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Inside this issue:

Awards and Grants 1-2

Research Policy 2

Research Activities 2-4

Publications 4-7

Abstracts and Presentations

7-11

Research Staff and Volunteers

11-12

Vancouver General Hospital

VGH Emergency Medicine Research Newsletter

March 2014 Volume 14

For the second year in

a row the CAEP New

Investigator Award

has gone to one of our

physicians—

Congratulations

Dr. Ka Wai Cheung!

50 Conference abstracts

& presentations

44 Publications in peer

reviewed journals

45 Research Assistants &

Student Volunteers

2 New CIHR Grants

Over the last year...

Abu-Laban, RB. (Barclay, N. and Cheng, A.) Effect of a Diagnostic Treatment Unit (DTU) on Emergency Department Length of Stay and Inpatient Admissions. Fraser Health Authority Seed Grant. $5000 total, 2013.

Abu-Laban, RB. (Ryan, E. and Eppler J.) FEARS: The Frail Elderly Admission Rate Study. David Lloyd Research Award. $2000 total, 2013.

Brubacher, JR. (Brasher, P., Chan, H., Etminan, M., Zed, P.) Prescription Medications and Risk of Motor Vehicle Crashes. CIHR $526,268 total, 2013-2017.

Cheung, KW. CAEP Top New Investigator Award, June 2013.

Cheung, KW. VCH People First Award at the True North Forum, January 2013.

Cheung, KW. (Fitzgerald, M., Khara, M., Lam, A.). Vancouver Foundation Community Grant. $70,000 total, 2013-2015.

Cheung, KW. (Perry, J., Bordundvaag, B., Emond, M., Lee, J.S., Sharma, M., Sivilotti, M.L., Stiell, I.G., Wells, G.A., Worster, A.) Phase II: Clinical Decision Rule for High Risk TIA Patients in the ED. CIHR $1,059,583 total, 2013-2016.

Ho, K. (Cafazzo, J. and Novak Lauscher, H.) Developing the “Smart” Nursing Station eHealth Model in First Nations Remote and Isolated Communities. Health Canada First Nations Inuit Health Branch. $150,000 total, 2013-2014.

Ho, K. (Novak Lauscher, H. and Khan, S). Inter-Cultural Online Health Network (ICON) for Chinese, Punjabi, and First Nations. BC Ministry of Health Services. $600,000 total, 2013-2014.

Ho, K. (Novak Lauscher, H. and Boothe, A.) Mobile Digital Access to a Web-Enhanced Network (mDAWN) for Diabetes Management: Economic analysis sub-initiative. Canada Health Infoway $49,125 total, 2013-2014.

Congratulations to our researchers

Our ED is

collaborating with the

Center for Addictions

Research BC (CARBC)

to investigate the

effect of alcohol and

stimulants on risk of

injury


Road Safety: Our road safety research team of Dr. Jeff Brubacher, Dr. Herbert Chan (PhD), and Dr. Roy Purssell enrolled the first 1638 injured drivers for their study “Cannabis and Motor Vehicle Crashes: A multicentre culpability study”. This CIHR funded study has been launched in 8 trauma centres across BC and will determine the role of marijuana use in causing car crashes. The team received funding from CIHR and CIHI ($198,868 over two years) for an evaluation of British Columbia’s new immediate roadside penalty (IRP) regime. That evaluation shows that the new laws resulted in a 52% reduction in alcohol related fatal crashes, a 21% reduction in all cause fatal crashes, an 8% reduction in hospital admissions for road trauma and a 7.2% reduction in ambulance calls for road trauma. Dr. Edi Desapriya (PhD) who is interested in road traffic safety from the lens of sociology joined our team last August. Dr Desapriya led a Cochrane review update summarizing the role of vision screening of older drivers. Drs. Brubacher and Chan with numerous student volunteers completed a pilot study based on interviews with drivers injured in a motor vehicle crash and have applied for CIHR funding for a 5 year multi-centre

Collaborative Research Policy The VGH Department of Emergency Medicine has a tradition of producing high quality original research, and collaborating on the research initiatives of other VGH Departments or external groups. This academic mission must be balanced with the demands research places on Emergency Department patient care and teaching of Residents and Medical Students. In addition, simultaneous research projects may conflict with one another and may compete for the same patients as well as for the time and attention of our clerical, nursing, and medical staff.

For these reasons, all potential studies which require signoff by the VGH Department of Emergency Medicine undergo internal review, approval, and prioritization. It is expected that one or more members of the VGH Department of Emergency Medicine will be involved academically (as co-applicant on grants, and co-author on publications) on any significant peer-reviewed or investigator-initiated collaborative project conducted in the VGH Emergency Department. This involvement should commence during the development of the study protocol and the ED should receive appropriate acknowledgement for the role it plays for any such projects.

For further information on our research policy or to discuss a potential project please contact our Research Director (Jeff Brubacher; [email protected]).

Ho, K. (Novak Lausher, H.) Social Media for Quality in Health Care. BC Patient Safety and Quality Council. $30,000 total, 2013-2014.

Hohl, CM. Teacher of the Year 2013, UBC Emergency Medicine Residency Program.

Hohl, CM. (Perry, J., Sivilotti, M., Lexchin, J., Tsang, R. , Reddekopp, L., Singer, J., Wickham, M., Wells, M). Validating a Screening Strategy to Improve the Detection of Adverse Drug Reactions in Emergency Departments: Operating Grant. CMPA $2$50,000 total, 2013-2015.

Hohl, CM. (Taylor, A., Balka, E., Coleman, J., Lexchin, J., Sobolev, BG.) Adverse Drug Event Reporting in PharmaNet to Improve Patient Safety and Inform Policy: A Partnership for Health Systems Improvement. CIHR $853,000 total, 2013-2016.

Catherine and Lindsay CARBC Research Team

Angela Aquino Research Coordinator Alcohol and TBI

Congratulations Continued...

Research Activities

Volume 14

This past year Dr. Corinne

Hohl lead a CIHR

Meetings, Planning and

Dissemination Workshop

which brought experts

together to discuss

medication review in ED

patients

Lauren Stewart, MPH Research Coordinator

VGH EM

Dr. Corinne Hohl Adverse Drug Events

Research Activities Continued... study using similar methodology. This study will use both case-crossover and culpability analysis design to investigate driver based risk factors for crashing.

Adverse Drug Events: Dr. Corinne Hohl (PI) successfully completed the project “Implementation of an Emergency Department-Based Adverse Drug Event Screening Strategy: A Demonstration Project”. This regional project screened over 155,000 emergency department patients for adverse drug events. It was funded by the BC Health Services Purchasing Organization & Vancouver Coastal Health Authority ($1,762,201). Preliminary results indicate that a widespread implementation of the Adverse Drug Event Screening Program was feasible, and that it may save health resources and improve patient outcomes. In 2013, Dr. Hohl secured seed funds to validate the Adverse Drug Event Clinical Decision Rule ($50,000 CMPA & $99,000 TOMAHO), the first evidence-based tool that may allow emergency departments to risk-stratify patients for adverse drug events, and enable referral of high-risk patients for medication review services. The team anticipates that the validation of the Adverse Drug Event Rule will enable widespread implementation of this rule, and compliance with Accreditation Canada's 2014 required organizational practices. In 2013, Dr. Hohl's team was also awarded a $853,000 Partnership for Health System improvement grant from CIHR to develop an Adverse Drug Event reporting platform in PharmaNet. Dr. Hohl continues to actively collaborate on national clinical decision rule development studies on neurosurgical and cardiovascular emergencies, and is an active member of the Drug Safety and Effectiveness Research Network.

Smoking Cessation: Dr. KaWai Cheung and team continue their smoking cessation research. They have completed enrollment for their randomized controlled trial looking at the effectiveness of referring ED smokers to QuitNow Services, our provincial smoking cessation service. More than 1,300 patients were recruited for this study, and 12 month follow-up phone calls to determine patient smoking status is ongoing. QuitNow offers smoking cessation counselling via text, email, or phone services. Dr. Cheung’s team is also looking at whether specific patient factors affect a patient's choice of service modality. This will ultimately help refine smoking cessation services. Finally, the team is also looking at the accuracy of patient perception that their ED visit may be related to smoking. This will help to determine whether further patient education may be needed.

Research Education: Riyad Abu-Laban, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Research Director, led a highly successful third annual "NERD Block" (Novel Education in Research & Design) with Quynh Doan in the fall of 2013. This 1 month program involves 34 interactive small group sessions and workshops facilitated by faculty members from the Department of Emergency Medicine and Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine on all aspects of research and critical appraisal. The NERD Block now includes participant slots for EM faculty members, and two enrolled in 2013. NERD participants gain foundational knowledge, interact with and learn about the research being done by a wide range of Emergency Medicine faculty members, and develop and advance their own research projects. Since its onset the NERD Block has gained wide attention, both across UBC and nationally. Riyad published a research paper on the NERD Block in 2013 (CJEM), and has been invited to present the background and experience with the initiative to the June 2014 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons EM Specialty Committee meeting.

Pre-hospital Care: Dr. Erik Vu and his collaborators specialize in pre-hospital care, specifically involving air ambulance patient transport. This program uses evidence-based procedures to ensure that patients in remote and rural areas have timely access to critical care services. One such initiative over the past year has streamlined the blood transfusion protocol for critically ill patients. Now BC Emergency Health Services will fly directly to the patient with type O negative blood on board, resulting in faster treatment and reduced travel time. Other focuses of Dr. Vu’s research include pre-hospital airway management, pre-hospital treatment of hemorrhagic shock, and development of a paramedic ultrasound curriculum.

Nurse Initiated X-Rays and ED Length of Stay: Drs. Wailliam Lee, Lyne Filiatrault, and Riyad Abu-Laban launched a randomized control trial in the VGH Emergency Department (ED) in August 2012 which ended recruitment in August 2013. With the help of 15 VGH ED volunteer triage nurses, they examined whether triage nurse initiated x-rays in accordance with the Ottawa Ankle Rules would reduce ED patients’ length of stay. Funding through the UBC Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) was secured in both 2012 and 2013, thereby recruiting Nancy Liu (2012) and Anita Rashidi (2013), both 2nd year UBC medical student at the time. Lawrence Yau, a graduate in Medical Sciences from University of Western Ontario has been also been involved throughout the project. Dr. Lee will be presenting the study’s results at both the 2014 UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Research Day and in June 2014 at CAEP’s Annual Conference Lightning Oral Sessions. Dr. Lee was awarded one of CAEP’s 2014 Resident Research Abstract Awards.


Dr. Jeff Brubacher, VGH EM Research

Director

1. Abu-Laban RB, Migneault D, Grant MR, Dhingra V, Fung A, Cook RC, et al. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after protracted ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest: Case report and discussion. CJEM (Forthcoming 2014).

2. Abu-Laban RB, Jarvis-Selinger S, Newton L, Chung B. Implementation and evaluation of a novel research education rotation for royal college of physicians and surgeons emergency medicine residents. CJEM 2013 Jul;15(4):233-236.

3. Al-Isa AN, Wijesekara N, Desapriya E. Multiple factors contribute to obesity among Kuwaiti college women. Health 2013;5(5).

4. Asbridge M, Mann R, Cusimano MD, Trayling C, Roerecke M, Tallon JM, et al. Cannabis and traffic collision risk: findings from a case-crossover study of injured drivers presenting to emergency departments. International journal of public health 2013:1-10.

5. Asbridge M, Brubacher JR, Chan H. Cell phone use and traffic crash risk: a culpability analysis. Int J Epidemiol 2013 Feb;42(1):259-267.

6. Borycki EM, Hullin C, Gonzalez J, Ho K, Kushniruk AW. Clinical simulations in health professional education: International perspectives and lessons learned about integration and patient safety. Studies in Health Technology and Informat-ics 2013;192:1255.

7. Brubacher JR, Chan H, Asbridge M. Culpability analysis is still a valuable technique. Int J Epidemiol 2013 Sep 14.

8. Brubacher JR, Chan H, Fang M, Brown D, Purssell R. Police Documentation of Alcohol Involvement in Hospitalized Injured Drivers. Traffic Injury Preven-tion 2013;14(5):453-60.

Drs. Jeff Brubacher

and Herbert Chan

are working to reduce

road traumas by

investigating factors

related to motor

vehicle crashes

Dr. Herbert Chan, PhD Road Safety Research

Research Activities Continued...

Publications

Volume 14

The VGH ED is

prospectively

collecting data for two

nationwide clinical

decision rule studies

Vahid Mehrnoush International Medical

Graduate Cannabis and MVCs

Elizabeth Purssell UBC SSRP 2013

Injured Driver Interviews

Publications Continued... 9. Cherpitel CJ, Martin G, Macdonald S, Brubacher JR, Stenstrom R. Alcohol and

drug use as predictors of intentional injuries in two emergency departments in British Columbia. The American Journal on Addictions 2013;22(2):87-92.

10. Cherpitel CJ, Ye Y, Bond J, Stockwell T, Vallance K, Martin G, et al (Brubacher JR). Risk of injury from drinking: The difference which study de-sign makes. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2014;38(1):235-240.

11. Cheung KW. The role of emergency physicians in tobacco cessation and the British Columbia smoking cessation program. CJEM (Forthcoming 2014).

12. Desapriya E, Hewapathirane DS, Pike I. Central Visual Field Loss and Driving. JAMA ophthalmology 2013;131(6):819-821.

13. Durigon M, Elliott C, Purssell R, Kosatsky T. Canadian poison control centres: preliminary assessment of their potential as a resource for public health surveil-lance. Clin Toxicol 2013;51(9):886-891.

14. Evans CC, Tallon JM, Bridge J, Nathens AB. An inventory of Canadian trauma systems: opportunities for improving access to trauma care. CJEM 2013;15:1-7.

15. Gray K, Shortliffe E, Ho K, Taylor P, Mars M. Health informatics education for the clinical workforce. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 2013;192:1233.

16. Harris MA, Reynolds CC, Winters M, Cripton PA, Shen H, Chipman ML, et al. (Brubacher JR) Comparing the effects of infrastructure on bicycling injury at intersections and non-intersections using a case-crossover design. Inj Prev 2013 Oct;19(5):303-310.

17. Ho K. Health-e-Apps: A project to encourage effective use of mobile health ap-plications. BC Medical Journal 2013;55(10).

18. Ho K, Nguyen A, Jarvis-Selinger S, Novak Lauscher H, Cressman C, Zibrik L. Technology-Enabled Academic Detailing: Computer-mediated education be-tween pharmacists and physicians for evidence-based prescribing. Int J Med Inf 2013;82(9):762-771.

19. Hohl CM, Reddekopp L.N., Yu E, Tsang R, Partovi N. Pharmacist-led medica-tion review in high-risk emergency department patients: a workload estimate. CJEM 2013;15(S1).

20. Hohl CM. How safe is safe enough? CJEM 2013;1:3.

21. Hohl CM, Karpov A, Reddekopp L, Stausberg J. ICD-10 codes used to identify adverse drug events in administrative data: a systematic review. J Am Med In-form Assoc 2013 Nov 12.

22. Hohl CM, Kuramoto L, Yu E, Rogula B, Stausberg J, Sobolev B. Evaluating adverse drug event reporting in administrative data from emergency departments: a validation study. BMC Health Serv Res 2013;13:473-473.

23. Ishikawa T, Desapriya E, Puri M, Kerr JM, Hewapathirane DS, Pike I. Evaluat-ing the benefits of second-eye cataract surgery among the elderly. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 2013;39(10):1593-1603.

24. Kim DJ. Chapter 28: Right -upper-quadrant pain in a 15-year-old female. In: McLario DJ, Kendall JL, editors. Case Studies in Pediatric Emergency and Criti-cal Care Ultrasound Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 2013. p.129

Dr. David Sweet is

working to optimize

the treatment of

patients with severe

sepsis


Shayan Shojaie International Medical

Graduate Smoking Cessation

25. Kim DJ. Chapter 56: Limp in a 5-year-old male. In: McLario DJ, Kendall JL, editors. Case Studies in Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound Cam-bridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 2013. p. 261-6.

26. Kim DJ, Kendall JL. Fournier’s Gangrene and its Characteristic Ultrasound Findings. J Emerg Med 2013 1;44(1):e99-e101.

27. Lange RT, Shewchuk JR, Heran MK, Rauscher A, Jarrett M, Brubacher JR, et al. To Exclude or Not To Exclude: Further Examination of the Influence of White Matter Hyperintensities in Diffusion Tensor Imaging Research. J Neuro-trauma 2014;31(2):198-205.

28. Lund A, Joo D, Lewis K, Arikan Y, Grunfeld A. Photodocumentation as an emergency department documentation tool in soft tissue infection: a randomized trial. CJEM 2013 Nov 1;15(6):345-352.

29. Lunny C, Taylor D, Memetovic J, Warje O, Lester R, Wong T, et al.(Ho K) Short message service (SMS) interventions for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review protocol. Syst Rev 2014 Jan 16;3(1):7.

30. Macdonald S, Cherpitel CJ, Stockwell T, Martin G, Ishiguro S, Vallance K, et al. (Brubacher JR) Concordance of self-reported drug use and saliva drug tests in a sample of emergency department patients. J Subst Use 2013(00):1-5.

31. Macdonald S, Zhao J, Martin G, Brubacher JR, Stockwell T, Arason N, et al. The impact on alcohol-related collisions of the partial decriminalization of im-paired driving in British Columbia, Canada. Accident Analysis & Prevention 2013;59:200-05.

32. Mak E, Cheung KW, Mondor F. In-flight arterial gas emboli from a ruptured bronchogenic cyst. CJEM 2013 Nov 1;15(6):385-388.

33. McGregor MJ, Abu-Laban RB, Ronald LA, McGrail KM, Andrusiek D, Baumbusch J, et al. Nursing Home Characteristics Associated with Resident Transfers to Emergency Departments. Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 2014;33(01):38-48.

34. McQuillen K, Davis C, Ho K, McGowan P, Resin J, McEwan K, et al. Chal-lenges in measuring patient participation: case studies from British Columbia’s Patients as Partners initiative. J Participat Med 2013;5:e10.

35. Perry JJ, Stiell IG, Sivilotti ML, Bullard MJ, Hohl CM, Sutherland J, et al. Clinical decision rules to rule out subarachnoid hemorrhage for acute headache. JAMA 2013;310(12):1248-1255.

36. Purssell RA, Chan H, Brown D, Fang M, Brubacher JR. Risk Factors for Subsequent Impaired Driving by Injured Passengers. Traffic Injury Prevention 2014;15(4):355-360.

37. Ramagopalan SV, Pakpoor J, Seminog O, Goldacre R, Graham L, Goldacre MJ. Risk of subarachnoid haemorrhage in people admitted to hospital with se-lected immune-mediated diseases: record-linkage studies. BMC neurology 2013;13(1):176.

38. Santana MJ, Stelfox HT, Trauma Quality Indicator Consensus Panel (Tallon,

JM). Development and evaluation of evidence-informed quality indicators for adult injury care. Ann Surg 2014 Jan;259(1):186-192.

Dr. David Sweet Sepsis Research

Publications Continued...

Dr. Wailliam Lee and

his team have

completed a study

looking at nurse

initiated ankle X-Rays

and the effect on ED

wait times

Dr. Wailliam Lee

Ottawa Ankle Rule

Volume 14

Kit Mung

Research Assistant

Smoking Cessation

39. Stacy E, Wisener K, Liman Y, Beznosova O, Novak Lauscher H, Ho K, et al. Community-based research in action: Talkes from Ktunaxa community learning centres project. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Educa-tion, and Action (Forthcoming 2014).

40. Tallon JM. Re: Impaired Driving Charges in Injured Impaired Drivers Requiring Emergency Department Treatment. CJEM 2013 07;15(4):197-197.

41. Vu EN, Vu MP, Livingstone B, Griesdale D, Wand RT, Schlamp RS. Prehospi-tal airway management in major trauma and traumatic brain injury by critical care paramedics. Prehospital Emergency Care 2014;18(1):137.

42. Vu EN, Peet HE, Schlamp RS, Essery MJ, Wand RT, Vu MP, et al. A cool case: Prehospital intravenous fluid and blood warmer in aeromedical evacuation. Air Rescue Magazine 2013;2(3):100-02.

43. Vu EN, Schlamp RS, Wand RT, Kleine-Deters GA, Vu MP, Tallon JM. Prehos-pital Use of Tranexamic Acid for Hemorrhagic Shock in Primary and Secondary Air Medical Evacuation. Air Med J 2013 0;32(5):289-292.

44. Zhang C, Chu J, Cho K, Yang J, McCartney K, Ho K. Medical students' self-reported preparedness and attitudes in providing care to ethnic minorities. Eth-nicity & Disease 2014;24(1):116.

1. Abu-Laban RB, Scott IM, Gowans MC. Relationship Between Canadian Medi-cal Student Identification of Emergency Medicine as a Career Choice and Post-Graduate Training Disposition. CJEM 2013;15(S49).

2. Brubacher JR. Cannabis and Motor Vehicle Crashes. Fraser Health Trauma Grand Rounds May 2013, Vancouver BC.

3. Brubacher JR, Chan H. Linking Road Trauma Data from Healthcare and Po-lice. International Forum on Traffic Records And Highway Safety Information Systems May 2013, Edmonton AB.

4. Brubacher JR, Chan H, Asbridge M, Martz W, MacDonald S, William S, et al. Prevalence of drug use in injured British Columbia drivers. CJEM 2013;15(S74).

5. Brubacher JR, Chan H, Purssell RA. Road Safety Research. University of British Columbia, DEM Research Day April 2013, Vancouver BC.

6. Brubacher JR, Chan H, Purssell RA, Fang M, Brown D. Police Documenta-tion of Alcohol Involvement in Hospitalized Drivers. CJEM 2013;15(S26).

7. Brubacher JR, Chan H, Asbridge M, Brant RF, Mann R, Martz W, et al. Preva-lence of drug use in injured British Columbia drivers. Canadian Injury Preven-tion and Safety Promotion Conference November 2013, Montreal QC.

8. Brubacher JR. Cannabis and motor vehicle crashes: A multicentre culpability study. Vancouver Island Research Rounds April 2013, Victoria BC.

9. Buxton JA, Ross C, Kuo M, Purssell RA, Gardy J, Tzemis D, et al. Agranulocy-tosis related to cocaine adulterated with levamisole: the role of HLA-B27. Cana-dian Public Health Conference June 2013, Ottawa ON.

10. Chan H, Brubacher JR, Purssell RA. Future Impaired Driving Activities of Injured Passengers. Fourth International Road Safety Conference March 2013, Sydney NSW, Australia.

Publications Continued...

Abstracts and Presentations

The Novel Education

in Research & Design

(NERD) block led by

Dr. Abu-Laban

educates residents in

all aspects of research

and critical appraisal


11. Chan H, Purssell R, Brubacher JR, Brown D, Fang M. Future Impaired Driv-ing Activities of Injured Passengers. Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Pro-motion Conference Nov 2013, Montreal QC.

12. Cheung KW. VGH Emergency Smoking Trial. BC Lung Association Tobacco Control Workshop Jan 2013, Vancouver BC.

13. Cheung KW. Emergency department tobacco cessation counseling and referral: A Pilot Study. Public Health Association of British Columbia Regional Confer-ence November 2013, Vancouver BC.

14. Cheung KW. Emergency department usage by smokers and non-smokers at Van-couver General Hospital. UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Con-ference Mar 2013, Vancouver BC.

15. Cheung KW. Smoking-Related Illnesses: Accuracy of Patient Perception that their ED Visit May be Related to Smoking. International Roundtable Public Event: Health Literacy and Heart and Lung Disease May 2013, Vancouver BC.

16. Cheung KW, Wong I, Brubacher JR, Abu-Laban RB, Schulzer M. Emer-gency Department Tobacco Cessation Counseling: Implementation and Evalua-tion of a Community-Based Program: A Pilot Study. CJEM 2013;15(S3).

17. Cheung KW. Emergency department tobacco cessation counselling: Implemen-tation and evaluation of a community-based program. 5th Annual Ottawa Confer-ence: State of the Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation, Feb 2013.

18. Filiatrault L, Fawziah M, Hong J, Go K, George D, Grant J, et al. Antibiotics prescribed and uropathogens resistance in outpatient management of urinary tract infections at a tertiary care emergency department. University of British Colum-bia, DEM Research Day Apr 2013, Vancouver BC.

19. Ho K. Knowledge translation in EM, ehealth trends in EM. CAEP, Annual Scien-tific Conference Jun 2013, Vancouver BC.

20. Ho K. Social media in health and education. Universitas 21 Health Sciences An-nual Meeting Sept2013, Dublin Ireland.

21. Ho K. Foresight in Medicine in the Next Decade. ehealth literacy for all, Italian Embassy Symposium December 2013, Washington DC, USA.

22. Ho K. Health Apps for eMental Health. UBC eMental Health Conference Dec 2013, Vancouver BC.

23. Ho K. EMR sandbox for medical education workshop. Canadian Conference on Medical Education Jun 2013, Vancouver BC.

24. Ho K. eHealth trends and how they affect CPD. CACHE Annual Conference, Keynote Speaker Jun 2013, Vancouver BC.

25. Ho K. eHealth Trends and Neurology. Neurology in Whistler September 2013, Whistler BC.

26. Ho K. EMR for physician performance. 5th Annual National CPD Accreditation Conference Oct 2013, Ottawa ON.

27. Ho K. eHealth Trends for research. GRAND National Centre of Excellence Con-ference, Keynote Speaker Oct 2013, Vancouver BC.

28. Ho K. Patient engagement in quality health care: iCON. Quality Forum Mar 2013, Vancouver BC.

Cassie Fayowski UBC SSRP 2014


Dr. Riyad Abu-Laban

Research Education

Abstracts and Presentations Continued...

Volume 14

Dr. Kendal Ho

Knowledge Translation

& eHealth

29. Ho K. eHealth Trends Update. CMA Continuing Professional Development Leadership Conference May 2013, Vancouver BC.

30. Hohl CM. Preliminary Results from the Adverse Drug Event Screening Pro-gram. CIHR Meetings, Planning & Dissemination Workshop May 2013, Van-couver BC.

31. Hohl CM. Preliminary Results from a Systematic Review on Medication Re-view & Gaps in the Literature. CIHR Meetings, Planning & Dissemination Workshop May 2013, Vancouver BC.

32. Hohl CM, Reddekopp LN, Yu E, Rotinsky J, Strang C. Reliability of clinical decision rules to improve the detection of adverse drug events in emergency de-partment patients. CJEM 2013;15(S1).

33. Hohl CM. ADE Screening Program-Qualitative Results. Invited Presentation to the Senior Executive Team, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority January 2013, Vancouver BC.

34. Hohl CM. Risk Stratification in Medication Review. Preliminary Results from the ADE Demonstration Project. Pharmacy Department, Vancouver General Hospital Pharmacy Department Mar 2013, Vancouver BC.

35. Hohl CM, Reddekopp LN, Tsang R, Partovi N, Yu E, Coleman J, et al. Feasibil-ity of implementing an adverse drug event screening program in an emergency department. CJEM 2013;15(S1):32.

36. Hunte G, Brubacher JR, White AM, Hamilton L, Andrusiek D, Miller G, et al. Reporting and learning from prehospital patient safety incidents. CAEP, Annual Scientific Conference Jun 2013, Vancouver BC.

37. Lam T. Use of Emergency Department Ultrasound (EDUS) for the Detection of Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) in a Canadian ED Setting.. Australasian College for Emergency Medicine 30th Annual Scientific Meeting Nov 2013, Adelaide SA, Australia.

38. Lange RT, Brubacher JR, Shewchuck J, Heran M, Jarrett M, Rauscher A, et al. Outcome from Concurrent Traumatic Brain Injury and Alcohol Misuse: Influ-ence of Acute versus Chronic Alcohol Consumption. International Neuropsy-chological Society Conference Jun 2013, Amsterdam NLD.

39. Lange RT, Brubacher JR, Shewchuck JR, Hernan M, Jarrett M, Rauscher A, et al. Outcome from Concurrent Traumatic Brain Injury and Alcohol Misuse: Influ-ence of Acute versus Chronic Alcohol Consumption. National Academy of Neu-ropsychology Oct 2013, San Diego CA USA.

40. Lange RT, Shewchuck JR, Heran MK, Rauscher A, Jarrett M, Brubacher JR, et al. To Exclude or Not to Exclude: Further Examination of the Influence of White Matter Hyperintensities in Diffusion Tensor Imaging Research. National Acad-emy of Neuropsychology Oct 2013, San Diego CA USA.

41. Lange RT, Shewchuck JR, Manraj KS, Heran M, Rauscher A, Jarrett M, et al. (Brubacher, JR) To Exclude or Not to Exclude: Further Examination of the In-fluence of White Matter Hyperintensities in Diffusion Tensor Imaging Research . International Neuropsychological Society Conference Jun 2013, Amsterdam, NLD.

Dr. Lyne Filiatrault

continues her quality

assurance efforts, this

year looking at

antibiotic resistance in

UTI patients

Dr. Lyne Filiatrault with Jenny Hong

and Katherine Go UTI and Antibiotics



The ED Smoking

Cessation Study lead

by Dr. Ka Wai Cheung

bridges preventative

medicine with acute

care

Ben Tuyp

Injured Driver Inter-

Dr. Roy Purssell Road Safety & Toxicology

42. Lee WW, Filiatrault L, Abu-Laban RB, Rashidi A, Yau L, Liu N. Effect of triage nurse initiated radiography using the Ottawa Ankle Rules on emergency department length of stay at a tertiary care center. University of British Colum-bia, DEM Research Day Apr 2013, Vancouver BC.

43. Lee WW, Filiatrault L, Abu-Laban RB, Rashidi A, Yau L, Liu N. Effect of triage nurse initiated radiography using the Ottawa Ankle Rules on emergency department length of stay at a tertiary care center. CAEP, Annual Scientific Conference Jun 2013, Vancouver BC.

44. Li R, Bradley L, Gair R, Purssell RA, Kennedy JR, Craig K. Case Report: Cro-Fab vs Antivipmyn TRI for suspected Bothrops snakebite.Clin Tox 2013;15:618.

45. Nicol J, Yarema M, Purssell RA, Buxton JA, Jones G, Martz W, et al. Para-methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA) fatalities in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Clin Tox 2013;51:662.

46. Paneka WJ, Iverson GL, Bouix S, Eckbo R, Brubacher JR, Heran MK, et al. Biopsychosocial outcome from complicated vs uncomplicated mild traumatic brain injury. UBC Clinical Investigator Program Research Day Jun 2013, Van-couver BC.

47. Perry JJ, Alyahya B, Steill IG, Sutherland J, Sivilotti M, Bullard M, et al.(Hohl,

CM) A Prospective Cohort Study to Differentiate Traumatic Tap from True Su-barachnoid Hemorrhage. CJEM 2013;15(S1).

Student Research Assistants: Anita Rashidi, Kenneth Chan, and Nancy Liu


Volume 14

Dr. Eric Vu

Pre-hospital Care

Dr. Erik Vu and

colleagues specialize

in pre-hospital care

and aeromedical

evacuation.

Student volunteers play a valuable role in our research division, and we are grateful for the dedicated and motivated individuals who have donated their time. In turn, students gain exposure to emergency medicine and clinical research. Over the past summer we were able to provide a series of learning sessions for the volunteers with topics including biostatistics, study design, and quality assurance. Four students were hosted this past year through UBC’s Summer Student Research Program. Our research would not be possible without the involvement and ongoing support from Emergency Department Nurses, Unit Clerks, and Physicians. We are lucky to have an amazing team that continues to engage in research without compromising patient care.


Cannabis & MVCs

Ben Tuyp

Cassie Fayowski

Elizabeth Purssell

Vahid Mehrnoush

Kenneth Chan

Yamesha Ranatunga

Ottawa Ankle Rule

Anita Rashidi

Lawrence Yau

Nancy Liu

UTI and Antibiotics

Jenny Hong

Katherine Go

ED Smoking Cessation

Amanda Lane

Amy Tsai

Ian Wong

Jimmy Tsai

Nicole Kloos

Sally Ke

Shayan Shojaie

Warren Fingrut

Acute Headache

Ben Millar

Kevin O’Riordan

Nora Tong

Michelle Wan

Therese Balleza

Sepsis

Alison Beaty Anne Mcinnes Ben Huang Cindy Vanderbyl Elizabeth De Marchi Jamie Gallaher Joann Birdsall Marcus Shell Mark Warwas Mike Clausing Mitch Webb Navrai Malhi Sarah Hansen Sassan Sangsari Sean McGee Terry Chu Tony Kumar Tracy Johnson

48. Quinn M, Hunte G, Hohl CM. The role of pharmacists within the context of an emergency department-based adverse drug event screening program. CJEM 2013;15(S1).

49. Silverbert ND, Lange RT, Brubacher JR, Iverson GL. The Good-Old-Days Bias after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Orthopedic Injury. 41st Annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society Feb 2013, Waikola HI USA.

50. Winters M, Harris MA, Reynolds CCO, Cripton PA, Babul S, Chipman M, et al.(Brubacher JR) Bicyclists’ Injuries and the Cycling Environment: The im-pact of route infrastructure. Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Con-ference Jan 2013, Washington DC USA.


Student & ED Staff Involvement

Study Volunteers

Dr. Lyne Filiatrault Quality Assurance


Director

Jeff Brubacher ([email protected])

Coordinator

Lauren Stewart ([email protected])

Investigators

Riyad Abu-Laban (Research Education)

Jeff Brubacher (Road Safety)

KaWai Cheung (Smoking Cessation)

Lyne Filiatrault (Quality Assurance)

Kendall Ho (Knowledge Translation)

Corinne Hohl (Adverse Drug Reactions)

Roy Purssell (Road Safety)

David Sweet (Sepsis)

Herbert Chan, PhD (Road Safety)

Edi Desapriya, PhD (Road Safety)

Advisory Committee

Riyad Abu-Laban, MD, MHSc

Jeff Brubacher, MD, MSc

Brian Chung, MD

Lannon de Best, RN

Corinne Hohl, MD, MHSc

Doug McKnight, MD

Roy Purssell, MD

Lauren Stewart, MPH

Research Coordinators

Angela Aquino (Traumatic Brain Injury)

Maeve Wickham, MSc (Adverse Drug Events)

Research Assistants

Vahid Mehrnoush (Cannabis & MVCs)

Kit Mung (ED Smoking Cessation)

Vancouver General Hospital Emergency Medicine Research Office, Rm JPN G409. tel: 604-875-4205

Research Personnel

Research Assistants and Volunteers with Dr. Ka Wai Cheung After a Discussion of Randomized Control Trials

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