‹ ›
Table of Contents

CAEP 2004 Poster Presentations - Session A

CAEP Abstracts

CJEM 2004;6(3):170

Session A
Sunday, April 25, 1700 - Tuesday, April 27, 1700

Topic: EMS

  1. R Abu-Laban: Learning curve for paramedics administering a reconstituted study drug infusion during cardiac arrest resuscitation in a randomized controlled trial.
  2. IG Stiell: Predictors of survival for out-of-hospital chest pain patients in the OPALS study.
  3. B Schwartz: Vaccine delivery by paramedics for an urban influenza immunization program: A public health - EMS partnership.
  4. D Shaddock: Heat-related illness and emergency medical services utilization.
  5. MJ Feldman: Half a million strong: The emergency medical services (EMS) response at the Toronto Rolling Stones concert.
  6. JL Lukins: Implementation and outcomes of an EMS-based rehydration unit at a mass gathering.
  7. R Verbeek: Impact of a bimodal SARS outbreak on paramedic resources of a large urban EMS system.
  8. J Sherbino: Prehospital transcutaneous cardiac pacing for symptomatic bradycardia or bradyasystolic cardiac arrest: A systematic review.
  9. CJ Fortier: Biomechanical Evaluation of Casualty Evacuation by Stretcher.
  10. C Hall: Succinylcholine assisted intubation by general duty paramedics in the prehospital setting: Comparison of success in a prospective cohort and an historical control.
  11. MJ Feldman: Use of special events medical directives for paramedics at a mass gathering.

Topic: Decision Rules

  1. J Brehaut: How widely used is the Canadian C-Spine rule by emergency physicians?
  2. J Brehaut: Attitudes of emergency physicians toward the Ottawa Ankle rules.
  3. IG Stiell: How important is the age 65 criterion in the Canadian C-Spine rule?
  4. A Rothney: Overuse of narcotic analgesics in the emergency department treatment of migraine headache.

Topic: Injury / Trauma / Prevention

  1. BH Rowe: Investigating the impact of lowering the injury severity score cutoff for major trauma in pediatrics.
  2. VJ Grant: A population-based snapshot of pediatric neurotrauma.
  3. VJ Grant: Do cases of pediatric neurotrauma in an urban setting preferentially present to a pediatric tertiary care centre emergency department (PED)?
  4. M Shuster: Focussed abdominal ultrasound for blunt trauma in an emergency department without advanced imaging or on-site surgical capability.
  5. K Alawi: Pediatric all-terrain vehicle injury patterns: A five-year review in southwestern Ontario.
  6. B Bailey: Hydro-Québec algorithm: Why patients are monitored for 24 hours after an electric shock.
  7. M Al-Salamah: Motor vehicle collision characteristics associated with brain injury in mild head injury patients.
  8. RD Goldman: Follow-up after a paediatric emergency department visit - Telephone versus electronic-mail ?

Topic: Respiratory

  1. BH Rowe: Inhaled anticholinergics in the treatment of acute asthma.
  2. BH Rowe: Comparison of two methods of measuring quality of life in acute asthma.
  3. BH Rowe: Increasing the use of anti-inflammatory agents for acute asthma in the emergency department: Experience with an asthma care map.
  4. PJ Zed: Effect of fentanyl pretreatment on sympathetic response in patients with cerebrovascular accident undergoing rapid sequence intubation in the emergency department.

Topic: Infectious Disease

  1. D Choi: The impact of a clinical practice guideline on the management of cellulitis in the emergency department.
  2. BH Rowe: Predicting admission in the absence of pneumonia severity index score.
  3. N Simon: Rapid serum pro-calcitonin testing for the diagnosis of infection in the ED.
  4. MJ Parker: Pediatric emergency department staff perceptions of infection control measures against severe acute respiratory syndrome.

Topic: Administration / Methodology

  1. Green R: Management of toxic alcohol ingestions after the introduction of Fomepizole
  2. JM Spence: Does income level correlate with admission to hospital from the emergency department?
  3. MJ Murray: Does triage level (Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale) correlate with other factors associated with emergency department visits?
  4. NG Rose: Adverse events identified following an emergency department visit.
  5. SM Friedman: ED discharge instruction comprehension and compliance study.
  6. R McMaster: Age and region differences in emergency department users in Winnipeg.
  7. S Dong: Triage of patients in the emergency department: Comparing a computerized triage tool to standard triage methods.
  8. I Lafleur: De Quelques Défis de la Recherche en Soins Préhospitaliers d.
  9. SM Friedman: Emergency physician time and motion study.
‹ ›
Table of Contents