Summer 2017 has been productive for the Horizon / Dal NB emergency medicine research team. We are pleased that there continues to be a high level engagement from our department and from colleagues in other departments in the projects. A big thanks to Jackie, James and others listed below for all their hard work. We are also honoured to have had an opportunity to publish with some big names in emergency medicine including Jerry Hoffman, Scot Weingart, Simon Carley and others.
Please do not hesitate to ask Jackie, James or me about getting involved as a topic expert or team member in a 2017/18 project. Contact Chris Vaillancourt, Cheri Adams, David Lewis, Jay Mekwan, Jo Ann Talbot, Mike Howlett, or anyone else listed below to chat about what is involved and their experience.
We are looking forward to our annual research rounds in November.
Presentations
We had a successful CAEP in June, with 15 abstract presentations – these can be seen here https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-emergency-medicine/issue/DE69CB0B8806C073C42126337B1A814F
and here https://sjrhem.ca/?s=CAEP17
Publications and manuscript submissions:
Published
Mackay J, Atkinson P, Palmer E, et al. (June 23, 2017) Alternate Access to Care: A Cross Sectional Survey of Low Acuity Emergency Department Patients. Cureus 9(6): e1385. doi:10.7759/cureus.1385
Hayre J, Rouse C, French J, Sealy B, Fraser J, Erdogan M, Watson I, Chisholm A, Benjamin S, Green R, Atkinson P. A traumatic tale of two cities: a comparison of outcomes for adults with major trauma who present to differing trauma centres in neighbouring Canadian provinces. CJEM. 2017 Jul 13:1-9. doi: 10.1017/cem.2017.352.
Massaro PA, Kanji A, Atkinson P, Pawsey R, Whelan T. Is computed tomography-defined obstruction a predictor of urological intervention in emergency department patients presenting with renal colic? Canadian Urological Association Journal. 2017;11(3-4):88-92. doi:10.5489/cuaj.4143.
Featured in September CJEM (in 2 weeks): Jacqueline Fraser, Paul Atkinson, Audra Gedmintas, Michael Howlett , Rose McCloskey, James French. A comparative study of patient characteristics, opinions, and outcomes, for patients who leave the emergency department before medical assessment. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. Vol. 19, No. 5. Sept 2017.
At work, at home. Opus MD. NBMS 2017. https://goo.gl/2kvjvX
Accepted for publication
Geoffrey J. Hoffman, PhD, Jerome R. Hoffman, MA MD, Michael Howlett MD, Paul Atkinson MB MA. CoPayment. Medical Insurance is for non-routine events. CJEM.
Paul Atkinson MB MA, Eddy Lang MDCM, Meaghan Mackenzie BSc, Rashi Hirandani BSc, Rebecca Lys MSc, Megan Laupacis BScH , Heather Murray MD, MSc. The Choosing Wisely campaign will not impact physician behaviour and choices. CJEM
Peter Cameron, Simon Carley, Scott Weingart, Paul Atkinson. Social media has created emergency medicine celebrities who now influence practice more than published evidence. CJEM
Jim Ducharme, Sam Campbell, Paul Atkinson. Burnout is inevitable in clinical emergency medicine practice. CJEM
Submitted for publication
Mazurek A, Atkinson P, Hubacek J, Lutchmedial S. Is there a relationship between frequency of presentation and quality of care for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction?
Canadian Journal of Cardiology.
Sebastian de Haan, MBChB; Hein Lamprecht, MBChB; Michael K Howlett MD, MHSA; Anil Adisesh MBChB, MSc, MD; Paul R Atkinson MB BCh BAO MA. A Comparison of Work Stressors in Higher and Lower Resourced Emergency Medicine Health Settings: An International Survey. CJEM.
Hein H Lamprecht MBChB; Paul R Atkinson MB BCh BAO MA,; Richard Hoppmann MD; Gustav Lemke MBChB MMed; Daniel van Hoving MBChB MMed MSc; Lee A Wallis MBChB MD; Thinus F Kruger MBChB MMed MD DSc. Poor return on investment: Investigating barriers causing low credentialing yields in a low-resourced clinical ultrasound training program. CJEM.
Hein H Lamprecht MBChB; Paul R Atkinson MB BCh BAO MA ; Richard Hoppmann MD; Lee A Wallis MBChB MD, Thinus F Kruger MBChB MMed MD DSc. Clinical Ultrasound Credentialing Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Critical Analysis. CJEM.
K McGivery, P Atkinson, D Lewis, L Taylor, J Fraser et al. Emergency Department Ultrasound for the detection of B lines in the Early Diagnosis of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. CJEM
D McLean, L Hewitson, D Lewis, J Fraser, P Atkinson, J Mekwan, J French, G Verheul. ULTRASIM: ULtrasound in TRAuma SIMulation. CJEM
Rouse C, Hayre J, French J, Sealy B, Fraser J, Erdogan M, Watson I, Chisholm A, Benjamin S, Green R, Atkinson P. A Traumatic Tale of Two Cities: Does EMS level of care and transportation model affect survival in trauma patients at level 1 trauma centres in two neighbouring Canadian provinces? Emergency Medicine Journal.
Current Projects
We continue to recruit for CRASH3 – please consider any adult patient who presents with an isolate head injury within 3 hours of injury for inclusion.
Thank you for your continued support for the Burnout (Critical Dynamics and Crucial Conversations) project which is ongoing.
The epinephrine auto-injector education project is progressing well.
We are finalizing data analysis on SHoC-ED1 and SHoC-ED2 studies and hope to submit for publication in the fall.
We are preparing manuscripts for publication on several completed projects including Head CT at night, Intimate Partner Violence in the ED, Exercise prescription in the ED, Choosing Wisely (Low Back Pain Imaging), COPD management, Crowding Scores,
New Projects underway
Following the success at the Dragon’s Den in the spring of 2017, we have received REB approval for our ECPR (ED-ECMO) project and have begun phase 1. Phase 2 will involve in-situ simulation – coming up this fall.
The Sonography in Hypotension and Cardiac Arrest Series continues with 2 systematic reviews – – PoCUS in Hypotension. A systematic Review and Meta-Analysis and Echo in Life Support – A systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Proposed new projects and a chance to get involved
There are opportunities to supervise or co-supervise a resident of medical student project starting this fall.
Potential topic areas include:
First trimester bleeding, low back pain in the ED, age-adjusted D-Dimer in DVT, predictive markers in shock, Informatics – admission predictors and more.
Find out more about these projects and more at https://sjrhem.ca/programs/research/
Regards,
Paul
on behalf of the research team
