Department Blog

Ben Lawner, DO, MS, EMT-P, is a co-author of the article titled “The Price of a Helping Hand: Modeling the Outcomes and Costs of Bystander CPR,” which has been published online by Prehospital Emergency Care. Based on a review of EMS quality assurance data, the authors documented the effectiveness of a community CPR training program, noting that an appreciable proportion of people who received bystander CPR had a shockable rhythm on their initial ECG. The lead author for this article is Andrew Bouland, BS, a third-year student at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The other contributors include Kevin Seaman, MD, the new Executive Director of MIEMSS, and Nicholas Risko, MD, the first student to complete the EMS elective at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who is now an intern at Johns Hopkins Hospital.