Research and Presentations
by Charlene Irvin, M.D., F.A.C.E.P. and Elizabeth Bascom, M.D.

Residents and faculty from both St. John Hospital and Medical Center and St. John Macomb Oakland Hospital, Oakland Center have been active in presenting research this spring.

In April, presentations were made at the International Emergency Medicine Conference in San Francisco and at the Emergency Medicine Residents Association of Michigan (EMRAM) Spring Annual Resident Research Day in Lansing, Michigan. Additionally, St. John Hospital and Medical Center hosted its Annual Resident Research Day. Judith Tintinalli, one of the founding women in emergency medicine and editor of one of the main emergency medicine textbooks, presided as a judge. Dr. Bascom participated as a moderator and judge at the EMRAM and at the St. John Resident Research Day.

May was also a busy month for research programs. Faculty and residents presented at the Michigan Osteopathic Association’s Research Program and the SAEM Regional New York meeting. At the June 1st SAEM National Research Conference in Washington, D.C., two posters were presented.

The following are a few highlights:

Studies presented at the New York Regional SAEM Meeting in April, 2008

• Unwitnessed Infant Cardiac Arrests–Is Attempted Resuscitation Futile?
  by Emily Helm, M.D., Charlene Irvin, M.D., Lauren Cindrich and Robert Sills, M.D.
  Posters presented at the International Conference of Emergency Medicine in San Francisco in April
   
• Do You Want To Be Intubated? Providing Important Mortality To Seniors Needing Intubation
  by Charlene Irvin, M.D., Marie Irvin, Benjamin Flagel, M.D. and Jeff Nigl, M.D.
   
• Effect Of Alcohol On Outcomes In Middle Age And Seniors Suffering Trauma
  by Charlene Irvin, M.D., Cynthia Tucker, M.D. and Victor Abuel, M.D.
   
• Potential Effects Of Increasing Senior ED Visits On Inpatient And Nursing Home Bed Demand
  by Joanna Olewicz, M.D., Charlene Irvin, M.D., Magalie Anthouard, Lauren Cindrich and Don Benson, D.O.
  
  Studies presented at The Michigan Osteopathic Associations Research Conference in May
   
• Disaster Preparedness Perceptions Among Pre-Hospital Emergency Providers–Are They Ready?
  by Elizabeth Bascom, M.D., Robert Takla, M.D., Antonio Bonfiglio, M.D., Joseph Drasba, D.O., S. Casado, M.D., David Hanscom, D.O., Lynn Huber and Richard Dickerson
  
  Posters presented at the SAEM National Research Conference in Washington DC on June 1
   
• Do You Want To Be Intubated? Providing Important Mortality To Seniors Needing Intubation
  by Charlene Irvin, M.D., Marie Irvin, Benjamin Flagel, M.D. and Jeff Nigl, M.D.
   
• Deterioration En-route: A Marker For Increased Mortality In OlderBlunt Trauma Patients
  by Sinem Sherifali, M.D., Charlene Irvin, M.D. and Benjamin Flagel, M.D..
  
  
  

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