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East Coast Research Day

Save the Date:  Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 Call for Abstracts is Now Open! ANNOUNCING THE 2025 DR. JOHN ROSS DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR Dr. Kerstin de Wit Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Emergency Venous Thromboembolism Professor in Emergency Medicine Clinician Investigator Program Director Research Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine [...]

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EMS Research Day: Facts at a Glance

Date/Location: Thursday, September 19, 2024 Halifax Convention Centre, Room C-5 1650 Argyle Street, Halifax, NS Dr. Edward J Cain Distinguished Scholar Keynote: Dr. Georgette Eaton, PhD Consultant Paramedic, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust Facilitator & Co-Chair, Oxfordshire Council for Allied Health Professions Research Sr. Fellow /International Collaborator, McNally Project “Johannes [...]

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IWK Research Team – An Introduction

The IWK ED Research Team is a dedicated group focusing on improving pediatric healthcare through various research initiatives. The team comprises researchers and health professionals with a wealth of experience and focus on diverse areas of pediatric health research and safety. L to R: Taryn Forrestall, Kelly Trask, Charlotte Court, [...]

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Utilization of Emergency Departments by Special Care Home Residents in Horizon Health Network

In New Brunswick, over 77,000 individuals aged 75+ live in private residences, retirement homes, special care homes (SCHs), and nursing homes (NHs). While NH residents often have the highest healthcare needs, SCH residents also face multiple health challenges. SCHs, which are privately owned and for-profit, typically lack regular physician or [...]

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The Prehospital Evidence Based Practice Program (PEP) is evolving more than ever and is soon getting a brand-new website!

This program, nicknamed PEP, has been a cornerstone of keeping the knowledge-to-practice gap tight in EMS for many years. The heart of the program is the P EP database which is a freely accessible online repository of appraised EMS related interventional literature. We have a dedicated international team of volunteer [...]

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Halifax Infirmary proudly adds new research assistants and a research coordinator to its team.

Exciting update! We are thrilled to introduce the new members of our research team at the Halifax Infirmary. In July 2024, we welcomed a fantastic group of dynamic and dedicated research assistants. They will join our existing team with Chayce Sullivan, Aidan MacDonald, Maggie Byrne, and Ashton Ferguson. Breanna Thorne, [...]

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Dr. Adam Parks and team awarded EMYRG to continue their exceptional work on the AIRO Database

Dr. Adam Parks has been awarded the Raymond L. Roberts Emergency Medicine Young Researcher’s Grant (EMYRG) for their project titled “The Atlantic Canadian Emergency Medicine Airway Interventions Registry and Observational Database (AIRO Database): a multicenter, observational database for airway management in Atlantic Canadian Emergency Departments.” Over the past two years, [...]

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PACE/EMS Research Day

Dalhousie University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of EMS has partnered with the McNally Project for Paramedicine Research, and the Paramedic Association of Canada (PAC) Thursday, September 19th, 2024 Halifax Convention Centre 1650 Argyle Street, Halifax, NS 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Keynote Speaker Dr. Georgette Eaton, PhD Consultant Paramedic, [...]