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ArticleOpen access emergency medicine : OAEM2026

Cyberwarfare Beyond the Hospital: Emergency Medical Services as a Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability.

Kelsey R Gordon, Edward E Denton, Carlos Talledo, Grace Mathew, Jessie Nicholson, Christian Angelo I Ventura

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Article in Open access emergency medicine : OAEM, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kelsey R GordonKansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas Health Science University, Wichita, KS, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-7976-8747
Edward E DentonCollege of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Science, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Carlos TalledoKansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas Health Science University, Wichita, KS, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-0650-6195
Grace MathewKansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas Health Science University, Wichita, KS, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-7918-8481
Jessie NicholsonKansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas Health Science University, Wichita, KS, USA.
Christian Angelo I VenturaKansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas Health Science University, Wichita, KS, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This commentary examines cyberwarfare targeting healthcare supply chains as an underrecognized threat to emergency medical services (EMS) in the United States, using the March 2026 Stryker cyberincident as a case study. We argue that in the context of prehospital settings, cybersecurity is inseparable from patient safety, operational continuity, and equipment readiness.

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cyberwarfareemergency medical serviceshealthcare cybersecurityLIFENETprehospital ECG transmissionrural health disparitiesSTEMIStryker

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PMID42577241
PMCPMC13453933

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