Supporting Pre-Hospital Research

Two of these bursaries will be awarded annually to offset direct costs of performing pre-hospital research. A performance bursary can be up to $5,000, and can be renewed once after submission of a progress report to the Division of EMS.

Application deadlines: Feb 1st and Sept 1st.

Relevant documents to download:

Division of EMS Research Performance Bursary

Division of EMS Research Performance Bursary Application Form

Past Recipients of the Division of EMS Research Performance Bursary:

NameDatePurpose
Patrick FokOctober 2024Patient and system outcomes of the implementation of an EVT protocol
Patrick FokOctober 2023The impact of airway management
quality improvement initiatives on the rate of first pass success without hypoxia or hypotension during critical
care transport team-performed prehospital rapid sequence intubation
J. Alex StirlingOctober 2021Prehospital Airway Management Association with 30-Day Survival and Prehospital Hypoxia: 5 Year Retrospective Cohort Study.
Judah GoldsteinJune 2019Predicting Emergency Department Delirium with an Interactive Customizable Tablet to Prevent Repeat Visits (PrEDDICT-PReV) App.
Joanna LockhartMarch 2018Predicting outcmes for paramedics following stressful events: Personality, coping and social support.
Yves LerouxMarch 2018Pediatric ambulance patient transfer rates: A retrospective observational study.
Jan JensenSeptember 2017Experiential and Rational Decision Making: A Survey to Determine Decision Making Styles of Paramedics and Paramedic Students Entering the Workplace