The sidebar lists the Projects that we have on the go in various stages of proposal through to completion. For simplicity, they are listed aphabetically.
Alternate Communication for Medical Teams at Events with High Ambient Noise
The Mass Gathering Medicine Interest Group, affiliated with the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of British Columbia, is currently conducting a research project studying the use of alternate means of communication at mass gathering events with high ambient noise (HAN).
CIHR Spinal Cord Injury Research
Improving Cardiovascular Health for Canadians Living With Spinal Cord Injuries: Effects of Exercise and Targeted Education. A CIHR team grant for Chronic Disease Risk and Intervention Strategies has been awarded for this study for the next 5 years.
Digital Photography IVT
The purpose of this research study is to find out if the use of digital photography as an assessment tool in patients receiving intravenous antibiotics for various skin infections helps the doctors in making decisions about continuing or discontinuing intravenous treatment.
EMS - Curriculae
Joseph Ip, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Prehospital Care Education Director
EMS Fellowship/Graduate/Undergraduate Curricula
Injured Drivers Study
The primary objective of this study is to determine whether injured drivers who used cannabis before a motor vehicle crash are more likely to have caused the crashthan those who did not. Our aim is to improve traffic safety by providing current North American data that can be used to inform the development of evidence based road safety policy targeting people who drive while impaired by cannabis.
Mass Gathering Medicine Elective
Since 2008, residents have been participating as physicians with the medical teams for numerous events. A formal application was made to the residency program directors to participate and that application was approved.
Mass Gathering Medicine Registry
The purpose of this study is to collect data for a patient registry to allow us to better understand the medical needs at mass gathering events in British Columbia. By recording information about both the event itself and all patients requiring medical aid, it is hoped that we might better predict and understand the needs of future events.
Medical Photography Elective
Although this elective is an academic project by our group members, it is best described in the Education >> Rotations and Electives section of our web site. Click here to visit our Photography Elective description.
Online Learner Evaluations
We plan to create an online evaluation system that is linked by e-mail prompts that is customized for EM. We will look at CanMeds principles, and evaluate learners, preceptors, and the rotation as a whole.
RCH Online
Royal Columbian Hospital / Eagle Ridge Hospital Website
Kelly Kasteel
Adam Lund
Now is the time to build it up, train everyoneup on how to contribute directly to the site and make it great. Team collaboration will be the key to success going forward.
Suture Self-Removal By Patients
The use of non-absorbable sutures for lacerations in the ED is common. Providing the patients with the necessary equipment and knowledge regarding self- removal of sutures may enable some patients to remove their own sutures at home.
Vancouver International Marathon Case Series
Our study aims to assess the level of medical preparedness required to provide pre-hospital care at long distance running events such as the Vancouver International Marathon.
World Police & Fire Games Paper
This project is completed and has been published in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Drs. Adam Lund, Sam Gutman and Sheila Turris have been collaborators on this initiative. Visit the 2011 Publications section to access this article.
