GSS 2012 Research Forum Abstracts
The following abstracts were submitted to the Government Services Symposium 2012 Research Forum. The files are listed by last name of the first author of the paper, and the title of the abstract is displayed below the file name.
Thanks to all our participants for their work to advance emergency medicine, and their willingness to share their knowledge with us.
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Austin
(59K)Synthetic Cannabinoid Use In A Military Emergency Department -

Birch
(24K)Chance Fracture Case Report -

Cameron
(32K)Assessment of a New Model for Procedural Competency Training of Common Emergency Medicine Procedures -

Coombs
(21K)Acute Spontaneous Subdural Hematoma in a Middle-aged Adult: A Case Report and Review of the Literature -

DeMers
(28K)Concordance of Prehospital PCR and MICN Documentation in a Large, Urban, EMS system -

Heiner
(12K)Clinical Effects and Antivenom Use for Snake Bite Victims Treated at Three U.S. Hospitals in Afghanistan -

Jacob
(24K)Confirmation of Intraosseous Needle Placement Using Color Doppler Ultrasound in an Adult Unembalmed Cadaver Model -

Knox
(22K)A Novel Method to Decontaminate Surgical Instruments for Operational and Austere Environments -

Kotora
(16K)COMPARISON OF THREE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE VENTED CHEST SEALS FOR PREVENTION OF TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX IN AN A COMMUNICATING PNEUMOTHORAX PORCINE MODEL -

Lund
(12K)Improving confidence of Physician Assistants to evaluate blunt abdominal trauma using simulator training -

Mapp
(16K)A Survey Assessment of Hospital Staff Absenteeism in a Military Medical Center -

McGrane
(29K)Does Transmission of 12-lead Electrocardiograms via Smartphone Devices Allow for Accurate Diagnosis of ST-elevation MI (STEMI)? -

Ross
(28K)Complementary and Alternative Medicine use in Military personnel and their families presenting to the Emergency Department -

Ross
(28K)Portable Pulse Oximetry vs. Arterial Blood Gas Analysis in a Field Environment at -

Schauer
(14K)An 8-Year-Old Boy with a Rash - Rubella -

Schreckengaust
(12K)Effectiveness of prehospital tourniquet application under simulated combat stress -

Schwartz
(16K)Comparison of two packable hemostatic gauze dressings in a coagulopathic porcine model -

Singer
(13K)PRIMARY VERSUS SECONDARY CLOSURE OF CUTANEOUS ABSCESSES IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: A RCT. -

Sinnott
(28K)Traumatic Injury Patterns Associated with Parachuting -

Smith
(17K)Does an External, Standardized, Simulation-Based Testing Program Improve Compliance and Performance of Required In-House Basic Life Support Response Training -

Sydow
(13K)Utilization of Portable Radiography in a Forward-Deployed Environment Shows Cost Savings Potential -

Wainer
(41K)Can Open Endotracheal Tubes Be Left Open In The Resuscitation Room For Six Months? -

Walsh
(19K)Emergency Physician Evaluation of a Novel Surgical Cricothyroidotomy Tool in Simulated Combat and Clinical Environments -

Ward
(38K)Developing a Perfused Cadaver Training Model for Invasive Lifesaving Procedures: Uncontrolled Hemorrhage
