A5030104113- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Disaster Response and Management
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Blood donation and transfusion practices
- Global Health Care Issues
- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- IoT and GPS-based Vehicle Safety Systems
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Medical Coding and Health Information
Alberta Health Services
2015-2024
University of Calgary
2014-2024
St. Michael's Hospital
2024
University of Toronto
2021-2024
Alberta Children's Hospital
2021-2023
Blue Quills First Nations College
2023
University of Alberta
2023
Alberta Health
2023
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2021
Committee on Publication Ethics
2021
Background. A common tenet in emergency medical services (EMS) is that faster response equates to better patient outcome, translated by some EMS operations into a goal of time 8 minutes or less for advanced life support (ALS) units responding life-threatening events. Objective. To explore whether an 8-minute was associated with mortality. Methods. This one-year retrospective cohort study adults event as assessed at the 9-1-1 call (Medical Priority Dispatch System Echo- Delta-level event)....
Community Paramedics (CPs) require access to timely blood analysis in the field guide treatment and transport decisions. Point of care testing (POCT), as opposed laboratory analysis, may offer a solution, but limited research exists on CP POCT. The purpose this study was compare validity two devices (Abbott i-STAT® Alere epoc®) by CPs community. In programme responding 6000 annual patient events, split sample validation POCT against traditional for seven analytes (sodium, potassium,...
Objective: Paramedicine in Canada has experienced significant growth recent years, which resulted a misalignment between existing guiding conceptualizations and how the profession is structured enacted practice. As result, well-established boundaries, directions, priorities may be poorly aligned with frameworks. The objective of this study was to explore emerging future states paramedicine such that principles could derived. We asked: How should conceptualized going forward, and, what might...
Abstract Background Evaluating geographic access to health services often requires determining the patient travel time a specified service. For urgent care, many research studies have modeled pre-hospital by ground emergency medical (EMS) using information systems (GIS). The purpose of this study was determine if modeling assumptions proposed through prior United States (US) are valid in non-US context, and use resulting provide revised recommendations for GIS absence actual EMS trip data....
<h3>Background:</h3> The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unique pressures on the emergency services system. This study describes changes presentation, presenting severity and disposition of patients accessing Calgary, Alberta, during first wave pandemic. <h3>Methods:</h3> In this descriptive study, we constructed a population cohort all who accessed by calling medical (EMS) (ambulance service that provides prehospital treatment transport to facilities) or directly an department (4 adult 1...
This study was undertaken to characterize the carbon emissions from a broad sample of North American emergency medical services (EMS) agencies, and begin process establishing voluntary EMS-related emission targets.Fifteen diverse EMS systems with more than 550,000 combined annual responses serving population 6.3 million reported their direct purchased ("Tier 2") energy consumption for one year. We calculated total dioxide equivalent (CO(2)e) using Environmental Protection Agency, Energy...
Many health care disciplines use evidence-based decision making to improve patient and system performance. While the amount quality of emergency medical services (EMS) research in Canada has increased over past two decades, there not been a unified national plan enable research, ensure efficient resources, guide funding decisions build capacity EMS research. Other countries have used agendas identify barriers opportunities define priorities. The objective this project is develop agenda for...
Objective: Linking emergency medical services (EMS) data to hospital outcomes is important for quality assurance and research initiatives. However, non-linkage due missing or incomplete patient information may increase the risk of bias distort findings. The purpose this study was explore if an optimization strategy, in addition existing linkage process, improved rate reduced selection bias. Methods: 4,150 transported patients a metropolitan EMS system Alberta, Canada from 2016/17 were linked...
<h3>Background:</h3> Prior work has shown that a greater proportion of First Nations patients than non–First arrive by ambulance to emergency departments in Alberta. The objective this study was understand perspectives on transitions care involving paramedics, and paramedic serving communities. <h3>Methods:</h3> Participants for participatory qualitative were selected means purposive sampling through author networks, established relationships knowledge the Alberta paramedicine system....
Objective. In this proof-of-concept study, we evaluated the availability of emergency medical services (EMS) system energy consumption data required to calculate a carbon footprint. Methods. Two diverse North American EMS systems with more than 125,000 combined annual unit responses agreed report their for last fiscal or calendar year using data-collection tool based on Carbon Trust recommendations. They also identified source information (e.g., bills, logs, receipts), whether amounts...