Ian Stiell, University of Ottawa
Emergency Medicine
Professor
Ottawa, Ontario
istiell@ohri.ca
Office:
(613) 562-5800 ext. 2543
(613) 798-5555 ext. 73325
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Dr. Stiell is a clinical epidemiologist with a focus on health services research in emergency medicine. This research focus includes decision making, clinical decision rules, technology assessment and clinical trials involving acutely ill and injured patients treated by prehospital services and i...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Stiell is a clinical epidemiologist with a focus on health services research in emergency medicine. This research focus includes decision making, clinical decision rules, technology assessment and clinical trials involving acutely ill and injured patients treated by prehospital services and in emergency departments. Dr. Stiell currently holds a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Scientist Award. Previously completed were a series of studies to derive, validate, test and implement clinical decision rules for the use of radiography in acute ankle injuries (The Ottawa Ankle Rules), and for the use of radiography in acute knee injury (The Ottawa Knee Rule). Ongoing are studies to derive and validate clinical decision rules for the use of computed tomography in minor head injuries and cervical spine radiography in trauma (The CCC Study funded by the CIHR and the Ministry of Health of Ontario). Dr. Stiell is a member of the University of Ottawa CIHR Group Grant for Decision Support Tools.
Also currently ongoing is the Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) Study (funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health) which will identify the most effective programs for treating out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, major trauma, respiratory distress, and chest pain. The OPALS Study will be conducted over eight years in 21 Ontario communities. A grant from the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation will allow the OPALS Study team to conduct an economic evaluation of prehospital care.
Another important focus of research for Dr. Stiell has been the management of cardiac arrest, particularly in the pre-hospital setting. Completed projects include the study of high dose epinephrine, a cost-effectiveness study of different pre-hospital systems used to treat cardiac arrest, a trial of 1,700 patients comparing the effectiveness of standard CPR versus ACD CPR, and a trial to compare vasopressin to epinephrine for in-hospital cardiac arrest.
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Also currently ongoing is the Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) Study (funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health) which will identify the most effective programs for treating out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, major trauma, respiratory distress, and chest pain. The OPALS Study will be conducted over eight years in 21 Ontario communities. A grant from the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation will allow the OPALS Study team to conduct an economic evaluation of prehospital care.
Another important focus of research for Dr. Stiell has been the management of cardiac arrest, particularly in the pre-hospital setting. Completed projects include the study of high dose epinephrine, a cost-effectiveness study of different pre-hospital systems used to treat cardiac arrest, a trial of 1,700 patients comparing the effectiveness of standard CPR versus ACD CPR, and a trial to compare vasopressin to epinephrine for in-hospital cardiac arrest.
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