES Conference
  • EMS provider use of the EZ-IO (intraosseous infusion system) PD in pediatric patients: a pilot study [presentation], National Association of EMS Physicians Annual Meeting
  • Everything you thought you knew about resuscitation, but probably don't [presentation], Regions Hospital EMD Residents Meeting
    • Abstract
  • Treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with an impedance threshold device and active compression decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation improves survival with good neurologic function: results from the ResQ Trial [presentation, abstract], European Resuscitation Council Congress

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