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Riccardo Colella DO, MPH

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Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Emergency Medicine

Member of the Comprehensive Injury Center

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Publications (43)

  • Community Acceptance of a Pediatric Prehospital Exception From Informed Consent Trial. (Hansen M, Stephens SW, Elman MR, Shah MI, Bosson N, Gausche-Hill M, VanBuren JM, Jacobsen K, Elsholz C, Brown B, Goldkind SF, Nishijima DK, Swanson D, Leonard JC, Brown KM, Elston C, Wilkinson M, Whitfield D, Colella MR, Gaither JB, Faris G, Wang H) Acad Emerg Med 2026 Jan;33(1):e70212 PMID: 41524561 PMCID: PMC12959318 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105027108188 01/12/2026    
  • Beyond the Beats: Disparities in Prehospital Cardiac Care (Wleklinski NP, Nickel LB, Colella MR, McGlynn E, Weston BW) Journal of Emergency Medicine January 2026;80:23-32 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105022454826 01/01/2026    
  • Stroke alert: Examining demographic disparities in prehospital stroke care. (McGlynn E, Nickel LB, Colella MR, Wleklinski NP, Weston BW) Am J Emerg Med 2025 Oct;96:116-121 PMID: 40554897 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105008564077 06/25/2025    
  • Addressing the Use of Mechanical Compression Devices in Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Circulatory Arrest. (Jasti J, Levin J, Blank J, Engel T, Holena D, Peschman J, Iverson K, Carver T, Beckman M, Colella MR) Prehosp Emerg Care 2025 May 12:1-2 PMID: 40323299 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105004860882 05/05/2025    
  • Application of digital engagement tools for exception from informed consent community consultation and public disclosure in the pediatric prehospital airway resuscitation trial. (Wang HE, Stephens SW, Jacobsen K, Brown B, Elsholz C, Frey JA, VanBuren JM, Gausche-Hill M, Shah MI, Bosson N, Leonard JC, Glober N, Ward CE, Nishijima DK, Adelgais K, Remick KE, Gaither JB, Colella MR, Swanson D, Goldkind SF, Keister A, Hansen M) Resusc Plus 2025 Mar;22:100919 PMID: 40206131 PMCID: PMC11979439 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105000129842 04/10/2025       2 Citations
  • Associations with resolution of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction criteria on out-of-hospital 12-lead electrocardiograms following resuscitation from cardiac arrest. (Naas CJ, Saleh HO, Engel TW 2nd, Gutterman DD, Szabo A, Grawey T, Weston BW, Monti CE, Baker JE, Labinski J, Tang L, Jasti J, Bartos JA, Kalra R, Yannopoulos D, Riccardo Colella M, Aufderheide TP) Resuscitation 2025 Apr;209:110567 PMID: 40057016 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105000556919 03/09/2025       5 Citations
  • Evaluating the accuracy of surrogate markers for identifying opioid-associated out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. (Jasti J, Kennedy K, Colella MR, Aufderheide TP) Resuscitation 2025 Apr;209:110569 PMID: 40054518 PMCID: PMC11993323 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-86000794043 03/09/2025       4 Citations
  • Application of digital engagement tools for exception from informed consent community consultation and public disclosure in the pediatric prehospital airway resuscitation trial (Wang HE, Stephens SW, Jacobsen K, Brown B, Elsholz C, Frey JA, VanBuren JM, Gausche-Hill M, Shah MI, Bosson N, Leonard JC, Glober N, Ward CE, Nishijima DK, Adelgais K, Remick KE, Gaither JB, Colella MR, Swanson D, Goldkind SF, Keister A, Hansen M) Resuscitation Plus March 2025;22 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105000129842 03/01/2025       3 Citations
  • Outcomes of law enforcement officer administered naloxone. (Gooley B, Weston B, Colella MR, Farkas A) Am J Emerg Med 2022 Dec;62:25-29 PMID: 36215781 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85139273729 10/11/2022       8 Citations
  • Stroke Network of Wisconsin (SNOW) Scale Predicts Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke in the Prehospital Setting. (Panichpisal K, Erpenbeck S, Vilar P, Babygirija RP, Singh M, Colella MR, Rovin RA) J Patient Cent Res Rev 2022;9(2):108-116 PMID: 35600230 PMCID: PMC9022716 05/24/2022    
  • Prehospital Cardiac Arrest Airway Management: An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document. (Carlson JN, Colella MR, Daya MR, J De Maio V, Nawrocki P, Nikolla DA, Bosson N) Prehosp Emerg Care 2022;26(sup1):54-63 PMID: 35001831 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122737309 01/11/2022       29 Citations
  • Prehospital Cardiac Arrest Airway Management: An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document (Carlson JN, Colella MR, Daya MR, J De Maio V, Nawrocki P, Nikolla DA, Bosson N) Prehospital Emergency Care 2022;26(S1):54-63 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122737309 01/01/2022       29 Citations
  • The association of race with CPR quality following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. (Schmicker RH, Blewer A, Lupton JR, Aufderheide TP, Wang HE, Idris AH, Aramendi E, Hagahmed MB, Traynor OT, Colella MR, Daya MR) Resuscitation 2022 Jan;170:194-200 PMID: 34871755 PMCID: PMC8799526 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85121472591 12/07/2021       8 Citations
  • Change in out-of-hospital 12-lead ECG diagnostic classification following resuscitation from cardiac arrest. (Aufderheide TP, Engel TW 2nd, Saleh HO, Gutterman DD, Weston BW, Pepe PE, Baker JE, Labinski J, Debaty G, Tang L, Szabo A, Kalra R, Yannopoulos D, Colella MR) Resuscitation 2021 Dec;169:45-52 PMID: 34666124 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118490179 10/20/2021       5 Citations
  • Airway strategy and chest compression quality in the Pragmatic Airway Resuscitation Trial. (Wang HE, Jaureguibeitia X, Aramendi E, Jarvis JL, Carlson JN, Irusta U, Alonso E, Aufderheide T, Schmicker RH, Hansen ML, Huebinger RM, Colella MR, Gordon R, Suchting R, Idris AH) Resuscitation 2021 May;162:93-98 PMID: 33582258 PMCID: PMC12247124 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85101319693 02/15/2021       11 Citations
  • Bougie-assisted endotracheal intubation in the pragmatic airway resuscitation trial. (Bonnette AJ, Aufderheide TP, Jarvis JL, Lesnick JA, Nichol G, Carlson JN, Hansen M, Stephens SW, Colella MR, Wang HE) Resuscitation 2021 Jan;158:215-219 PMID: 33181232 PMCID: PMC7855993 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85096519143 11/13/2020       15 Citations
  • Community lessons to understand resuscitation excellence (culture): Association between emergency medical services (EMS) culture and outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. (Dyson K, Brown SP, May S, Sayre M, Colella M, Daya MR, Roth R, Nichol G) Resuscitation 2020 Nov;156:202-209 PMID: 32979404 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85092072452 09/27/2020       11 Citations
  • Effect of Out-of-Hospital Tranexamic Acid vs Placebo on 6-Month Functional Neurologic Outcomes in Patients With Moderate or Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. (Rowell SE, Meier EN, McKnight B, Kannas D, May S, Sheehan K, Bulger EM, Idris AH, Christenson J, Morrison LJ, Frascone RJ, Bosarge PL, Colella MR, Johannigman J, Cotton BA, Callum J, McMullan J, Dries DJ, Tibbs B, Richmond NJ, Weisfeldt ML, Tallon JM, Garrett JS, Zielinski MD, Aufderheide TP, Gandhi RR, Schlamp R, Robinson BRH, Jui J, Klein L, Rizoli S, Gamber M, Fleming M, Hwang J, Vincent LE, Williams C, Hendrickson A, Simonson R, Klotz P, Sopko G, Witham W, Ferrara M, Schreiber MA) JAMA 2020 Sep 08;324(10):961-974 PMID: 32897344 PMCID: PMC7489866 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85090870154 09/09/2020       251 Citations
  • Multimedia Evaluation of EMT-Paramedic Assessment and Management of Pediatric Respiratory Distress. (Schroter S, Thomas D, Nimmer M, Visotcky A, Fraser R, Colella MR, Browne LR) Prehosp Emerg Care 2021;25(5):664-674 PMID: 32870748 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85092334063 09/02/2020       4 Citations
  • Racial disparities in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest interventions and survival in the Pragmatic Airway Resuscitation Trial. (Lupton JR, Schmicker RH, Aufderheide TP, Blewer A, Callaway C, Carlson JN, Colella MR, Hansen M, Herren H, Nichol G, Wang H, Daya MR) Resuscitation 2020 Oct;155:152-158 PMID: 32795597 PMCID: PMC7561011 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089668896 08/17/2020       23 Citations
  • The impact of increased chest compression fraction on survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with a non-shockable initial rhythm. (Vaillancourt C, Petersen A, Meier EN, Christenson J, Menegazzi JJ, Aufderheide TP, Nichol G, Berg R, Callaway CW, Idris AH, Davis D, Fowler R, Egan D, Andrusiek D, Buick JE, Bishop TJ, Colella MR, Sahni R, Stiell IG, Cheskes S, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators.) Resuscitation 2020 Sep;154:93-100 PMID: 32574654 PMCID: PMC7483839 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85087661537 06/24/2020       42 Citations
  • Innovative Approaches to Emergency Medical Services Fellowship Challenges. (Weston BW, Gaither J, Schulz K, Srinivasan S, Smith JJ, Colella MR) West J Emerg Med 2020 Feb 21;21(2):429-433 PMID: 32191200 PMCID: PMC7081868 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85082144807 03/20/2020       3 Citations
  • Relationship Between Duration of Targeted Temperature Management, Ischemic Interval, and Good Functional Outcome From Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. (Sawyer KN, Humbert A, Leroux BG, Nichol G, Kudenchuk PJ, Daya MR, Grunau B, Wang HE, Ornato JP, Rittenberger JC, Aufderheide TP, Wittwer L, Colella MR, Austin M, Kawano T, Egan D, Richmond N, Vithalani VD, Scales D, Baker AJ, Morrison LJ, Vilke GM, Kurz MC, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium) Crit Care Med 2020 Mar;48(3):370-377 PMID: 31821187 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85079353147 12/11/2019       12 Citations
  • Fear and paperwork: Evaluating barriers to safer prehospital care. (Weston BW, Chinn M, Lenz TJ, Lerner EB, Colella MR) Am J Emerg Med 2020 Feb;38(2):399-401 PMID: 31377015 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85084206947 08/05/2019    
  • A centralized system for providing dispatcher assisted CPR instructions to 9-1-1 callers at multiple municipal public safety answering points. (Lerner EB, Farrell BM, Colella MR, Sternig KJ, Westrich C, Cady CE, Liu JM) Resuscitation 2019 Sep;142:46-49 PMID: 31323187 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85069618953 07/20/2019       8 Citations
  • Comparing the Accuracy of Mass Casualty Triage Systems When Used in an Adult Population. (McKee CH, Heffernan RW, Willenbring BD, Schwartz RB, Liu JM, Colella MR, Lerner EB) Prehosp Emerg Care 2020;24(4):515-524 PMID: 31287350 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85087433455 07/10/2019       29 Citations
  • Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Utilization. (Lenz TJ, Kossyreva EA, Colella MR) Air Med J 2019;38(4):261-265 PMID: 31248534 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85064092375 06/30/2019       5 Citations
  • Comparing the Accuracy of Mass Casualty Triage Systems in a Pediatric Population. (Heffernan RW, Lerner EB, McKee CH, Browne LR, Colella MR, Liu JM, Schwartz RB) Prehosp Emerg Care 2019;23(3):304-308 PMID: 30196737 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85055349461 09/11/2018       20 Citations
  • Effect of a Strategy of Initial Laryngeal Tube Insertion vs Endotracheal Intubation on 72-Hour Survival in Adults With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial. (Wang HE, Schmicker RH, Daya MR, Stephens SW, Idris AH, Carlson JN, Colella MR, Herren H, Hansen M, Richmond NJ, Puyana JCJ, Aufderheide TP, Gray RE, Gray PC, Verkest M, Owens PC, Brienza AM, Sternig KJ, May SJ, Sopko GR, Weisfeldt ML, Nichol G) JAMA 2018 Aug 28;320(8):769-778 PMID: 30167699 PMCID: PMC6583103 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85052581464 09/01/2018       350 Citations
  • Self-Assessment Feedback Form Improves Quality of Out-of-Hospital CPR. (Weston BW, Jasti J, Mena M, Unteriner J, Tillotson K, Yin Z, Colella MR, Aufderheide TP) Prehosp Emerg Care 2019;23(1):66-73 PMID: 30118617 PMCID: PMC9721191 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85052077839 08/18/2018       7 Citations
  • Trauma Resuscitation: An evidence-based review of prehospital traumatic cardiac arrest. (Chinn M, Colella MR) JEMS 2017 Apr;42(4):26-32 PMID: 29220128 12/09/2017    
  • Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Nonshockable-Turned-Shockable Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The ALPS Study (Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo). (Kudenchuk PJ, Leroux BG, Daya M, Rea T, Vaillancourt C, Morrison LJ, Callaway CW, Christenson J, Ornato JP, Dunford JV, Wittwer L, Weisfeldt ML, Aufderheide TP, Vilke GM, Idris AH, Stiell IG, Colella MR, Kayea T, Egan D, Desvigne-Nickens P, Gray P, Gray R, Straight R, Dorian P, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators) Circulation 2017 Nov 28;136(22):2119-2131 PMID: 28904070 PMCID: PMC5705566 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85037378186 09/15/2017       31 Citations
  • Does an individualized feedback mechanism improve quality of out-of-hospital CPR? (Weston BW, Jasti J, Lerner EB, Szabo A, Aufderheide TP, Colella MR) Resuscitation 2017 Apr;113:96-100 PMID: 28215590 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85013344023 02/22/2017       15 Citations
  • Prehospital Dextrose Extravasation Causing Forearm Compartment Syndrome: A Case Report. (Chinn M, Colella MR) Prehosp Emerg Care 2017;21(1):79-82 PMID: 27598324 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84986222833 09/07/2016       7 Citations
  • Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. (Kudenchuk PJ, Brown SP, Daya M, Rea T, Nichol G, Morrison LJ, Leroux B, Vaillancourt C, Wittwer L, Callaway CW, Christenson J, Egan D, Ornato JP, Weisfeldt ML, Stiell IG, Idris AH, Aufderheide TP, Dunford JV, Colella MR, Vilke GM, Brienza AM, Desvigne-Nickens P, Gray PC, Gray R, Seals N, Straight R, Dorian P, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators) N Engl J Med 2016 May 05;374(18):1711-22 PMID: 27043165 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84968813736 04/05/2016       404 Citations
  • Design and implementation of the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Pragmatic Airway Resuscitation Trial (PART). (Wang HE, Prince DK, Stephens SW, Herren H, Daya M, Richmond N, Carlson J, Warden C, Colella MR, Brienza A, Aufderheide TP, Idris AH, Schmicker R, May S, Nichol G) Resuscitation 2016 Apr;101:57-64 PMID: 26851059 PMCID: PMC4792760 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84960457146 02/07/2016       41 Citations
  • Trial of Continuous or Interrupted Chest Compressions during CPR. (Nichol G, Leroux B, Wang H, Callaway CW, Sopko G, Weisfeldt M, Stiell I, Morrison LJ, Aufderheide TP, Cheskes S, Christenson J, Kudenchuk P, Vaillancourt C, Rea TD, Idris AH, Colella R, Isaacs M, Straight R, Stephens S, Richardson J, Condle J, Schmicker RH, Egan D, May S, Ornato JP, ROC Investigators) N Engl J Med 2015 Dec 03;373(23):2203-14 PMID: 26550795 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84948799467 11/10/2015       249 Citations
  • A randomized trial of continuous versus interrupted chest compressions in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: rationale for and design of the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Continuous Chest Compressions Trial. (Brown SP, Wang H, Aufderheide TP, Vaillancourt C, Schmicker RH, Cheskes S, Straight R, Kudenchuk P, Morrison L, Colella MR, Condle J, Gamez G, Hostler D, Kayea T, Ragsdale S, Stephens S, Nichol G, ROC Investigators) Am Heart J 2015 Mar;169(3):334-341.e5 PMID: 25728722 PMCID: PMC4363111 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84926140667 03/03/2015       30 Citations
  • A consensus-based gold standard for the evaluation of mass casualty triage systems. (Lerner EB, McKee CH, Cady CE, Cone DC, Colella MR, Cooper A, Coule PL, Lairet JR, Liu JM, Pirrallo RG, Sasser SM, Schwartz R, Shepherd G, Swienton RE) Prehosp Emerg Care 2015;19(2):267-71 PMID: 25290529 PMCID: PMC4859305 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84961296338 10/08/2014       36 Citations
  • Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium-Amiodarone, Lidocaine or Placebo Study (ROC-ALPS): Rationale and methodology behind an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest antiarrhythmic drug trial. (Kudenchuk PJ, Brown SP, Daya M, Morrison LJ, Grunau BE, Rea T, Aufderheide T, Powell J, Leroux B, Vaillancourt C, Larsen J, Wittwer L, Colella MR, Stephens SW, Gamber M, Egan D, Dorian P, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators) Am Heart J 2014 May;167(5):653-9.e4 PMID: 24766974 PMCID: PMC4014351 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84899495190 04/29/2014       55 Citations
  • A consensus-based criterion standard for trauma center need. (Lerner EB, Willenbring BD, Pirrallo RG, Brasel KJ, Cady CE, Colella MR, Cooper A, Cushman JT, Gourlay DM, Jurkovich GJ, Newgard CD, Salomone JP, Sasser SM, Shah MN, Swor RA, Wang SC) J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2014 Apr;76(4):1157-63 PMID: 24662885 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84897045324 03/26/2014       51 Citations
  • Degradation of benzodiazepines after 120 days of EMS deployment. (McMullan JT, Jones E, Barnhart B, Denninghoff K, Spaite D, Zaleski E, Silbergleit R, Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials investigators) Prehosp Emerg Care 2014;18(3):368-74 PMID: 24548058 PMCID: PMC4272820 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84902972449 02/20/2014       21 Citations
  • Emergency medical services management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction. (Millin MG, Brooks SC, Travers A, Megargel RE, Colella MR, Rosenbaum RA, Aufderheide TP) Prehosp Emerg Care 2008;12(3):395-403 PMID: 18584511 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-46349107101 06/28/2008       13 Citations
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