STAB ROOM STUDIES

Airway Study (Intubation)

Shock Study

Trauma Timeout Study

BAY STUDIES

AVS Study

Carbon Monoxide Study

Ketofol Sedation Study

Pain Study

Overdose Study

Airway Study (Intubation)

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Overview: This study is designed to compare the C-MAC video laryngoscope to standard laryngoscopic intubation in emergent airway management.

Study Design: Randomized controlled trial
 
Eligible Patients: Any patient in the Stab Room receiving an oral airway (being intubated).

Anticipated Benefits: Determining the safest approach to intubation with the least complications

Potential Risks:
 
Research Associate’s Role: Identify potential patients. Obtain times of certain events listed on the datasheet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intubation

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Shock Study

Overview: To determine whether or not the information provided by the StO₂ monitor represents a patient’s subsequent hospitalization, along with its utility in aiding physicians during resuscitation. 

Study Design: Observational, phases
 
Eligible Patients: Patients in the STAB room that are in shock

Anticipated Benefits: Understand utility of StO₂ monitor

Potential Risks: None
 
Research Associate’s Role: Identify patient’s that are in shock, get qualified patients hooked to the monitor, collect data during shock case.

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Trauma Timeout Study

Overview: Determine the utility of the trauma timeout in information sharing.

Study Design: Observational

Eligible Patients: Surveying surgery and emergency physicians on trauma STAB cases

Anticipated Benefits: Understanding utility of the trauma timeout
 
Potential Risks: None

Research Associate’s Role: Evaluate what information is shared between the treating teams during the trauma timeout

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AVS Study

Overview: The objective of this study is to see how well discharge instructions given in written, text-messaged, and voice mail work.

Study Design: Randomized
 
Eligible Patients: Anyone being discharged from the ED with a prescription for antibiotics

Anticipated Benefits:  Understanding the preferred method of discharge instruction delivery to patients

Potential Risks: None

Research Associate’s Role: Identify eligible patients, consent and enroll patients in the study, administer health literacy survey, randomize patients to the study group, get discharge instructions from the physician.

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Carbon Monoxide Study

Overview: A study designed to determine if there is significance between labs drawn from a patient with potential CO poisoning and End Tidal levels

Study Design: Observational
 
Eligible Patients: Patients aged 18 or older that have had a suspected CO exposure.

Anticipated Benefits:  Understanding the relationship between carboxyhemoglobin levels and End-tidal CO₂

Potential Risks: None

Research Associate’s Role: Identify and consent potential CO patients. Obtain End Tidal levels with ETCO2 monitor as close as possible to time labs are being drawn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_monoxide_poisoning

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboxyhemoglobin

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Ketofol Study:

Overview: A study designed to determine and compare the efficacy and safety of Profofol versus a combination of Ketamine and Propofol (Ketofol) for moderate to deep sedation.

Study Design: Randomized controlled trial
 
Eligible Patients: Anyone 18 years of age or older undergoing a procedural sedation for any reason in the Emergency Department

Anticipated Benefits: Identifying which drug or combination is the safest and most effective for procedural sedation

Potential Risks: Same risks as associated with any procedural sedation

Research Associate’s Role: The RA is responsible for identifying, enrolling, and collecting data from eligible patients for this study.  The RA is in charge of setting up and putting away the monitor used to obtain data during the procedure.  After the study, the RA conducts interviews of the physician and the patient.

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Pain Screening Study

Overview: A study designed to measure the changes in acute pain and factors associated with patient reported pain in the emergency department.

Study Design: Observational
 
Eligible Patients: Anyone 18 years of age or older who presents to the ED with pain.

Anticipated Benefits: Understand factors associated with patient report of pain   

Potential Risks: None

Research Associate’s Role: Screen for potential patients, enroll patients and collect data from eligible patients.

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Overdose study

Overview: The purpose of this study is to examine the oxygen levels and breathing patterns of overdose patients while they are being treated.

Study Design: Observational
 
Eligible Patients: Anyone 18 years of age or older who presents to the ED with an overdose and whose breathing is being monitored by physicians.

Anticipated Benefits: Understanding utility of end-tidal CO₂­ monitor in monitoring the airway of overdose patients  

Potential Risks: None

Research Associate’s Role: Identify potential patients, observe patient and record all interventions and changes in vitals while their airway is being monitored

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