Emergency Medicine Research/Scholarly Activity

As an academic community teaching facility, York Hospital is committed to enhancing resident education and clinical care through scholarly activity and research.  The Emig Research Center is supported by the Department of Research and features physicians, biostaticians, basic scientists, and other research support personnel. 

The Department of Emergency Medicine participates in a wide variety of scholarly activities, including clinical research trials, multicenter studies, and other programs.  Each emergency medicine resident must complete and present a scholarly project in order to graduate from the residency program.  We have excellent institutional and departmental support for research and we are fortunate to have a dedicated Emergency Medicine Research Associate in our department.

The Emergency Medicine faculty and residents participate as editors/authors for a large number of textbooks, journals, and other publications.  Here is a sampling of faculty participation with textbooks and other media:

• Rosen's Emergency Medicine, 7th Edition (Amsterdam - chapter author)
• Harwood-Nuss' Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, 5th Edition (Amsterdam, Kramer, Bohrn, Vega - chapter authors)
• Physician Board Review - Emergency Medicine iPhone app (Rotondo - editor)
• ECG in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care (Pollack - chapter author)
• The Merck Manual (Rotondo - chapter author)
• EMRA 2009 Antibiotic Guide (Kochert - author)
• ACEP's Wellness for Emergency Physicians (Pollack - author)
• Emergency Medicine On Call (Kramer, Bohrn - chapter authors)
• The Merck Manual of Patient Symptoms (Rotondo - chapter author)
• Pepid Medical Information Resource (Schrading - editor)
• AAEM's Rules of the Road for Young Emergency Physicians (Vega - editor.  Hall, Pinnow, Bohrn - section editors.  Falvo, Johnson, Pollack, Rumsey, Vega - chapter authors)
• Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America (Pollack - author)
• Critical Decisions in Emergency & Acute Care Electrocardiography (Bohrn - chapter author)
• Emergency Medicine Risk Management (Pollack - chapter author)
• Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine (Schrading - speaker)
• Patient Care (Bohrn, Rumsey - article authors; Kramer - edition editor)
• AAEM/Medscape Ask The Expert Series (Vega - editorial board)
• Emergency Medicine Reports (Kramer - editorial board)

Peer-Review for Medical Journals

Our faculty participate as reviewers for a variety of emergency medicine and other publications.  Here are a few of these reviewers:

Article Reviewers

• Academic Emergency Medicine (Kramer, Pollack)
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine (Schrading)
• Annals of Emergency Medicine (Kramer)
• Journal of Emergency Medicine (Bohrn, Pollack)
• AAMC MedEdPORTAL (Bohrn) 
• Medical Education Online (Vega, Bohrn)
• Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME) (Bohrn)
• Journal of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (Bohrn) 

Book/Media Reviewers

• Academic Emergency Medicine (Bohrn)
• Annals of Emergency Medicine (Bohrn)

National and Regional CPC Competitions

Our residents and faculty participate regularly as case discussants at both the national SAEM Clinico-Pathological Conference (CPC) Competition and the regional PaACEP CPC Competition.  During the current academic year, the following residents and faculty earned CPC Competition case discussant roles:

• Bob Stuntz, MD - winner of Best Resident Discussant Award at the PaACEP CPC Competition in Philadelphia, PA
• Tom Kehrl, MD - faculty discussant at the PaACEP CPC Compeition
• Steve Harris, MD - resident discussant at the national SAEM CPC Competition Semi-Finals in Phoenix, AZ
• Tom Yeich, MD - faculty discussant at the national SAEM CPC Compeition Semi-Finals

In addition, faculty members Drs. Rotondo, Benenson, and Bohrn have all participated as national CPC Competiton Judges in recent years.  Dr. Bohrn was selected as a Judging Team Leader for the SAEM Semi-Final Competition in Phoenix, AZ and will be one of only six Judges for the national CPC Finals Competition at the ACEP Conference in Las Vegas, NV in October 2010.  Another faculty member, Dr. Schrading, is a former National Champion at the CPC Competition as a case discussant.

Research

We pride ourselves on producing high-quality research projects.  The Emergency Medicine Residency Program is well-represented at regional and national Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) meetings, the annual American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Research Forum, the PaACEP Spivey Research Competition, and a variety of other national and international meetings.  The Emergency Medicine residents are also perennial top-performers at the York Hospital Residents' Research Day sessions. 

Peter Viriassov, D.O. is the recipient of the 2010 Mid-Atlantic SAEM Meeting Most Outstanding Resident Research Presentation Award.  This research conference was held in Charlottesville, VA.  Bryan Wexler, M.D. won the 2010 York Hospital Residents' Research Day Award for the Best Case Presentation.

Emergency Department Research Projects (alphabetical order by principal investigator)

Bloom G, Bledsoe RD.  Paramedic attitudes regarding enrollment of research subjects under exception from informed consent provisions.

Kepner A, Bascanot J.  Emergency Department CT Scanning for Appendicitis: IV Contrast versus IV and Oral Contrast

Kepner A, Viriassov P.  Does an Early Simulation-Based Training Program Improve Emergency Medicine Intern Competency in Rapid Sequence Intubation?

Pollack M, Benenson R, Gilrain K, Holliday N.  The use of the Glasgow-Blatchford Bleeding Score to identify ED Patients with low risk upper GI bleeds who can be managed in an outpatient setting.

Pollack M, Benenson R, Walker J, Shogan P.  Effect of Tamsulosin on Stone Expulsion and Pain Resolution in Emergency Department Patients with Ureterolithiasis

Pollack M, Pearson M, Stahlman B. Improved utilization of PERC criteria by EM resident physicians after an intensive education program as determined by decreased ordering of thoracic CT to rule-out pulmonary embolism.

Multi-Center Clinical Trials

Bledsoe RD.  Rapid Anticonvulsant Medication Prior to Arrival Trial (RAMPART)

Yeich T, Maddox L, Pollack M, Benenson R.  Protocolized Care for Elderly Septic Shock (ProCESS)

Kochert E, Stuntz R, Pollack M, Benenson R.  Platelet-Oriented Inhibition in New TIA and Minor Ischemic Stroke (POINT).

Kochert E. Steele D.  Therapeutic Hyperthermia after Cardiac Arrest.

Emergency Department Nursing Research Projects

Lowe G, Keely J, Stike R, Manzella S, Stover T, Christ A, Bankert D.  Do as I do: mirroring phlebotomist technique to reduce blood contamination rates in an emergency department.

Rumsey H, Becker B, Stike R, Lowe G, Pollack M.   Nurse-performed ultrasound-guided intravenous line placement in the difficult access patient: increasing emergency department efficiency

Rebert T.  Administration of odansetron at triage for vomiting.

Stover-Baker B. Triage nurse prediction of patient admission.

Academic Mentoring and Teaching

Resident Research Mentors

Ronald Benenson, MD
R. Daniel Bledsoe, MD
Michael Bohrn, MD
Andy Kepner, MD
David Kramer, MD
Marc Pollack, MD, PhD
Noelle Rotondo, DO
Heather Rozzi, MD
C. Heather Rumsey, MD
Steven Schirk, MD
Walter Schrading, MD
David Vega, MD

Scholarly Activity

Here is a listing of Scholarly Activity of faculty of the York Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency Program over the Past 5 Calendar Years.

Publications 2009

Peer-Review Publications

Falvo T, McKniff S, Smolin G, Vega D, Amsterdam JT.  The Business of Emergency Medicine: A Nonclinical Curriculum Proposal for Emergency Medicine Residency Programs. Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Aug 18. [Epub ahead of print]

Schrading W, Brillhart A, Matz W, Dasti A. The Rusch ViewMax versus Macintosh Laryngocopy in Human Cadavers: Improved Vocal Cord Visualization?  American Journal of Emergency Medicine (2009) 27, 864-867.

Birkhahn RH, Jauch E, Kramer DA et al: A Review of the Federal Guidelines That Inform and Influence Relationships Between Physicians and Industry. Academic Emergency Medicine, August 2009; 16:776-781.

Juan E, Pollack M.  Phantom Shocks in Patients with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 38, Issue No. 1.  January, 2010, 22-24.

Eisert P, Eldredge K, Hartlaub T, Huggins E, Keirn G, O'Brien P, Rozzi H, Pugh L, March K.  CSI: New @ York: Development of Forensic Evidence Collection Guidelines for the Emergency Department. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly.  2010, 33(2), 190-199.

Kehrl T, Jones R.  Images in emergency medicine: Adult female with weakness and chills.  Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Sep;54(3):e16-7.

Books and Book Chapters

Amsterdam J.  “Dental Emergencies Chapter 57.”  Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clini¬cal Practice 7th Ed., C.V.  Senior Ed. J Mark.  Mosby, 2010.  845-858.
 
Amsterdam J, Kilgore K.  “Regional Anesthesia of the Head and Neck”.  Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine, Ed. 6.  Eds. J Roberts and J Hedges.  Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 2010.

Kramer D, Bohrn M and Vega D.  “Acute Eye Infections.”  Harwood-Nuss’ Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine 5th Edition. Ed AB Wolfson. Philadelphia. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010. 361-365.

Vega D.  “Board Certification.” Rules of the Road for Young Emergency Physicians. Eds. Vega and Scaletta. American Academy of Emergency Medicine, 2009. 44-49.

Manuscripts in Press

Walker J, Kepner A.  Wernicke's encephalopathy presenting as acute psychosis following gastric bypass.  The Journal of Emergency Medicine.

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Publications 2008

Schladenhaufen R, Feilinger S, Pollack M, Benenson R, Kusmiesz A.  Application of the San Francisco Syncope Rule in Elderly Emergency Department Patients. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2008 Sep; 26(7):773-8.

Bledsoe D. Magnetically Adherent Nasal Foreign Bodies: A novel Method of Removal and Case Series. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2008 Sep; 26(7):839.

Johnson M, Myers S, Wineholt J, Pollack M. Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being Seen. Journal of Emergency Nursing.  2009 Apr; 35(2):105-8.

Manuscripts in Press 2008

Walker J, Kepner A.  Wernicke's encephalopathy presenting as acute psychosis following gastric bypass.  The Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Schrading W, Brillhart A, Matz W, Dasti A. The Rusch ViewMax versus Macintosh Laryngocopy in Human Cadavers: Improved Vocal Cord Visualization?  The American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Juan E, Pollack M. Phantom Shocks in Patients with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. Journal of Emergency Medicine.

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Publications 2007

Falvo T, Grove L, Stachura R, Zirkin W. The Financial Impact of Ambulance Diversions and Patient Elopements. J Acad Emerg Med. 2007;14:58-62.

Falvo T, Grove L, Stachura R, Vega D, Stike R, Schlenker M, Zirkin W. The Opportunity Loss of Boarding Admitted Patients in the Emergency Department. Acad Emerg Med. 2007; 14:332-337.

Haensel C, Smith DC, Pollack M, Owens L. Ondansetron versus Metoclopramide for Nausea and Vomiting in the Emergency Department. Acad Emerg Med. 2007 May; 14(5):S16. (abstract)

Mooth S, Pollack M, Daugherty A, Kleinman S. Medication Non-compliance Among Elderly Emergency Department Patients. Acad Emerg Med. 2007 May; 14(5):S152. (abstract)

Brillhart A, Matz W, Schrading W, Dasti A. The Rusch ViewMax versus Standard Macintosh Laryngoscopy in Human Cadaver Models: Does the ViewMax Improve Vocal Cord Visualization? Acad Emerg Med. 2007 May; 14(5):S109. (abstract)

Benenson RS, Kepner AM, Pyle DN II, Cavanaugh S. Selective Use of Blood Cultures in Emergency Department Pneumonia Patients. J Emerg Med. 2007 Jul; 33(1):1-8.

Dontu VS, Kramer D. Spontaneous Pneumothorax, Pneumomediastinum, and Epidural Emphysema Presenting as Neck Pain Suspicious for Meningitis. Ped Emer Care. 2007 July; 23(7):469-471.

Stoev S, Bohrn MA. Averting angioedema’s potentially dire consequences. Patient Care: Allergy & Immunology. 2007 October: pp 13-18.

Manuscript in Press:

Journal of Emergency Nursing - 2007
Lowe G, Stike R, Pollack ML, Bosley J, O’Brien P, Hake A, Landis G, Billings N, Gordon P, Manzella S, Stover T. Nursing Blood Specimen Collection Techniques and Hemolysis Rates in an Emergency Department: Analysis of Venipuncture vs. Intravenous Catheter Collection Techniques.

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Publications 2006

Thompson DA, Eitel D, Fernandes CMB, Pines JM, Amsterdam J, Davidson SJ.Coded Chief Complaints – Automated Analysis of Free-text Complaints. Acad Emerg Med. 2006 July; 13(7):774-782.

Healey K, Schrading W. A case of shaken baby syndrome with unilateral retinal hemorrhage with no associated intracranial hemorrhage. Am J Emerg Med. 2006 Sep; 24(5): 616-7.

Roscoe C, Baker E, Gustafson C, Arndt T, Dow J, Johnson E, Brillhart A. Investigating Carbon Monoxide Exposure on Denali. Wilderness Environ Med. 2006 Summer; 17(2):75-80.

Palmer AR, Pollack ML. Delayed Diagnosis of Radiopaque Tracheal Foreign Body in a Child. J Emerg Med. 2006; 31(4):427-428.

Langston W, Pollack M. Psuedo-Wellens Syndrome in a Cocaine User. Am J Emerg Med. 2006 Jan; 24(1):122-3.

Pollack, Marc L. ECG Manifestations of Selected Extracardiac Diseases. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2006 Feb; 24(1):133-43, vii.

Schladenhaufen RJ, Benenson RS, Feilinger SS, Pollack ML. Can the San Francisco Syncope Rule Be Safely Applied to Patients Aged 65 Years and Older Who Present to the Emergency Department with Syncope or Near-syncope? Academic Emergency Medicine 2006; 13:155. (abstract)

Vega D, Dolan K, Pollack ML. Beta-Blocker Use in Elderly Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Am J Emerg Med. July 2006 vol.24,4:435-439

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Publications 2005

Racussin JS, Pollack ML. 2005.  Idiopathic Renal Infarction in a Young Woman.  Amer J Emerg Med; 23(3), 397-398.

Later PR, Geer BM, Pollack ML.  Cervical Spine Fractures in the Elderly. Annals of Emerg Med.  Sept. 2005; Vol. 46 Issue 3:66 (supplement)

Brady WJ, Pollack ML.  Acute Myocardial Infarction: Confounding Patterns.  ECG in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care. 2005: 181-187. (book section)

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Manuscripts in Press

Benenson RS, Pollack ML. 2005. Death Notification: How Not to make a Bad Situation Worse. in Palliative Care in Emergency Medicine. (book chapter)

Healey K, Schrading W.  2006. A Case of Shaken Baby Syndrome with Unilateral Retinal Hemorrhage with no associated intracranial hemorrhage.  Amer J Emerg Med. (article)

Palmer AR, Pollack ML.  2006.  Delayed Diagnosis of a Radiopaque Tracheal Foreign Body in a Child.  Accepted for Publication in Journal of Emergency Medicine.

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Presentations 2009

5th Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress
September 2009 - Valencia Spain

Shogan P, Walker J, Pollack M, Benenson R. Effect of Tamsulosin on Stone Expulsion and Pain Resolution in ED Patients with Ureterolithiasis (Oral Presentation)

Walker J, Henderson T, Vega D, Pollack M.  Factors Associated with Research Productivity in Emergency Medicine Residencies (Oral Presentation)

Law M, Pinnow J, Benenson R.  Evaluation of CURB-65 for Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Patients Admitted Through the Emergency Department (ED) (Poster Presentation)

National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence
October 2009 - New Orleans, LA

Rozzi H, Huggins E, Hartlaub T. Combining Forces: Collaboration to Improve Care for Victims of Domestic Violence (Poster Presentation)

13th Annual SAEM Mid-Atlantic Regional Research Forum
April 2010 - Charlottesville, VA

Pearson M, Pollack M.  Emergency Medicine Resident Compliance with Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria (PERC) Rule when Evaluating Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism (Oral Presentation)

Viriassov P, Kepner A.  Does an Early Simulation-Based Training Program Improve Emergency Medicine Intern Competency in Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI)?  (Oral Presentation)

EBP and Nursing Research:  The Heart of the Matter
April 2010 – York, PA

Rozzi H, Huggins E, Cooper E, Eldredge K.  Evidence-based practice in forensic nursing: A collaborative effort. (Poster presentation

37th Annual Pennsylvania Academic College of Emergency Physicians
Scientific Assembly
April 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA

Stuntz R, Yates A.  A case of Takayoso's cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome).  CPC competition.  (Platform Presentation)

National SAEM Research Conference
June 2010 – Phoenix, AZ

Harris S, Schrading W.  National Emergency Medicine CPC Competition.

York Hospital’s 25th Annual Residents’ Research Day

Becker B, Stike R, Rumsey H.  Nurse-performed ultrasound-guided intravenous line placement in the difficult access patient:  increasing emergency department efficiency.  (Poster Presentation)

Bloom G, Bledsoe D.  Paramedic attitudes regarding enrollment of research subjects under exception from informed consent provisions.  (Poster Presentation)

Gilrain K, Holliday N, Pollack M, Benenson R.  Can the Glasgow-Blatchford Bleeding Score identify ED patients with upper GI bleeds who can be safely sent home?  (Poster Presentation)

Hornyak D, Rumsey H.  Acute monocular vision loss:  the role of ultrasound in early diagnosis.  (Poster Presentation)

Khan S, Pollack M.  A case report of left upper quadrant appendicitis with a review of literature on atypical presentations of acute appendicitis.  (Poster Presentation)

Le K, Rumsey H.  A new seizure, fever and petechiae: an ED presentation of Ttp in pregnancy.  (Poster Presentation)

Roach C, Bledsoe D.  Acute scrotum secondary to traumatic varicocele rupture.  (Poster Presentation)

Viriassov P, Kepner A.  Does an early, simulation based training program improve emergency medicine intern competency in rapid sequence intubation (RSI)?  (Oral Presentation)

Wexler B, Pollack M.  Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: a case report.  (Poster Presentation)

Research Awards

13th Annual SAEM Mid-Atlantic Regional Research Forum
April 2010 - Charlottesville, VA

Best Resident Presentation Award: Peter Viriassov, DO

Viriassov P, Kepner A.  Does an early, simulation based training program improve
emergency medicine intern competency in rapid sequence intubation (RSI)? 

PaACEP CPC Competition
April 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA

Best Resident Presenter: Robert Stuntz, MD

York Hospital's 25th Annual Residents’ Research Day
May 27, 2010

Outstanding Resident Research Poster Presentation Award: Bryan Wexler, MD

( pictured second from left)
Wexler B, Pollack M.  Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: a case report.

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Presentations 2008

Academic College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Scientific Assembly.
October 2008 - Chicago, IL

Manteghi T, Brockman D, Benenson R. Are the New Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines Applicable to a Community Hospital Pneumonia Population?  (Poster Presentation)

Walker J, Galuska M, Vega D. Significant Coronary Artery Disease in Emergency Chest Pain Patients with Recent Negative Cardiac Stress Testing.  (Poster Presentation)

The Caribbean Emergency Medicine Congress (CEMC).
January 2009 - Barbados

Huyn T, Bohrn M. Acute otitis media complicated by facial paralysis. (Poster Presentation)

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) 12th Annual Western Regional Research Forum.  January 2009 - Park City, UT

Stahlman B, Pollack M, Grim R.  Clinically Significant Changes in Nausea as Measured on a Validated Visual Analog Scale.  (Oral Presentation)

Kepner A, Bacasnot J.  Emergency Department CT Scanning For Acute Appendicitis: IV Contrast Only vs. IV And Oral Contrast.  (Oral Presentation)

American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) 15th Annual Scientific Assembly.  March 2009 - Phoenix, AZ

Pinnow J. Chief Complaint: Thigh Rash.  (Photograph poster contest)

Pinnow J. Chief Complaint: Abdominal Pain.  (Photograph poster contest)

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) 12th Annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Research Forum.  March 2009 - Newark, DE

Stahlman B, Pollack M, Grim R.  Clinically Significant Changes in Nausea as Measured on a Validated Visual Analog Scale.  (Oral Presentation)

Walker J, Shogan P, Schrading W, Fortney S.  Bougie Assisted Intubation via King LT® (King Systems Corporation) Outcomes Trial (Oral Presentation); Winner of Session Award

Law M, Benenson R, Pinnow J.  Does a Low CURB-65 Score Predict an Uncomplicated Hospital Course for Emergency Department Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients?  (Oral Presentation)

Walker J, Henderson T, Vega D, Pollack M.  Factors Associated with Research Productivity in Emergency Medicine Residencies.  (Oral Presentation)

36th Annual PaACEP Scientific Assembly.  April 2009 - Pittsburgh, PA

Walker J, Shogan P, Schrading W, Fortney S.  Bougie Assisted Intubation via King LT® (King Systems Corporation) Outcomes Trial.  (Platform Presentation)

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) 2009 National AnnualMeeting.  May 2009 - New Orleans, LA

Walker J, Henderson T, Vega D, Pollack M.  Factors Associated with Research Productivity in Emergency Medicine Residencies.  (Poster Presentation)

Shogan P, Walker J, Pollack M, Benenson R.  Effect of Tamsulosin on Stone Expulsion and Pain Resolution in ED Patients with Ureterolithiasis.  (Poster Presentation)

Law M, Benenson R, Pinnow J.  Does a Low CURB-65 Score Predict an Uncomplicated Hospital Course for Emergency Department Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients?  (Poster Presentation)

Kepner A, Bacasnot J.  Emergency Department CT Scanning For Acute Appendicitis: IV Contrast Only vs. IV And Oral Contrast.  (Oral Presentation)

Stahlman B, Pollack M, Grim R.  Clinically Significant Changes in Nausea as Measured on a Validated Visual Analog Scale.  (Poster Presentation)

Rozzi H.  Use of Simulation Technology in Forensic Medical Education.  (IEME exhibit)

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Presentations 2007

Fourth Biennial National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence
March 2007 - San Francisco, CA

Rozzi H. The Effect of a Brief Educational Intervention on the Domestic Violence Knowledge Base and Screening Practices of Physicians. (poster presentation)

Society for Academi c Emergency Medicine (SAEM) New York Regional Meeting.  March 2007 - New York, NY

Burns J, Vega D, Schrading W. Bougie Assisted Intubation via Laryngeal-Mask-Airway Outcomes Trial (BAIL-Out) in Cadaveric Airways. (oral presentation)

Daugherty AL, Keller AL, Benenson RS, Pollack ML. Assessment of Emergency Medicine Resident Bedside Communication Skills: A Survey of Emergency Department Patients. (oral presentation)

Haensel C, Smith DC, Pollack M. Ondansetron versus Metoclopramide for Nausea and Vomiting in the Emergency Department. (oral presentation)

Mooth S, Pollack ML, Daugherty AL, Kleinman S. Medication Non-Compliance Among Elderly Emergency Department Patients. (oral presentation)

Wallo E, Pollack ML, Benenson RS, Daugherty AL. A Computer-based, Self-learning Module for New Resident Physicians in the Interpretation of CT Scans for Appendicitis. (oral presentation)

Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD) Annual Assembly.  March 2007 - Orlando, FL

Kramer DA, Bohrn MA, Vega DD, Bluett RI.  Competency days evaluation for emergency medicine residents.  (poster presentation - educational innovation)

34th Annual Pennsylvania Academic College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly
April 2007 - Philadelphia, PA

Benenson RS, Elicker B, Daugherty AL. Use of Medication List in Emergency Department Patients. (poster presentation)

Brillhart A, Dasti A, Matz W, Schrading W. “ViewMax” Versus Standard Macintosh Laryngoscopy in Human Cadaver Models: Does the ViewMax Improve Vocal Cord Visualization? (poster presentation)

Burns J, Vega D, Schrading W. Bougie Assisted Intubation via Laryngeal-Mask-Airway Outcomes Trial (BAIL-Out) in Cadaveric Airways.(poster presentation)

Daugherty AL, Keller AL, Benenson RS, Pollack ML. Assessment of Emergency Medicine Resident Bedside Communication Skills: A Survey of Emergency Department Patients. (poster presentation)

Haensel C, Smith DC, Pollack M, Owens L. Ondansetron versus Metoclopramide for Nausea and Vomiting in the Emergency Department  (oral presentation) William H. Spivey Research Oral Presentation Competition: Second Place

Schnell JL, Landa I, Eitel D, McKniff S, Vega D, Stike R. Bringing Lean into the Emergency Department to Improve Flow of Clinical Processes: Time Value Stream Mapping Walk-In Chest Pain Patients. (poster presentation)

Wallo E, Pollack ML, Benenson RS, Daugherty AL. A Computer-based, Self-learning Module for New Resident Physicians in the Interpretation of CT Scans for Appendicitis. (poster presentation) William H. Spivey Research Poster Presentation Competition: Second Place

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting
May 2007 - Chicago, IL

Brillhart A, Dasti A, Matz W, Schrading W. “ViewMax” Versus Standard Macintosh Laryngoscopy in Human Cadaver Models: Does the ViewMax Improve Vocal Cord Visualization? (poster presentation)

Haensel C, Smith DC, Pollack M, Daugherty AL. Ondansetron versus Metoclopramide for Nausea and Vomiting in the Emergency Department. (poster presentation)

Mooth S, Pollack ML, Daugherty AL, Kleinman S. Medication Non-Compliance Among Elderly Emergency Department Patients. (oral presentation)

The Fourth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress.
September 2007 – Sorrento, Italy

Haensel C, Smith DC, Pollack M, Daugherty AL. Ondansetron versus Metoclopramide for Nausea and Vomiting in the Emergency Department. (oral presentation)

Mooth S, Pollack ML, Daugherty AL, Kleinman S. Medication Non-Compliance Among US Elderly Emergency Department Patients. (oral presentation)

The 38th Annual American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Scientific Assembly. October 2007 – Seattle, Washington

Wallo E, Pollack ML, Benenson RS, Daugherty AL. A Computer-based, Self-learning Module for New Resident Physicians in the Interpretation of CT Scans for Appendicitis. (poster presentation)

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting.  November 2007 - Hershey, PA

Pollack ML, Bohrn MA.  Emergency medicine resident competency in electrocardiogram interpretation (mini-oral presentation)

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Presentations 2006

Maryland Patient Safety Center Emergency Department Collaborative Workshop
January 2006 – Baltimore, MD

Falvo T, Mckniff S. 2006. Process Thinking and Lean Methodology. Presented to Maryland Patient Safety Center Emergency Department Collaborative Workshop. Baltimore, MD. January 9, 2006.

PaACEP Scientific Assembly.  April 2006 – Pittsburgh, PA

Schladenhaufen R, Benenson R, Feilinger S, Pollack ML. 2006. Can the San Francisco Syncope Rule Be Safely Applied to Patients 65 and Older Who Present to the Emergency Department with Syncope or Near-Syncope? (poster presentation) Poster, PA-ACEP Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA April 2006, First Place Winner.

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Western Regional Meeting.  April 2006 – Redondo Beach, CA

Pepera ME, Pollack ML. 2006. Young Diabetic Women with Acute Myocardial Infarction More Likely to Have a Normal ECG. (oral presentation)

Noreika K, Pollack ML. 2006. Characteristics of Ureteral Colic Patients in the Emergency Department. (oral presentation)

2006 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) National Annual Meeting.   May 2006 – San Francisco, CA

Schladenhaufen R, Benenson R, Feilinger S, Pollack ML. 2006. Can the San Francisco Syncope Rule Be Safely Applied to Patients 65 and Older Who Present to the Emergency Department with Syncope or Near-Syncope? (oral presentation)

Society for Health Services Annual Conference
February 2006 – San Diego, CA

Eitel, David. Triage: Fixing the Front End. (oral presentation)

4th European Congress on Emergency Medicine
October 2006 - Crete, Greece

Geer B, Later P, Pollack ML. Mechanism of Injury in Elderly Patients with Cervical Spine Fractures. (oral presentation)

Noreika K, Pollack ML. Characteristics of ED Ureteral Colic Patients. (oral presentation)

Schladenhaufen R, Feilinger S, Benenson RS, Pollack ML. Can the San Francisco Syncope Rule be Safely Applied to Elderly Patients who Present to the Emergency Department with Syncope or Near-Syncope? (oral presentation)

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting.  November 2006 - Washington, DC

Brillhart A, Dasti A, Matz W, Schrading W. “ViewMax” Versus Standard Macintosh Laryngoscopy in Human Cadaver Models: Does the ViewMax Improve Vocal Cord Visualization? (oral presentation)

Geer B, Later P, Pollack ML. Mechanism of Injury in Elderly Patients with Cervical Spine Fractures. (oral presentation)

Hall B, Vega D. The Effect of Weather on Emergency Department Visits for Headaches. (oral presentation)

Johnson M, Wineholt J, Myers S, Pollack ML. Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being Seen. (oral presentation)

Noreika K, Pollack ML. Characteristics of ED Ureteral Colic Patients. (oral presentation) Best Presentation

Schladenhaufen R, Feilinger S, Benenson RS, Pollack ML. Can the San Francisco Syncope Rule be Safely Applied to Elderly Patients who Present to the Emergency Department with Syncope or Near-Syncope? (oral presentation)

Wallo E, Pollack ML, Benenson RS, Daugherty AL. A Computer-based, Self-learning Module for New Resident Physicians in the Interpretation of CT Scans for Appendicitis. (oral presentation)

New Horizons in Nursing Research Conference
November 2006 - Lancaster, PA

Johnson M, Wineholt J, Myers S, Pollack ML. Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being Seen. (poster presentation)

Lowe G, Stike R, Pollack ML, Bosley J, O’Brien P, Hake A, Landis G, Billings N, Gordan P, Manzella S, Stover T. Nursing Blood Specimen Collection Techniques and Hemolysis Rates in an Emergency Department (ED): Analysis of Venipuncture vs. Intravenous (IV) Catheter Collection Technique. (poster presentation)

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Presentations 2005

Holland HS, Galuska M, Pollack ML, Schlenker MK.  2005.  Impact of Pre-existing Medical Conditions on Disposition of Elderly Trauma Patients.  Presented at 2005 National SAEM, New York, NY and Western Regional SAEM, Marina del Ray, CA.  April 2005.

Bohrn MA, Moore D.  Increased injury severity score with minor increase in hospital length of stay and no change in need for neurological surgery in adult motorcycle crash victims after repeal of mandatory helmet law.  PaACEP Scientific Assembly, Harrisburg, PA.  April 18, 2005

Eitel, David.  Perfecting Patient Flow:  Proven Solutions to ED Overcrowding.  Urgent Matters Conference. Atlanta, GA October 13, 2005.

Eitel, David.  Improving Hospital Service Delivery Performance.  Urgent Matters Conference. Atlanta, GA October 13, 2005.

Eitel, David,  McKniff, Sueanne.  Introduction to Lead with Lean Workshop.  Urgent Matters Conference. Atlanta, GA October 13, 2005.

Eitel, David.  Perfecting Patient Flow:  Proven Solutions to ED Overcrowding.  Urgent Matters Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada,  October 27, 2005.

Eitel, David.  Improving Hospital Service Delivery Performance.  Urgent Matters Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada, October 27, 2005.

Eitel, David,  McKniff, Sueanne.  Introduction to Lead with Lean Workshop.  Urgent Matters Conference.  Las Vegas, Nevada, October 27, 2005.

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