- January 26, 2010
- A Study to Prospectively Assess the Safety and Effectiveness of The Ottawa SAH Strategy for the
Investigation of Alert Patients Suspected of Having Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (Renewal – Phase 111).
Dr. Jeff Perry was awarded 5 year funding from CIHR.
- January 26, 2010
- Evaluation of the Safety of C-Spine Clearance by Paramedics.
Dr. Christian Vaillancourt was awarded 4 year funding from CIHR.
- December 16, 2009
- A Study to Derive a Clinical Decision Rule for Predicting Serious Outcomes in
Emergency Department Syncope Patients occurring within 30-days after
Discharge from the Emergency Department – Phase 1 Derivation.
Dr. Dr. Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy was awarded a 2 year PSI Foundation Grant.
- September 10, 2009 - Why surviving cardiac arrest in Canada is so difficult
- Drs Stiell and Vaillancourt discuss
out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the online version of Macleans.
- April 2, 2009
- Congratulations to Andy Pan et al. on the recent publication of
Feasibility of a structured 3-minute walk test as a clinical decision tool for patients presenting to the emergency department with acute dyspnoea
in the April 2009 issue of Emergency Medicine Journal.
- November 25, 2008 - Clinical Decision Rules Paper Published
- Congratulations to Debra Eagles et al. on the recent publication of
"International Survey of Emergency Physicians’ Awareness and Use of the Canadian Cervical-Spine Rule and the Canadian Computed Tomography Head Rule"
in the December 2008 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine.
- September 26, 2008 – Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Cardiac Arrest Epistry paper published!
- Congratulations to Dr Ian Stiell, ROC Investigators and contributors on the latest ROC paper published entitled
"Regional Variation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Incidence and Outcome"
in the September 24th issue of JAMA.
An editorial was also published entitled
"Surviving Cardiac Arrest: Location, Location, Location".
- July 11, 2008 – Five Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Papers published!
- Congratulations to Dr. Ian Stiell and the ROC Investigators on five ROC articles
recently published in the August issue of Resuscitation.
This includes
"Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) PRIMED cardiac arrest trial methods Part 2: Rationale and methodology for 'Analyze Later vs. Analyze Early' protocol".
Related articles in the issue can be found by
clicking here.
- April 23, 2008 - OPALS Trauma Paper Published!
- Congratulations to Dr. Ian Stiell et al. on the article,
"The OPALS Major Trauma Study: impact of advanced life-support on survival and morbitity"
published in the April 22nd issue of
Canadian Medical Association Journal.
News article about the study
available here.
- April 9, 2008 - Congratulations to Jeff Perry!
- Jeff has received the very prestigious
CIHR New Investigator Award!
- March 5, 2008 - Dr. Stiell Keynote Speaker at Upcoming CAEP Annual Conference
- This year the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians is having their annual conference
held right here in our Nation's Capital from June 6 - 11, 2008.
Please click here
to download a registration form and for more information.
- March 4, 2008 - More Articles Published!
-
Eagles D et al.
International survey of emergency physicians' priorities for clinical decision rules.
Acad Emerg Med. 2008 Feb;15(2):177-82.
Stiell IG et al.
Emergency department use of intravenous procainamide for patients with acute atrial fibrillation for flutter.
Acad Emerg Med. 2007 Dec;14(12):1158-64.
Stiell IG, Bennett C.
Implementation of clinical decision rules in the emergency department.
Acad Emerg Med. 2007 Nov;14(11):955-9.
- February 11, 2008 – CIHR Grant Approved
- The CIHR 'Evaluation of the Safety of C-Spine Clearance by ED Triage Nurses (Phase IV)'
grant submission was accepted.
Congratulations to Ian Stiell et al!
- February 8, 2008 – Hess et al.'s ED Chest Pain Clinical Decision Rule Protocol has been published!
- The design and methodology paper was accepted for publication in the journal of BMC Emergency Medicine.
Click here to access the article.
- December 10, 2007 – OPALS Annual Meeting another Great Success!
- This year's guest speakers as well as the newest Sens' fans:
Berit Bardarson RN (Seattle), Jim Christenson MD (Vancouver),
Sheldon Cheskes MD (Toronto), Ian Stiell MD,
Clif Callaway MD (Pittsburgh), Dan Davis MD (San Diego)
Click here for more pictures of the OPALS annual meeting.
- November 20, 2007 – OPALS
- Annual meeting. Please
click here
to view this year's final agenda. Presentations available here.
- September 10, 2007
- The Respiratory Distress Clinical Decision Rules Study began enrollment.
Click here for more information about this study.
- May 23, 2007
- Dr. Ian Stiell was recently interviewed on CTV News regarding the
OPALS Study on Advanced Life Support for Out-of-Hospital Respiratory Distress.
Click here for the full news item..
Related OPALS respiratory news articles also available in the
Globe & Mail (member account or pay-per-view required),
The Gazette (subscription required) and
Health Day News Service.
- May 16-19, 2007
- Members of the Emergency Medicine Research team recently attended the
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) annual meeting held in Chicago, IL.
Please click here for highlights and poster pics.
- March, 2007 – Congratulations to Dr. Christian Vaillancourt
- Dr. Christian Vaillancourt has just received a Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada research grant
for his proposal "Effectiveness of dispatch-assisted CPR instructions: an evaluation of 9-1-1 calls".
- March, 2007 - Congratulations to Dr George Wells
- Dr. George Wells was awarded the Canadian Society of Clinical Investigation Distinguished Scientist Award for 2007.
Dr. Wells is a senior scientist at the OHRI and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
He has played a large role in the formation and development of the OHRI Clinical
Epidemiology Program as well as the University of Ottawa clinical research community in general.
- February 8, 2007 - Canadian C-Spine Phase III Study Published
- The Canadian C-Spine Phase III study protocol was accepted for publication in
the journal of Implementation Science. Click
here to access the article.
- February 5, 2007 - Congratulations to Dr. Ian Stiell!
- Dr. Ian Stiell has just received the appointment of Distinguished University Professor for the Year 2006-2007.
This award was given to Dr. Stiell for his outstanding scholarly activities and
for the visibility his research has brought to the University of Ottawa.
To learn more about the award, click
here.
- December 11, 2006 - OPALS Annual Meeting Research Presentations
- Day 1: Research Presentations
Day 2: ROC Studies Implementation & Data Collection Presentations
- October 2006 - ROC Overview Presentation
- Click here to download (971 KB PDF).
- Jul 5, 2006 - SAEM, May 2006
- Dr Ian Stiell and Dr Jeff Perry, plenary session presenters
Dr Debra Houry, Annual Meeting Program Chair, is pictured with the plenary
session speakers (L-R):
Dr Houry,
Eric Logue BS,
Christies Del Castillo MD,
Jeff Perry MD,
Ian Stiell MD MSc, and
Michael Ross MD.
- Dr Ian Stiell receives Senior Investigator Award
Jim Hoekstra MD, and Judd Hollander MD,
2005 Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair,
are pictured with recipients of the 2005 Annual Meeting Awards (L-R)
Dr Hoekstra,
Chad Darling MD, Young Investigator Basic Award;
Ian Stiell MD MSc, Senior Investigator Award;
Craig Newgard MD, Young Investigator Clinical Award;
Christopher Kahn MD, Resident winner Visual Diagnosis Contest; and
Dr Hollander.
- Jun 30, 2006 - CAEP Newsletter Features Emergency Research Team Work
- Click here for more information.
- Jun 20, 2006 - Children Are Dying Because Few Adults Know CPR
- The Globe and Mail reported on results from the Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) study
published in the medical journal Academic Emergency Medicine.
Link to Globe and Mail article.
- Jun 15, 2006 - Department of Emergency Medicine's Annual Research Day
- Click here for more information.
- May 18, 2006 - Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting in San Francisco
- Dr Ian Stiell presented new results that may improve the use of Automated External Defibrillation (AED) devices.
Dr Jeffrey Perry presented a protocol he developed to improve diagnosis of subarachnoid brain hemorrhages
among severe headache patients arriving in the emergency department.
Click here for more information.
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