Combined residents have designed and carried out research on an array of topics common to both EM and IM, reflecting our diverse clinical interests. The length of our training, the elective time alotted in the PGY-2 thru PGY-5 years, and our supportive faculty mentors have allowed residents to be academically productive and travel to present our work.

See below for selected interests of current EM/IM residents at HCMC.

HQmeded.com

Please visit hqmeded.com (High-quality medical eduation) to view video case reports and presentations done by EM/IM residents at HCMC.

Toxicology

Olives T, Orozco B, Stellpflug S. Bath Salts: The Ivory Wave of Trouble. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. Manuscript under review.

Olives T, Orozco B, Stellpflug S. Bath salts update: Meow meow and MTV. ACEP Toxicology Section Newsletter. 2011 March 10.

Ellsworth H, Topeff J, Olives T, Cole J. A Recipe for Disaster: Detectable Digoxin Concentration After An Isolated Ingestion of Milkweed. 2011 North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology. Poster presentation. Washington DC, 2011.

Olives T, Ellsworth H, Stellpflug S, Cole J. Surreptitious Steroid Ingestion Resulting in Factitious Cushing's Syndrome: Sometimes Sendouts Make the Diagnosis. 2011 North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology. Poster presentation. Washington DC, 2011.

Infectious Disease

Driver, B. Case Report: Sepsis following H1N1 infection. Approaches in Critical Care. Jan 2011; 5:2-4

Prekker ME, Gary B, Olives T, Patel R, Gordon S, Clarkson E, Patineau A, Schut R, Gray RO. Rapid HIV Testing in the Emergency Department: A Comparison Of Routine Screening And Physician-Directed Testing. Annual Meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Poster presentation. Boston MA, 2011.

Hayden LM. Case report: A case of sepsis in an immunocompromised patient.
Approaches in Critical Care. 2010.

Hayden LM. Puerperal Group A streptococcal bacteremia: a resurgence? Abstract presented at:
American College of Physicians meeting, November 2010, Minneapolis, MN.

Prekker ME, Olives T, Hanley O, Miner JR. ED patient acceptance of rapid HIV testing
practices, revisited: the 2006 recommendations for nontargeted, opt-out HIV
screening. Poster presentation at the American College of Emergency Physicians Research
Forum, Boston, October 2009.

Cardiology

Olives T, Driver B, Smith SW. Epidemiology and symptomatology of Somali immigrants presenting to an urban hospital with myocardial infarction. Research ongoing.

Hayden LM. Derivation of a rule for diagnosis of hypokalemia on an electrocardiogram. Abstract
presented at: American College of Emergency Physician meeting, September 2010, Las
Vegas, NV.

Scott NL, Mulder M, Bart BA, Smith SW. Correlation of STEMI in resuscitated, non-traumatic out of hospital cardiopulmonary arrest patients with initial rhythm and cardiac catheterization findings. Oral presentation at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Phoenix, 2010.

Bart BA, Mulder M, Scott NL, Dalton T, Smith SW. Left ventricular systolic dysfunction and myocardial stunning in out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest patients. Poster presentation at the Annual Scientific meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America, San Diego, 2010.

Mulder M, Scott NL, Bart BA, Sprenkle M, Smith SW. Utility and impact of cranial computed tomography in the initial evaluation and management of resuscitated non-traumatic out of hospital cardiopulmonary arrests in adults. Department of Medicine Research Day, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, 2010.

Driver B, Smith SW. ECG changes in posterior STEMI with reperfusion: correlation with echocardiographic findings. Research ongoing.

Critical Care

Driver BE, Kendall JL. Emergency ultrasound diagnosis of internal jugular vein thrombosis. Crit Ultrasound J (2010) 2:85-86

Prekker ME, Scott NL, Hart DH, Luna JL, Marinos A, Leatherman JW. Noninvasive estimation of
central venous pressure in critically ill patients: a comparison of internal jugular vein versus inferior vena caval ultrasound. Poster presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference, New Orleans, 2010.

Prekker ME, Chang R, Cole JB, Reardon R. Rapid confirmation of central venous catheter
placement using an ultrasonographic “bubble test”. Academic Emergency Medicine 2010;17(7):e85-
e86.

Scott NL, Peterson G, Miner J. The association of changes in end tidal CO2 and blood pressure in intubated and non-intubated patients undergoing resuscitation for shock. Poster presentation at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 2008.

Hayden LM. Case report: A case of delayed intra-arterial thrombolysis in cerebrovascular
accident. Approaches in Critical Care. 2008; 1:8-10.

Public Health

Olives T, Patel S, Patel R, Hottinger J, Miner JR. Health literacy of adults presenting to an urban ED. Amer J Emerg Med. 2010 Jul 12 [Epub ahead of print].

Olives T, Patel S, Patel R, Miner J. Predicting limited health literacy in probability and convenience samples of ED patients. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, New Orleans, 2009.

Prekker ME, Miner JR, Rockswold EG, Biros MH. The prevalence of injury of any type in an
urban emergency department. Journal of Trauma, Infection, and Critical Care 2009;66(5):1688-
1695.

Miner J, Westgard B, Patel R, Olives T, Biros M. The increasing rate of the experience of hunger among patients presenting to the emergency department of an urban, county medical center. 2010 Annual Meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Poster presentation. Phoenix AZ, 2010.

Miner J, Westgard B, Patel R, Olives T, Biros M. Increasing rate of patients who are homeless or have unstable living situations presenting to an urban county hospital between 2007 and 2009. 2010 Annual Meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Poster presentation. Phoenix AZ, 2010.

Olives, T. AVS Study: 3-arm intervention assessing delivery modalities (After Visit Summary, AVS+text message, AVS+voicemail) of ED after visit instructions in patients receiving outpatient antibiotic prescriptions from the emergency department. Data collection begins 6/8/11, goal 1800 patients.

Olives, T. Somali MI review: Review of presenting chief complaints of Somali patients diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction. Data analysis underway.

Education

Gary B, Hart D. Demonstration of Advanced Cardiac Life Support Skills as learned via high fidelity simulation vs. low fidelity teaching. Research ongoing.

Gary B, Ball C, Martel M. Caffeinated beverages: Emergency medicine resident awareness, use and abuse. Poster presentation at the CORD Academic Assembly, New Orleans, March 2007.