Evaluating the feasibility of prehospital point-of-care EEG: The prehospital implementation of rapid EEG (PHIRE) study

Elan L. Guterman, MD, MAS, Mary P. Mercer, MD, MPH, Andrew J. Wood, MPH, Edilberto Amorim, MD, Jonathan K. Kleen, MD, PhD, Daniel Gerard, MS, NRP, Colleen Kellison, EMT‐P, Scott Yamashita, BA, Benjamin Auerbach, Nikita Joshi, MD, Karl A. Sporer, MD

Journal the American College of Emergency Physicians Open (JACEP OPEN), Volume 5, Issue 5

October 2024

Background
Point-of-care electroencephalography (EEG) devices can be rapidly applied and do not require specialized technologists, creating new opportunities to use EEG during prehospital care. We evaluated the feasibility of point-of-care EEG during ambulance transport for 911 calls.