CAEP 2015: Lighting the Way

2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians

Track Chairs:

Dr. Bjug Borgundvaag - Infectious Diseases in the Emergency Department
Dr. Don Melady - Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Dr. Howard Ovens - Familiar Faces: Who Are These People and What Do We Know About Them?

Invited Talks:

Dr. Bjug Borgundvaag - Alcohol Withdrawal Made Easy
Dr. Bjug Borgundvaag - A Team Approach to the Care of Heavy Users
Dr. Bjug Borgundvaag - MRSA in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Emergency Department: National Trends over Time
Dr. Don Melady - "Is it fit for your Grandma?": How to Create a Senior-Friendly Emergency Department
Dr. Sev Perelman - When Morphine Just Does Not Cut it

Oral Presentations:

Comfort with geriatric emergency medicine competencies: a survey of Canadian emergency medicine residents. T.G. Snider, MD, D. Melady, MD, A. Costa, PhD; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

Development and implementation of an emergency medicine residency training curriculum: The Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration in Emergency Medicine (TAAAC-EM). C. Hunchak, MD, MPH, M. Landes, MD, MSc, J. Maskalyk, MD, D. MacKinnon, MD, L. Puchalski Ritchie, MD, PhD, R. Venugopal, MD, A. Azaj, MD, S. Teklu Waji, MD, N. Meshkat, MD; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

Patterns and predictors of early mortality in the Tikur Anbessa Hospital Emergency Department in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a prospective study. C. Hunchak, MD, MPH, S. Teklu Waji, MD, N. Meshkat, MD, C. Meaney, MSc, L. Puchalski Ritchie, MD, PhD; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

Prospective clinical validation of the Ottawa COPD risk scale. I.G. Stiell, MD, MSc, C. Clement, S. Aaron, MD, B. Borgundvaag, PhD, MD, R.J. Brison, MD, L.A. Calder, MD, MSc, A. Forster, MD, A. McRae, MD, J.J. Perry, MD, MSc, B.H. Rowe, MD, MSc, G.A. Wells, PhD; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.

Prospective study to revise the Ottawa Heart Failure Risk Scale. I.G. Stiell, MD, MSc, C. Clement, S. Aaron, MD, B. Borgundvaag, PhD, MD, R.J. Brison, MD, L.A. Calder, MD, MSc, A. Forster, MD, A. McRae, MD, J.J. Perry, MD, MSc, B.H. Rowe, MD, MSc, G.A. Wells, PhD; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Moderated Poster Presentations:

Assessing future fetal viability following ED point of care ultrasound for vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy. C. Varner, MD, D. Balaban, MD, MSc, S. M. Carver, BSc, S. L. McLeod, MSc, B. Borgundvaag, PhD, MD; Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Toronto, ON.

A survey to assess knowledge, perceptions and use of Canadian clinical decision rules using a FOAMed podcast as a medium for knowledge translation. A. D. Helman, MD, S.L. McLeod, MSc, T. E. Dear, BSc, I. G. Stiell, MD, MSc, S. Lee, MD, MHSc, B. Borgundvaag, PhD, MD; Schwartz/ Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Toronto, ON.

Development of a Canadian emergency medicine open-access podcast: the Emergency Medicine Cases experience. L. B. Chartier, MDCM, A. D. Helman, MD; University Health Network, Toronto, ON.

Predicting the risk of major cardiac adverse event for emergency department patients with suspected ACS using the modified HEART score. J. Elserafi, MD, S.L. McLeod, MSc, J. S. Lee, MD, MSc, B. Borgundvaag, PhD, MD; Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Toronto, ON.

Regional changes in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in purulent skin and soft tissue infections among patients presenting to Canadian emergency departments. B. Borgundvaag, PhD, MD, W. Ng, MHSc, I. Cajee, MD, M. Clory, MD, P. Ellis, MD, M. Emond, MD, MSc, J.S. Lee, MD, MSc, A. McGeer, MD, MSc, A. McRae, MD, V. Porter, MD, B.H. Rowe, MD, MSc, D. Scolnik, MD, A. Simor, MD, B. Willey, MSc, K. Katz, MD; Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Toronto, ON.

Poster Presentations:

Acquisition of bacteria on healthcare worker hands following contact with patient privacy curtains in the emergency department. S. M. Carver, BSc, M. Larocque, BSc, A. McGeer, MD, MSc, B. Borgundvaag, PhD, MD; Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Toronto, ON.

Administration of the CIWA protocol for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in the emergency department. T. E. Dear, BSc, S. M. Carver, BSc, T. Rohringer, BSc, N. Norouzi, MASc, BSc, S. Bromberg, BSc, S. L. McLeod, MSc, M. Kahan, MD, S. Gray, MD, MPH, P. Aarabi, PhD, MASc, BASc, B. Borgundvaag, PhD, MD; Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Toronto, ON.

Hand hygiene in the emergency department: a survey of auditing practices across Canadian hospitals. S. M. Carver, BSc, M. Larocque, BSc, A. McGeer, MD, MSc, B. Borgundvaag, PhD, MD; Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Toronto, ON.

Needs assessment regarding an educational initiative for the assessment of alcohol withdrawal in the emergency department. S. Perelman, MD, MSc, S.L. McLeod, MSc, T.E. Dear, BSc, S. Lee, MD, MHSc, B. Borgundvaag, PhD, MD; Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Toronto, ON.

No difference in opioid administration to elderly patients between rural and urban emergency departments in Ontario. N. D. Dattani, MD, N. Tassone, MD, A. Costa, PhD, K. Milne, MD, D. Melady, MD; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

Opiate use in a tertiary care teaching hospital: a 1-day audit. B. Borgundvaag, PhD, MD, A. Wyllie, PharmD, A. Morris, MD; Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON.