The Tampa Bay EMS Journal was the first peer-reviewed journal for EMS. It began publication in 1987, and after just 4 issues, it became a national publication – the Journal of Prehospital Medicine.

It was started in 1987 by Mic Gunderson with assistance from a few of his EMS colleagues – most notably Michael King, Joe Nelson, and Jack Anderson. They formed a not-for-profit corporation called the Acute Care Foundation to be the home of the journal and support related activities. The journal was composed on early versions of the Macintosh computer. Local EMS medical directors and physicians from the University of South Florida College of Medicine that were interested in EMS were part of the initial editorial board – along with other more academically oriented EMS colleagues from the area.

The journal was distributed quarterly and free of charge to local EMS agencies. Some additional courtesy copies were sent to various EMS organizations and EMS oriented physicians and researchers around the country to gain their interest. The publication was financially supported by advertising and a small grant from the State of Florida EMS Office helped to get it started.

The Tampa Bay EMS Journal caught some national attention, which led to it becoming a national journal. It was renamed to the Journal of Prehospital Medicine. After only two national issues were released, it merged efforts with the National Association EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) and the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) to create Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. This new journal assimilated the Tampa Bay EMS Journal, Journal of Prehospital Medicine, and WADEM’s prior journal – the Journal of the World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine.

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine is still being published. A few years after Prehospital and Disaster Medicine launched, NAEMSP spun off a separate journal called Prehospital Emergency Care – which is also still being published.

Complete issues and individual articles from both journal titles are shown here in chronological order. Get a free ‘Registered User’ account to access and download complete issues and individual articles free of charge. The tables of contents for each issue are shown below.

Tampa Bay EMS Journal

July-September, 1987 – Volume 1 Number 1

Premiere Issue

  • A Referred Academic Journal for EMS (Author: Michael R. Gunderson)
  • Nifedipine (Author: Robert Wilbur, REMT-P)
  • Rationale for Changes in BCLS and ACLS (Authors: Michael R. Gunderson, REMT-P, Jack Anderson, REMT-P)
  • EQUIPMENT REVIEW: Lifepack 5 ECG/Voice Recorder (Author: Michael Brown, REMT-P)
  • BOOK REVIEW: Problem Solving In Cardiac Arrest (Reviewer: Thomas P. Jeffrey, REMT-P)
  • CAREER PROFILE: RaymondcMcLane, M.D. (Author: Patrick Shepler, REMT-P)
  • ABSTRACTS
  • EDITORIAL: Prehospital Continuing Education – By Merit Badge or Comprehensive Review? (Author: Michael R. Gunderson, REMT-P)
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October-December, 1987 – Volume 1, Number 2

  • Development of a Medical Operations Manual for the Pinellas County EMS System (Authors: Michael R. Gunderson, REMT-P, Patrick Shepler, REMT-P)
  • Errors in Anti-Shock Trouser Application: A Suggested Method of Placement (Author: Michael Brown, REMT-P)
  • Heat Related Illness: Practical Considerations for Treatment and Prevention on the Firegrounds (Author: Kimberly Pierson, RN, REMT-P)
  • BOOK REVIEW: Streetsense (Reviewer: Joe A. Nelson, DO)
  • ABSTRACTS
  • CORRESPONDENCE and CALENDAR
  • GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS
  • EDITORIAL: Professional of Vocational Career Development (Author: Michael R. Gunderson, REMT-P)
  • EDITORIAL: Proposed Changes in 10D-66 (Author: Michael R. Gunderson, REMT-P)
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January-March, 1988 – Volume 1, Number 3

  • Emergency Intraosseous Fluid and Drug Administration (Authors: Michael R. Gunderson, REMT-P, Michael Brown, REMT-P)
  • The Relationship Between Oxygen Administration and Airway Resistance: Clinical Considerations (Author: Richard Konrad, BA, REMT-P)
  • PROTOCOL ROUNDTABLE: Acute Congestive Heart Failure
  • Errata
  • BOOK REVIEW: Electrocardiography: The Monitoring Lead (Reviewer: Charles Anderson, REMT-P)
  • ABSTRACTS
  • EQUIPMENT REVIEW: Tube-Stat Stylette (Author: Patrick Shepler, REMT-P)
  • CALENDAR
  • EDITORIAL: In Search of Jedi: Revision of Journal Distribution Policies (Author: Michael R. Gunderson, REMT-P)
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April-June, 1988 – Volume 1, Number 4

  • Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of Ventilation (Author: Michael R. Gunderson, REMT-P)
  • Mechanical Ventilation in Prehospital Support (Author: Brian Cobb, MD)
  • PROTOCOL ROUNDTABLE: Airway Control and Ventilation
  • PROTOCOL ROUNDTABLE LITERATURE SEARCH: Airway and Ventilation
  • ABSTRACTS
  • CALENDAR
  • EDITORIAL: Organizational Culture as a Medical Control Instrument (Author: Michael R. Gunderson, REMT-P)
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Journal of Prehospital Medicine

July-September, 1988 – Volume 2, Number 1

National Premier Issue

  • An Analysis of Selected Statistics from Trauma Calls in a Large Urban EMS System (Author: Richard Konrad, REMT-P)
  • Hypothermia: Implications for Prehospital and Emergency Department Management (Author: Kimberly Pierson, RN, REMT-P)
  • LITERATURE SEARCH: Prehospital EMS – 1987 through June 1988
  • BOOK REVIEW: Hemodynamic Monitoring: Invasive and Noninvasive Clinical Applications (Reviwer: Richar Konrad, REMT-P)
  • ABSTRACTS
  • CORRESPONDENCE
  • INDEX TO VOLUME 1 (Tampa Bay EMS Journal)
  • EDITORIAL: The Academic and Clinical Sophistication of EMS (Author: Michael R. Gunderson, REMT-P)
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October-December, 1988 – Volume 2, Number 2

  • Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction (Author: Thomas C. Yon, III, RN)
  • Application of the Incident Command System to Motor Vehicle Accident Scenes (Author: Michael R. Gunderson, REMT-P)
  • Emergency Care of Dento-Facial Injuries (Author: Paul Sarri, DDS)
  • LITERATURE SEARCH: Medical Control and Quality Assurance
  • ABSTRACTS
  • BOOK REVIEW: Clinical Management of Shock (Reviewer: Richard Konrad, REMT-P)
  • BOOK REVIEW: Emergency Care Handbook: How to Deal with People in Emergencies (Reviewer: Richard Konrad, REMT-P)
  • CALENDAR
  • CORRESPONDENCE
  • EDITORIAL: Graduation from Paramedic School: A Beginning or an End? (Author: Michael R. Gunderson, REMT-P)
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