Lawrence Bergner
Biographic Data
| ID | 5534778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lawrence Bergner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lawrence |
| FAMILY NAME | Bergner |
| SIGNATURE | BERGNER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Public Health – Seattle & King County |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
What’s a Cigarette Company to Do
To Ken Warner’s list of “ludicrous” tasks for the “new” tobacco industry,1 I would add the use of its considerable influence with governors and legislators to get them to spend significant amounts of the billions of dollars of settlement money on prevention programs, as the states promised to do in the terms of the settlement. Most states are spending very little for this purpose relative to the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control …
Cigarettes and the Surgeon General's Report
“Cigarettes and the US Public Health Service in the 1950s”1 in the Journal's February issue is not only interesting history. It is also a useful reminder of how outside forces and strongly held individual beliefs can influence what we would like to believe are purely scientific considerations in the promotion of health and the prevention of disease. But I think Dr Parascandola is too dismissive of the importance of the Surgeon General's Report Sm…
Health status of survivors of cardiac arrest and of myocardial infarction controls
We interviewed 308 survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and matched controls who had suffered a myocardial infarction. The Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) scores of controls were somewhat lower (better) than those of cases, but responses of cases and controls to additional questions about stair climbing, irritability and mood were virtually identical. Half as many (18 per cent) controls as cases (38 per cent) reported poorer memory function;…
Emergency CPR instruction via telephone
We initiated a program of telephone CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) instruction provided by emergency dispatchers to increase the percentage of bystander-initiated CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrests in King County, Washington were studied for 20 months before and after the telephone CPR program began. Bystander-initiated CPR increased from 86 of 191 (45 per cent) cardiac arrests before the program to 143 of 255 (56 per ce…
Health status of survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest six months later
The health status of long-term survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was studied six months after the event. Although Sickness Impact Profile scores for arrest survivors were higher (worse) than scores of enrollees in a prepaid closed panel health plan, in most cases problems of survivors were not incapacitating. Approximately three-fifths of survivors reported same or better memory function and stair climbing ability compared to that at ti…
The Potential Use of Automatic Defibrillators in the Home for Management of Cardiac Arrest
Ventricular fibrillation, an abnormal cardiac rhythm, occurs in at least two-thirds of the 400,000 people who die out of the hospital from sudden cardiac arrest. This rhythm can be treated successfully by electric countershock, a procedure known as defibrillation. The survival rate following such cardiac arrest is directly related to the rapidity of response; the shorter the time from collapse to defibrillation, the more patients will survive. Th…
The Costs of a Suburban Paramedic Program in Reducing Deaths Due to Cardiac Arrest
The marginal costs per averted death of a suburban paramedic program are estimated to be approximately $42,000, when program costs are attributed entirely to cardiac arrest cases due to underlying heart disease, and indirect costs attributable to episode-related hospitalization are included, It is suggested that at $42,000 per cardiac arrest death averted the program is cost-beneficial by two criteria. First, it compares favorably with an estimat…
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A review of major studies and a proposed uniform reporting system
The scientific literature from January 1970 to June 1979 was reviewed for articles reporting outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated by paramedic programs. Only articles appearing in refereed professional journals and reporting 25 or more attempted resuscitations were included. A total of 21 articles from 15 U.S. locations were found. Four separate case definitions were distinguished. Methods and reporting formats varied considerably…
Paramedic programs and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: II. Impact on community mortality
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was studied in suburban King County, Washington in an attempt to determine the impact of paramedic services on community cardiac mortality. A portion of the study area received paramedic services and the remainder received basic emergency medical technician (EMT) services. A surveillance system identified all prehospital cardiac arrest incidents. The etiology and outcome were determined. Deaths due to primary heart …
Paramedic programs and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: I. Factors associated with successful resuscitation
As part of an evaluation of whether the addition of paramedic services can reduce mortality from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest compared to previously existing emergency medical technician (EMT) services, factors associated with successful resuscitation were studied. A surveillance system was established to identify cardiac arrest patients receiving emergency care and to collect pertinent information associated with the resuscitation. Outcomes (d…
Quality Control of Ambulatory Care
Director, Seattle-King Country Department of Health, Affiliate Professor of Health services, University of Washington
Addiction and low birth weight: A quasi-experimental study
Addiction and low birth weight: a quasi-experimental study. M Whiting, S Whitman, L Bergner, and S PatrickCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.68.7.676 Published Online: October 07, 2011
The importance of direct intervention
The importance of direct intervention. L BergnerCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.67.12.1135 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Falls from heights: A childhood epidemic in an urban area
Falls from heights: a childhood epidemic in an urban area. L Bergner, S Mayer, and D HarrisCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.61.1.90 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Child-resistant medicine containers: Experience in the home
Child-resistant medicine containers: experience in the home. M F Lane, R V Barbarite, L Bergner, and D HarrisCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.61.9.1861 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Coronary artery disease in private practice: A survey of physicians in a district of New York City
Coronary artery disease in private practice: a survey of physicians in a district of New York City. L Bergner, L P Garon, F R Gearing, and M D SchweitzerCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.56.4.638 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Paramedic programs and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: I. Factors associated with successful resuscitation
As part of an evaluation of whether the addition of paramedic services can reduce mortality from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest compared to previously existing emergency medical technician (EMT) services, factors associated with successful resuscitation were studied. A surveillance system was established to identify cardiac arrest patients receiving emergency care and to collect pertinent information associated with the resuscitation. Outcomes (d…
Falls from heights: A childhood epidemic in an urban area
Falls from heights: a childhood epidemic in an urban area. L Bergner, S Mayer, and D HarrisCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.61.1.90 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Health status of survivors of cardiac arrest and of myocardial infarction controls
We interviewed 308 survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and matched controls who had suffered a myocardial infarction. The Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) scores of controls were somewhat lower (better) than those of cases, but responses of cases and controls to additional questions about stair climbing, irritability and mood were virtually identical. Half as many (18 per cent) controls as cases (38 per cent) reported poorer memory function;…
Health status of survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest six months later
The health status of long-term survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was studied six months after the event. Although Sickness Impact Profile scores for arrest survivors were higher (worse) than scores of enrollees in a prepaid closed panel health plan, in most cases problems of survivors were not incapacitating. Approximately three-fifths of survivors reported same or better memory function and stair climbing ability compared to that at ti…
Paramedic programs and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: II. Impact on community mortality
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was studied in suburban King County, Washington in an attempt to determine the impact of paramedic services on community cardiac mortality. A portion of the study area received paramedic services and the remainder received basic emergency medical technician (EMT) services. A surveillance system identified all prehospital cardiac arrest incidents. The etiology and outcome were determined. Deaths due to primary heart …
Addiction and low birth weight: A quasi-experimental study
Addiction and low birth weight: a quasi-experimental study. M Whiting, S Whitman, L Bergner, and S PatrickCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.68.7.676 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Coronary artery disease in private practice: A survey of physicians in a district of New York City
Coronary artery disease in private practice: a survey of physicians in a district of New York City. L Bergner, L P Garon, F R Gearing, and M D SchweitzerCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.56.4.638 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Falls from heights: A childhood epidemic in an urban area
Falls from heights: a childhood epidemic in an urban area. L Bergner, S Mayer, and D HarrisCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.61.1.90 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Child-resistant medicine containers: Experience in the home
Child-resistant medicine containers: experience in the home. M F Lane, R V Barbarite, L Bergner, and D HarrisCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.61.9.1861 Published Online: August 29, 2011
The importance of direct intervention
The importance of direct intervention. L BergnerCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.67.12.1135 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Addiction and low birth weight: A quasi-experimental study
Addiction and low birth weight: a quasi-experimental study. M Whiting, S Whitman, L Bergner, and S PatrickCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.68.7.676 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Paramedic programs and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: II. Impact on community mortality
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was studied in suburban King County, Washington in an attempt to determine the impact of paramedic services on community cardiac mortality. A portion of the study area received paramedic services and the remainder received basic emergency medical technician (EMT) services. A surveillance system identified all prehospital cardiac arrest incidents. The etiology and outcome were determined. Deaths due to primary heart …
Paramedic programs and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: I. Factors associated with successful resuscitation
As part of an evaluation of whether the addition of paramedic services can reduce mortality from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest compared to previously existing emergency medical technician (EMT) services, factors associated with successful resuscitation were studied. A surveillance system was established to identify cardiac arrest patients receiving emergency care and to collect pertinent information associated with the resuscitation. Outcomes (d…
Quality Control of Ambulatory Care
Director, Seattle-King Country Department of Health, Affiliate Professor of Health services, University of Washington
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A review of major studies and a proposed uniform reporting system
The scientific literature from January 1970 to June 1979 was reviewed for articles reporting outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated by paramedic programs. Only articles appearing in refereed professional journals and reporting 25 or more attempted resuscitations were included. A total of 21 articles from 15 U.S. locations were found. Four separate case definitions were distinguished. Methods and reporting formats varied considerably…
The Costs of a Suburban Paramedic Program in Reducing Deaths Due to Cardiac Arrest
The marginal costs per averted death of a suburban paramedic program are estimated to be approximately $42,000, when program costs are attributed entirely to cardiac arrest cases due to underlying heart disease, and indirect costs attributable to episode-related hospitalization are included, It is suggested that at $42,000 per cardiac arrest death averted the program is cost-beneficial by two criteria. First, it compares favorably with an estimat…
Health status of survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest six months later
The health status of long-term survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was studied six months after the event. Although Sickness Impact Profile scores for arrest survivors were higher (worse) than scores of enrollees in a prepaid closed panel health plan, in most cases problems of survivors were not incapacitating. Approximately three-fifths of survivors reported same or better memory function and stair climbing ability compared to that at ti…
The Potential Use of Automatic Defibrillators in the Home for Management of Cardiac Arrest
Ventricular fibrillation, an abnormal cardiac rhythm, occurs in at least two-thirds of the 400,000 people who die out of the hospital from sudden cardiac arrest. This rhythm can be treated successfully by electric countershock, a procedure known as defibrillation. The survival rate following such cardiac arrest is directly related to the rapidity of response; the shorter the time from collapse to defibrillation, the more patients will survive. Th…
Health status of survivors of cardiac arrest and of myocardial infarction controls
We interviewed 308 survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and matched controls who had suffered a myocardial infarction. The Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) scores of controls were somewhat lower (better) than those of cases, but responses of cases and controls to additional questions about stair climbing, irritability and mood were virtually identical. Half as many (18 per cent) controls as cases (38 per cent) reported poorer memory function;…
Emergency CPR instruction via telephone
We initiated a program of telephone CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) instruction provided by emergency dispatchers to increase the percentage of bystander-initiated CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrests in King County, Washington were studied for 20 months before and after the telephone CPR program began. Bystander-initiated CPR increased from 86 of 191 (45 per cent) cardiac arrests before the program to 143 of 255 (56 per ce…
Cigarettes and the Surgeon General's Report
“Cigarettes and the US Public Health Service in the 1950s”1 in the Journal's February issue is not only interesting history. It is also a useful reminder of how outside forces and strongly held individual beliefs can influence what we would like to believe are purely scientific considerations in the promotion of health and the prevention of disease. But I think Dr Parascandola is too dismissive of the importance of the Surgeon General's Report Sm…
What’s a Cigarette Company to Do
To Ken Warner’s list of “ludicrous” tasks for the “new” tobacco industry,1 I would add the use of its considerable influence with governors and legislators to get them to spend significant amounts of the billions of dollars of settlement money on prevention programs, as the states promised to do in the terms of the settlement. Most states are spending very little for this purpose relative to the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control …
Medicine (16 works) · Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (7 works) · Emergency Medicine (6 works) · Emergency Medicine (6 works) · Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (5 works) · Medical emergency (5 works) · Resuscitation (5 works) · Cardiology (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works)