CAEP/ACMU 2002 Scientific Abstracts Oral Abstract Presentation Schedule

2003 Scientific Abstracts

CJEM 2002;4(2):122-123

THURSDAY, APR. 18, 2002

14:00-16:30

Administration / Clinical Practice

14:00		(001) Kris Lehnhardt: Patients who Refuse Transport: a Canadian Perspective
14:15		(002) Gil Curry: The Positive Impact of Implementing a Fast Track in an Urban Emergency Department
14:30		(003) Brian Rowe: Pneumonia Presentations in the Emergency Department: Description and Outcome
14:45		(004) Michael Schull: Increased Emergency Department Volumes but Decreased Overall Utilization: Ontario's Hospital Restructuring Paradox
15:00		(005) Eleena Pearson: Successful Implementation of a Combined Pneumococcal and Influenza Vaccination Program in a Canadian Emergency Department

15:15 Break

Administration / Clinical Practice

15:30		(006) Michael Schull: Influenza in the Elderly and Emergency Department Overcrowding
15:45		(007) Marco Sivilotti: Serum alpha-Glutathione S-Transferase Following Supratherapeutic Dosing of Acetaminophen in Human Volunteers
16:00		(008) Christine Meyers: Diagnostic Accuracy of Helical Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis of Renal Colic in the Emergency Department: a Meta-Analysis
16:15		(009) Marco Sivilotti: Serum alpha-Glutathione S-Transferase Becomes Elevated Shortly after Subtoxic Acetaminophen Overdose

FRIDAY, APR. 19, 2002

10:00-12:30

Injury / Trauma / EMS

10:00		(010) Ian Stiell: Does Taking a History Help in the Evaluation of Potential Cervical Spine Injury?
10:15		(011) Michael Saginur: Management and Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Seizure Patients Attended to by EMS
10:30		(012) Eric Grafstein: Comparison of Three Immobilization Techniques in the Management of Acute Distal Radius Fractures
10:45		(013) Ian Stiell: What is the Role of the History in the Assessment of Patients with Minor Head Injury?
11:00		(014) Brian Rowe: Protective Equipment Use in In-line Skating: an Observational Survey
11:15		(015) Michael Murray: The Reliability of the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale in the Prehospital Setting: Interrater Agreement between Paramedics and Nurses
11:30		(016) Ian Stiell: How Accurate and Reliable is Examination of the Neck in Alert and Stable Trauma Patients?
11:45		(017) Anand Govindarajan: Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Pre-hospital Transport Delays of Patients with Chest Pain
12:00		(018) Ian Stiell: Prospective Validation of the NEXUS Low-Risk Criteria for Cervical Spine Radiography
12:15		(019) Christian Vaillancourt: Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Lidocaine During Intubation of Head Injury Patients: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

SATURDAY, APR. 20, 2002

08:00-09:45

Plenary Sessions

08:00		(020) Ian Stiell: Multicenter Prospective Validation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule
08:15		(021) David McGillivray: The Validity of Clean-Voided (Bag) Urinalysis (UA) in the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Nontoilet-Trained Children: a Head-to-Head Comparison with Catheter UA
08:30		(022) Michael Schull: Nurses, Patients and Physicians: an Analysis of Causes of Emergency Department Overcrowding
08:45		(023) Brian Rowe: Prospective Multicenter Study of Relapse Following Emergency Department Treatment of COPD Exacerbation
09:00		(024) Valerie De Maio: Identification of High-Risk Locations of Cardiac Arrest for Optimal Implementation of Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Programs
09:15		(025) Eric Grafstein: Treated versus Untreated HIV Positive Patients in an Urban Emergency Department
09:30		(026) Jim Christenson: Does Access to a STAT Cardiology Follow-Up Clinic Reduce ED Length of Stay in Patients with Chest Pain?

10:00-12:30

Pediatrics

10:00		(027) Jocelyn Gravel: Evaluation of the Pediatric Risk of Admission (PRISA) Score in a Pediatric Emergency Department
10:15		(028) Hema Patel: Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Oral Salbutamol in Outpatient Infants with Acute Viral Bronchiolitis
10:30		(029) Karen Black: Pediatric Intravenous (IV) Insertion in the Emergency Department (ED): Bevel Up or Bevel Down?
10:45		(030) Sylvie Bergeron: Agreement among Pediatric Health Care Professionals with New Triage Guidelines
11:00		(031) Jocelyn Gravel: Evaluation of the Canadian Paediatric Triage and Acuity Scale in an Emergency Department

11:15 Break

Pediatrics / Clinical Practice

11:30		(032) Helen Karounis: Plain Gut versus Non-Absorbable Nylon Sutures in Traumatic Pediatric Lacerations: Long-Term Outcomes
11:45		(033) Ian Stiell: How Accurate and Reliable Is Mental Status Evaluation in Minor Head Injury Patients?
12:00		(034) Benjamin Chan: Utilization and the Aging of Emergency Department Patients in Ontario: a Tale of Two Trends
12:15		(035) Laurie Morrison: Construct Validity of a Prehospital Acuity Scale: Case Severity Rating Scale

14:00-16:30

Cardiovascular

14:00		(036) Jim Christenson: Probability of Acute Coronary Syndrome Stratified By Presentation ECG and Serum Markers
14:15		(037) Grant Innes: Are Chest Pain Units Cost-Effective Relative to Unstructured Emergency Department Evaluation?
14:30		(038) Peter Zed: Antidote Availability in British Columbia Hospitals
14:45		(039) Eddy Lang: An Emergency Department-Based Outpatient Treatment Program for Deep Vein Thrombosis: a Prospective Evaluation of Safety, Patient Satisfaction and Knowledge
15:00		(040) Grant Innes: Comparison of Point-of-Care Cardiac Markers vs. Standard Laboratory Assays in Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain

15:15 Break

Cardiovascular / Clinical Practice

15:30		(041) Jim Christenson: Distinguishing Missed Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome from Those Without Disease
15:45		(042) Ian Stiell: Multicenter Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Impact of Advanced Life Support on Out-of-Hospital Respiratory Distress Patients
16:00		(043) Brian Rowe: The Use of Magnesium Sulfate in the Treatment of Acute Asthma
16:15		(044) Jeff Perry: Clinical Decision Rule for Emergency Department Patients with Acute Headache