Publications

Eric Jaeger, JD, NRP writes on reducing deaths associated with the management of agitated individuals, EMS clinical practice and EMS law. His work includes a New England Journal of Medicine perspective on unexpected deaths in handcuffs and a National Association of EMS Physicians article on revamping the EMS approach to behavioral emergencies.

Death in custody and behavioral emergencies

Revamping Our Approach to Behavioral Emergencies. National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) Blog, July 2026. Read it

Handcuffs and Unexpected Deaths — “I Can’t Breathe” as a Medical Emergency. New England Journal of Medicine, November 2024. Read it

15 Principles for Reducing the Risk of Restraint-Related Death (contributing author). Police Executive Research Forum, September 2024. Read it

EMS clinical practice

Medication Errors in EMS: A Call for Systems-Based Solutions. Emergency Medicine News, July 2026. Read it

Prehospital Care of Neurologic Emergencies, Chapter 5: Spinal Cord Injury. Cambridge University Press, August 2014. Read it

Know the Differences between Seizures, Epilepsy & Mimics. Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS), December 2012. Read it

Law

Obscenity and the Reasonable Person: Will He “Know It When He Sees It”? Boston College Law Review, 30 B.C.L. Rev. 823, 1989. Read it

Computer science

Protocol for Trusted Third Party Access Control. Computer science thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, February 1985.