Current Research Projects

Health Services

Asplin BA (PI): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: ER Crowding: Causes and Consequences. K-08 Career Development Award, (2002-2007)

Asplin BA, Rhodes KV, Flottemesch TJ, Camargo CA, Lurie N, Hoffman C. A Multicenter Study of Emergency Department Crowding. (2002-Present)

Degalau John J (PI), Gunnarson T, Whitebird R, Flottemesch TJ, Martinson B,. HealthPartners Research Foundation Internal Grant. Transitional Care in a Healthcare Organization: Outcomes of Post-hospital Care and Care in Lieu of Hospitalization. (2003-Present)

Donner S (PI), Hegarty C. HealthPartners IME/GME, Training of Emergency Medicine Residents Using Simulation. (2004-Present)

Flottemesch, TJ (PI), Asplin BR, Godon B.  Emergency Medicine Foundation, Riggs Health Policy Grant: Estimating the Costs of ED Crowding. (2003-Present)

Flottemesch TJ (PI), Gordon B. HealthPartners Research Foundation. Developing an Emergency Department Operational Toolkit. (2004-Present)

Gordon BD (PI). K-22 Career Development Award, National Library of Medicine. ED Operations Research Infrastructure. (2003-Present)

Isenberger K (PI), Gordon BD. Utilizaiton fo Lactate, BNP, and D-Dimer in Computerized Physician Order Entry Sets. (2006)

Isenberger K (PI). Point Of Care Tests (POCT) In The ED: How Does A POCT Urine Pregnancy Test Change Patient Care And Physician Behavior. (2006)

McBeth B (PI), Flottemesch TJ, Ling L, McNamera R, Ankel F. HealthPartners Research Foundation Internal Grant.  Substance Use in Emergency Medicine Training Programs. (2005-Present)

Morgan M (PI), Flottemesch TJ, Harris CR, Gordon BD, Ekstrom R, Bruzek R. HealthPartners Research Foundation Internal Grant.  Medication Errors in the Emergency Department. (2004-Present)

Morgan M (PI), Hegarty C. HealthPartners IME. A human Simulator versus plastic mannikin in resuscitation workshops for medical students. (2004-Present)

Travnicek P (PI). Eschmann-Airway Control. (2006)

Emergency Medical Services

Frascone RJ. Active Compression Decompression CPR Revisited. Case Report on patient resuscitated with ACD-ITD CPR.

Frascone RJ. Medication Assisted Airway Management with the Combitube. Case Series.

Frascone RJ, Russi C, Kaye K, Tanghe P. Marathon Runner Resuscitation: Case Report

Frascone RJ, Kaye K, Dries D, Hodgson D, Provo T. ACD/ITD (Active Compression Decompression / Impedance Threshold Device ­ ResQPOD)

Frascone RJ, Dries D, Heegaard B, Molinari P.  Paramedic ILMA and LMA

Holger JS, Frascone RJ, Richards M.  Evaluation of an Inspiratory Threshold Device (ITD) in the Emergency Department for the Treatment of Hypotension.

Kaye K, Frascone RJ, Kelmenson C, Griffith K.  Paramedic RSI Training: Is the Operating Room Necessary?

Kaye K, Frascone RJ, Bitz D, Degen K. EMS Non-Transport Study

Kaye K. TraumaDex Use in Dental Bleeding: Case Report.

Clinical

Dries D, Frascone RJ.  ITD Intracranial Pressure:  Effect on Humans

Fuerstenburg J, Holger JS. The Bispectral Analysis Study

Holger JS (PI), Peake B, Barringer K, Marini J, Dries D, Fuerstenber J.  High Dose Insulin in Septic Shock. (2006)

Howard LA, Holger JS. Does Ondansetron Interfere With the Efficacy of Morphine?

Isenberger KM, Holger JS. The Prophylactic Use of Ondansetron in Toxic Ingestions

Johnson NC, Holger JS, Reid S.  Delayed Antibiotics in the Treatment of Pediatric Acute Otitis Media: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Obetz C, Holger JS, Engebretsen KM, Kleven T, Harris CR. Vasopressin Versus Glucagon as an Antidote in Beta-Antagonist Toxicity in a Porcine Model

Toxicology

Engebretsen KM (PI), Holger JS, Morgan M, Thorn T.  Determining Intracellular Mechanism of Insulin Intropy In Myocardial Depression. (2006)

Harris CR, Baker K.  Utilization of ICU for Toxicology Patients.

Harris CR, Williams C, Engebretsen KM. Use of Preformatted Admission template for Toxicology Admissions from the ED

Harris CR, Williams C, Engebretsen KM. Development of a Toxicology Registry for Research.

Harris CR, Engebretsen KM (editors). Toxicology Handbook for Residents.Harris CR. Cannabinoids. Chapter in Erickson T, et al. Pediatric Toxicology

Harris CR. Caffeine. Chapter in Erickson T, et al. Pediatric Toxicology

Holger JS (PI), Engebretsen K, Harris CR. HealthPartners Research Foundation Internal Grant. A Comparison of Vasopressin and Epinephrine and Insulin in Beta-blocker Induced Toxicity (2003-Present)

Isenberger K (PI), Holger J.  HealthPartners IME/GME: The Prophylactic Use of Ondansetron in Toxic Ingestions. (2002-Present)

Education

Kilgore KP.  A Database Model for Emergency Medicine Medical Student Rotation Journal of Information Technology in Medicine.

LeFevere R, Kilgore KP, Gray RO.  Factors Associated with a Superior Emergency Medicine Clerkship Grade

Hegarty CB, Morgan M. Comparison of Resuscitation Workshop and Resuscitation Simulation Workshop for Medical Students.

Hegarty CB, Donner S. Utility of a Bronchoscope Simulator for EM Residents Pediatric Airway Training.