A quantitative analysis of out-of-hospital pediatric and adolescent resuscitation quality–A report from the ROC epistry-cardiac arrest

…, J Nuttall, H Herren, J Christenson, D Andrusiek… - Resuscitation, 2015 - Elsevier
Aim High-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may improve survival. The quality of
CPR performed during pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (p-OHCA) is largely unknown. …

Trauma in the neighborhood: a geospatial analysis and assessment of social determinants of major injury in North America

…, G Sopko, D Andrusiek… - … journal of public …, 2011 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We sought to identify and characterize areas with high rates of major trauma events
in 9 diverse cities and counties in the United States and Canada. Methods. We analyzed …

A geospatial analysis of severe firearm injuries compared to other injury mechanisms: event characteristics, location, timing, and outcomes

…, J Christenson, D Andrusiek… - Academic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Relatively little is known about the context and location of firearm injury events.
Using a prospective cohort of trauma patients, we describe and compare severe firearm injury …

Ski hill injuries and ghost charts: Socio-technical issues in achieving e-Health interoperability across jurisdictions

…, S Whitehouse, ST Coates, D Andrusiek - Information systems …, 2012 - Springer
This paper looks at the challenges associated with consolidating and leveraging patient
information recorded at various points in a distributed, multi-jurisdictional health care system. …

Is the enrollment of racial and ethnic minorities in research in the emergency setting equitable?

J Sugarman, C Sitlani, D Andrusiek, T Aufderheide… - Resuscitation, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Concerns have been raised about the enrollment of racial and ethnic minorities
in research in the emergency setting when it is not possible to obtain informed consent. …

Underuse of prehospital strategies to reduce time to reperfusion for ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients in 5 Canadian provinces

…, L Donovan, LJ Boothroyd, D Andrusiek… - Canadian Journal of …, 2009 - cambridge.org
Objective:Timely reperfusion therapy for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is an
important determinant of outcome, yet targets for time to treatment are frequently unmet in …

A survey of nursing home organizational characteristics associated with potentially avoidable hospital transfers and care quality in one large British Columbia health …

…, RB Abu-Laban, KM McGrail, D Andrusiek… - Canadian Journal on …, 2011 - cambridge.org
Hospitalization of nursing home residents can be futile as well as costly, and now evidence
indicates that treating nursing home residents in place produces better outcomes for some …

# Triage–Formal emergency department triage tools are inefficient, unfair, and they waste time and resources

D Andrusiek, M Bullard, P Atkinson - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - cambridge.org
This series of editorials will provide CJEM readers with the opportunity to hear differing
perspectives on topics pertinent to the practice of emergency medicine. The debaters have been …

Resuscitation outcomes consortium roc primed trial of early rhythm analysis versus later analysis in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

…, HE Wang, L Morrison, D Davis, D Andrusiek… - …, 2010 - resuscitationjournal.com
Background: In a departure from the prior immediate defibrillation paradigm, the 2005 AHA/ILCOR
resuscitation guidelines recommended that Emergency Medical Service (EMS) …

Chest compression fraction determines survival in patients with out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation

J Christenson, D Andrusiek, S Everson-Stewart… - Circulation, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation contributes to cardiac arrest survival.
The proportion of time in which chest compressions are performed in each minute of …