PUBLICATIONS

“Injury patterns and levels of care at mass gatherings” (Abstract) by AM Milsten, RA Bissell, KG Seaman, BJ Maguire. PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE, Vol 6(1), Jan 2002.

“Emergency Health Management in Disasters I: the Structure and Organizational Makeup of Disaster Response” by Bissell RA and Ngo EB.  Chapter in Disaster Preparedness in Schools of Public Health (Ed: Landesman LY).  Association of Schools of Public Health, Washington DC, 2001.

“Emergency Health Management II: Incident Command and Management System and  Case Study - Memphis Scenario” by Bissell RA and Ngo EB.  Chapter in Disaster Preparedness in Schools of Public Health (Ed: Landesman LY).  Association of Schools of Public Health, Washington DC, 2001.

“Roles and Responsibilities of Public Health in Disaster Preparedness and Response.”  by Landesman LY, Malilay J, Bissell RA, Becker SM, Roberts L, Ascher MS. Chapter in Public Health Administration (Eds: Novick LF and Mays GP): Aspen Press, Gaithersburg MD, 2001.

“A Statewide Study of Prehospital EMS Physician Oversight: Jurisdictional Director Qualifications, Involvement Compared with National Guidelines” by RM Stone, RA Bissell and KG Seaman.  PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE, vol 4(4), Oct 2000.

“Change the Scope of Practice of Paramedics? An EMS/Public Health Perspective” by RA Bissell, KG Seaman, RR Bass, E Racht, C Gilbert, AF Weltge, M Doctor, S Moriarity, D Eslinger, and R Doherty.  PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE, April 1999.

“A Medically Wise Approach to Expanding the Role of Paramedics as Physician Extenders” by RA Bissell, KG Seaman, RR Bass, E Racht, C Gilbert, AF Weltge, M Doctor, S Moriarity, D Eslinger, and R Doherty.  PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE, April 1999. 

“Prehospital EMS Oversight in Maryland: Medical Director Involvement Correlates with EMS System Output” by RM Stone, RA Bissell and KG Seaman.  PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE, vol 3(1), Jan 1999.

"Differences in Mortality Rates Among Trauma Patients Transported by Helicopter and Ambulance in Maryland” by Kerr WA, Kerns TJ and Bissell RA. PREHOSPITAL AND DISASTER MEDICINE, vol 14 (3), July 1999.

“The Efficacy of Advanced Life Support: A Review of the Literature” by R. Bissell, D. Eslinger, and L. Zimmerman, PREHOSPITAL AND DISASTER MEDICINE, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1998.

"Total Quality Management in U.S. EMS: Difficulties and Practical Experiences" by R. Bissell and J. Eastham, in Professionalisierung oder Ökonomisierung im 
Gesundheitwesen?  Rettungsdienst im Umbruch.  Bonn, Germany: Institut für Wirtschaftsgeographie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, 1996.

"Health Care Personnel in Disaster Response: Reversible Roles or Territorial Imperatives?" by Richard A. Bissell, Bruce M. Becker, and Frederick M. Burkle.  Chapter in Emergency Medicine Clinics in North America, May, 1996. 

"Perceptions of Preventability Among Acutely Injured Hispanic Patients" by Michael G. Weddle, Richard A. Bissell, and Robert Shesser in JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH, Vol 27, No. 3, Fall 1996.

"Post-Disaster Malaria in Costa Rica," by Rocío Sáenz and Richard A. Bissell, in  PREHOSPITAL AND DISASTER MEDICINE, Vol 10, No. 3, July-Sept. 1995.

"Post-Preparedness Medical Disaster Response in Costa Rica," by Richard A. Bissell, Ernesto Pretto, Derek C. Angus, Bern Shen, Victor Ruíz, Norma Ceciliano, Roberto Sawyers, Dawn Shurtleff, and Joel Abrams, in PREHOSPITAL AND DISASTER MEDICINE, Volume 9, No. 2, April-June 1994.

"An Analysis of Prehospital Mortality in an Earthquake," by Ernesto A. Pretto, Derek C. Angus, Joel Abrams, Bern Shen, Richard Bissell, Victor Ruíz, Roberto Sawyers, Yukihiro Watoh, Norma Ceciliano, and Edmund Ricci, in PREHOSPITAL AND DISASTER MEDICINE, Volume 9, No. 2, April-June 1994.

"Working Women at Risk: Results from a Survey of Hispanic Injury Patients," by Michael G. Weddle, Richard A. Bissell, and Robert Shesser, in JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE, Volume 35, No. 7, July 1993.

"International Emergency Health Care Systems," by Richard A. Bissell and Jean Conover, in PREHOSPITAL AND DISASTER MEDICINE, Volume 6, No. 2, April-June 1991.

"International EMS is Called to Action," by Richard A. Bissell, Jean Conover, and Michael Ferguson, in JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, Volume 14, No. 12, December 1989.

"Emergency Response Systems Perspective," by Richard A. Bissell and Pierre R. Léger, in DEVELOPMENTS, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Winter 1988.

"A Prospective Study of Giardiasis and Water Supplies in Colorado," by Sandra C. Lapham, Richard S. Hopkins, Mary C. White, John R. Blair, Richard A. Bissell, and Gary L. Simpson, in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Volume 77, No. 3, March 1987.

"Delayed-Impact Infectious Disease After A Natural Disaster," by Richard A. Bissell, in THE JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, Volume 1, No. 1, Summer 1983.