Medical College of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine Research and Scholarship

Project: Effect of military chest seals on ballistic collection methods
Description: Chest seal – Do chest seals effect the ability of medical examiner to gather ballistic data on chest wounds.
Status: Protocol developed
Open to learners: No
Principal Investigator & Contact: Thomas Engel; twengel@mcw.edu

Project: Needle Decompression Success (ThoraSite)
Description: ThoraSite – Looking at needle decompression success without a landmark device and with a landmark device. Project is currently waiting for device company to send us devices so we can do the post implementation and analysis. Once devices present, six months for data capture, then close. We have data from the pre-portion that could be written up. Could add a resident or fellow; this is passive data gathering and really more EMS systems management.
Status: IRB approved
Open to learners: Resident or Fellow
Principal Investigator & Contact: Thomas Engel; twengel@mcw.edu

Project: Health-related Sermons: Perceptions of Muslim communities
Description: A set of interviews with mosque attendees after listening to health-focused sermons
Status: Data Analysis
Open to learners: Yes; Any
Content expertise desired from collaborator: Qualitative analysis interest, writing skills
Principal Investigator & Contact: Aasim Padela, MD; apadela@mcw.edu

Project: Muslim perspectives on parenthood/fertility treatments
Description: Community-based surveys collected regarding the above
Status: Data Analysis
Open to learners: Yes; Any
Content expertise desired from collaborator: Topical interest, critical analysis of literature, writing skills
Principal Investigator & Contact: Aasim Padela, MD; apadela@mcw.edu

Project: Palliative Care Interventions in the ED – A Scoping Review
Description: I would like to perform a systematic review on the above
Status: Design
Open to learners: Yes; Any
Content expertise desired from collaborator: Topical interest, willingness to learn and learn a systematic literature review
Principal Investigator & Contact: Aasim Padela, MD; apadela@mcw.edu

Project: Pain Dose Ketamine for Fracture Reduction in the Emergency Department
Description: The project would evaluate the use of pain dose ketamine for orthopedic procedures in the ED (fracture/dislocation reductions/splinting), with potential outcome measures of reduction in opioid requirement, number of attempts at reduction, pain scores, adverse outcomes such as dysphoria/hypoxemia/etc.
Status: Design
Open to learners: Yes; Any
Content expertise desired from collaborator: Should be familiar with ketamine’s typical effects/side effects
Principal Investigator & Contact: Evan Robinson; erobinson@mcw.edu

Project: Transesophageal Echocardiography Guided Hand Positioning During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Description: This will be a clinical trial evaluating the use of TEE during cardiac arrest, primarily for patients suffering from out of hospital cardiac arrest. Ideally this will be performed on patients both in the field and in the emergency department. Patients in the inpatient setting that suffer a cardiac arrest will also be enrolled.
Status: Design
Open to learners: Yes; Any
Content expertise desired from collaborator: Study design, statistical analysis, IRB submission, resuscitation science, echocardiography
Principal Investigator & Contact: Evan Robinson; erobinson@mcw.edu

Learn about how CHaMP conducts innovative and significant prehospital-based pediatric research.

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The Circulation Improving Resuscitation Care (CIRC) trial compares the effectiveness of AutoPulse-CPR to conventional Manual-CPR.

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Through a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration grant, our collaborators investigated community costs for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems.

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Mechanism-of-injury component of the Criteria were evaluated to determine which conditions are predictive of trauma center need.

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