Oral Abstract Presentations

CAEP Abstracts

CJEM 2004;6(3):167-169

2004 Montreal CAEP Meeting
April 26-30, 2004

Monday April 26, 2004

Morning

1. 9:15 - 9:30 L Morrison: A randomized controlled trial comparing safety and efficacy of rectilinear biphasic versus monophasic defibrillators in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: 'ORBIT'.
2. 9:30 - 9:45 V De Maio: The epidemiology of cardiac arrest in schools: Limited potential for PAD in a low risk setting.
3. 9:45 - 10:00 I Stiell: Are any ALS treatments associated with better survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?
4. 10:00 - 10:15 C Denny: Socioeconomic status and survival after prehospital cardiac arrest.
5. 10:15 - 10:30 L Morrison: Derivation of a termination-of-resuscitation guideline for emergency medical technician-paramedics and comparison with a published emergency medical technician-defibrillator guideline.
6. 10:30 - 10:45 V De Maio: Locations of pediatric cardiac arrest: implications for public access defibrillation.
7. 10:45 - 11:00 I Stiell: The role of the mental status examination in assessment of minor head injury.

1. 11:30 - 11:45 M Osmond: Interobserver agreement in the assessment of children with minor head injury.
2. 11:45 - 12:00 J Christenson: Development of a prediction rule for the early discharge of patients with chest discomfort.
3. 12:00 - 12:15 I Stiell: Comparison of the performance of the components of the Canadian CT head rule and the New Orleans criteria.

Early Afternoon

Late Afternoon

1. 15:45 - 16:00 P Zed: A prospective study to evaluate intubating conditions and hemodynamic effects of etomidate for rapid sequence intubation in the emergency department.
2. 16:00 - 16:15 M Schull: The impact of a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak on emergency department utilization in Toronto, Canada.
3. 16:15 - 16:30 L Papa: Predicting functional impairment in patients with mild traumatic brain injury after emergency department discharge.
4. 16:30 - 16:45 N LeSage: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and mydriatic in the treatment of traumatic corneal abrasion: A randomized clinical study.
5. 16:45 - 17:00 S Ali: Concussion in children: Short term follow-up with psychological testing.
6. 17:00 - 17:15 C Martin: Use of protective equipment by skateboarders in public skateparks: An observational study.

Tuesday April 27, 2004

Morning

1. 9:15 - 9:30 E Grafstein: Evaluation of a program to address frequent emergency visits.
2. 9:30 - 9:45 M Schull: Emergency department length of stay and the risk of a missed diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.
3. 9:45 - 10:00 J Spence: Does emergency department activity level affect triage categoization and admission to the hospital?
4. 10:00 - 10:15 C Uy: A process evaluation of patient flow in the emergency department (ED) prior to initial physician assessment.
5. 10:15 - 10:30 M Schull: Overcrowding of Ontario emergency departments and door-to-needle time delays in acute myocardial infarction.
6. 10:30 - 10:45 M Murray: Does triage level (Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale) correlate with resource utilization for emergency department visits?
7. 10:45 - 11:00 JM Spence: Does the Canadian emergency department triage and acuity scale correlate with admission to the hospital from the emergency department?

Research Sessions: Methodology
Moderator: Brian Rowe, MD

1. 11:30 - 11:45 P Cleve: Reassessing the methods of medical record review (MRR) studies in emergency medicine research ten years after.
2. 11:45 - 12:00 MJ Schull: Emergency department overcrowding as ecologic problem: A comparison of measurement methods and the effect on time to thrombolysis.
3. 12:00 - 12:15 J Lee: Clinically meaningful values of the verbal numeric rating scale of pain severity.

Early Afternoon

Late Afternoon

1. 15:45 - 16:00 G Innes: Optimal two-hour cardiac marker strategies to identify low risk patients not requiring chest pain unit evaluation.
2. 16:00 - 16:15 C Atzema: ALARMED: Adverse events in low risk ACS patients receiving continuous cardiac monitoring in the emergency department. A pilot study.
3. 16:15 - 16:30 M Schull: Missed diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department varies by region and hospital size.
4. 16:30 - 16:45 D Forrest: A prospective analysis of decision making by emergency physicians following successful resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
5. 16:45 - 17:00 M Schull: Missed diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage in the emergency department: A population-based analysis.
6. 17:00 - 17:15 L Papa Ricci: Detection of alpha-II spectrin and breakdown products in humans after severe traumatic brain injury.

Tear down posters 53-92, put up posters 93-132.

Wednesday April 28, 2004

Research Plenary
Moderator: Francois Belanger, CAEP President

1. 08:10 - 08:25 B Rowe: Addition of long-acting beta-agonists to corticosteroid therapy after discharge for acute asthma: A randomized controlled trial.
2. 08:25 - 08:40 J Perry: The sensitivity of computed tomography for the diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage in ED patients with acute headache.
3. 08:40 - 08:55 R Abu-Laban: Aminophylline in bradyasystolic cardiac arrest: A randomized placebo-controlled trial.
4. 08:55 - 09:10 M Osmond: A clinical decision rule for the use of CT head in children with minor head injury.

Morning Research Sessions: Pediatrics
Moderator: Brian R. Holroyd, MD

1. 9:15 - 9:30 R Gerein: What is the etiology of out-of-hospital pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest?
2. 9:30 - 9:45 A Plint: A randomized controlled trial of removable splinting versus casting in the management of wrist buckle fractures.
3. 9:45 - 10:00 M Osmond: Which children with acute injury seek care at tertiary care pediatric centers? Health service utilization for acute pediatric trauma: An expansion of the Canadian hospitals' injury reporting prevention program (CHIRPP).
4. 10:00 - 10:15 D Ouellette: The additive value of nuclear medicine shuntograms to computed tomography for suspected cerebrospinal fluid shunt obstruction in the pediatric emergency department.
5. 10:30 - 10:45 R Green: Early analgesia in children with acute abdominal pain.
6. 10:45 - 11:00 C Martin: Prevalence and attitudes towards the use of protective equipment in skateboarding parks.
7. 10:15 - 10:30 M Bullard: Reliability of ED head CT scan interpretation.

Research Sessions: French Abstracts
Moderator: Christian Vaillancourt, MD

1. 11:30 - 11:45 J Poitras: Lacorrélation entre l'évaluation par des médecins et par des infirmières de la performance de médecins d'urgence.
2. 11:45 - 12:00 N Leduc: Le centre de services ambulatoires: Une alternative au recours à l'urgence hospitalière acceptable pour les patients?
3. 12:00 - 12:15 R Brana: L'autoadministration de morphine aux urgences.

Early Afternoon

Late Afternoon

Research Sessions: Education/Teaching / Clinical Practice
Moderator: TBA

1. 15:45 - 16:00 E Lang: The effects of an evidence-based emergency medicine workshop on the application of pre-appraised resources in clinical practice.
2. 16:00 - 16:15 M Bullard: Emergency Department triage: Evaluating the implementation of a computerized triage tool.
3. 16:15 - 16:30 R Hall: A randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of training paramedic students endotracheal intubation on a patient simulator versus human subjects.
4. 16:35 - 16:50 DL McGillivray: Use of an emergency department (ED) asthma order sheet to increase adherence to evidence-based (EB) guidelines: An interventional trial.
5. 16:50 - 17:05 M Emond: Clinical factors predicting fractures associated to an anterior shoulder dislocation.
6. 17:05 - 17: 20 N Alam: Evaluation of a dedicated teaching shift involving direct bedside observation of trainees by attending staff.