EMS for Children and Trauma/Resuscitation
Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMS-C)
There are a number of targeted issues, which are important areas of clinical research in Emergency Services at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Important ones include pre-hospital care, pain management and sedation and acute respiratory illness.
With the recruitment of Randall Bond, MD, a pediatric emergency physician and board certified toxicologist, the continued growth of scholarly work in the prevention and treatment of pediatric exposures, both poisonings and overdoses has been enhanced. This is in collaboration with the Cincinnati Drug and Poison Information Center and the work of Earl Siegel, PharmD.
Trauma/Resuscitation
A multidisciplinary research team coordinated within Emergency Services including participation of Trauma Services, several surgical specialties, Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Center for Developmental Disorders, Psychology and Rehabilitation have been jointly working on research projects and is chaired by Todd Glass, MD, MS Phys. From Emergency Services, Dr. Glass is involved in the investigation of the interactions of hypotension and shock with traumatic brain injury. He continues to conduct studies in the use of an in-vitro model of traumatic brain injury.
Mary Deffner Patterson, MD, and Dr. Glass are engaged in a project investigating the pathophysiology of traumatic shock and various resuscitation strategies in blunt trauma in conjunction with Rebeccah Brown, MD, of Pediatric Surgery.
Joseph W. Luria, MD and Dr. Glass, in collaboration with Dr. Victor Garcia, MD, from Pediatric Surgery, are evaluating novel approaches to patient monitoring and the ability to reliably predict impending shock. Dr. Luria is the American Academy of Pediatrics representative on the State Trauma Committee, which reports to the Ohio Emergency Medical Services Board on trauma systems development.
