Hennepin County Medical Center | Research Associate Program

Past Research Studies

1. Procedural Sedation of Critically Ill Patients in the ED (published in 2005)
2. Monitoring Procedural Sedation with End Tidal Carbon Dioxide and Bispectral Analysis
3. Patient Recall of Emergency Department Intubation and BIS Monitoring
4. Assessment of Amnestic Effects of Propofol During Procedural Sedation
5. Sumitriptan for the Treatment of Benign Undifferentiated Headaches in the Emergency Department (published 2007)
6. Utility of BIS Monitoring for Procedural Sedation (published 2005)
7. BIS Analysis of Head Injured Patients (published 2004)
8. Moderate vs. Deep Procedural Sedation
9. Analgesia due to route of MS administered in the Emergency Department
10. Demographic Assessment of Pain in the Emergency Department
11. Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Tramadol HCl/Acetaminophen Versus Hydrocodone Bitartrate/Acetaminophen Versus Placebo in Subjects with Acute Musculoskeletal Pain
12. Management of acute undifferentiated agitation in the emergency department: A randomized double-blind trial of droperidol, ziprasidone, and midazolam (published 2005)
13. Longitudinal Pain Studies
14. Digital Imaging in EMS
15. Emergency Department Management of Acute Undifferentiated Agitation: Utility of Intramuscular Olanzapine
16. End-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring during procedural sedation (published 2002)
17. Complications of Peripheral Intravenous Placement in Emergency Department Patients Discharged to Home
18. BMI IV Study
19. Randomized Clinical Trial of Etomidate Versus Propofol for Procedural Sedation in the Emergency Department (published 2007)
20. Use of Rapid Disolving Oral Risperdal for the Management of Acute, Undifferentiated Agitation in the Emergency Department
21. Do All Blunt Trauma Patients need Pelvic X-Ray?
22. Acupressure for the Treatment of Benign Headaches in the Emergency Department
23. Efficacy Study of a Facemask Device to Treat Hypotension
24. Screening for Depression in Adolescent and Young Adult ED Patients
25. Young Adult Depression Study
26. Trauma/Pain Screening
27. Splandaid Bandage
28. Nebulized Fentanyl Citrate for the Treatment of Pain from Suspected Fractures in Children (published 2007)
29. Quantified Changes in End-tidal Carbon Dioxide During Procedural Sedation Are Associated with Specific Clinical Signs of Respiratory Depression
30. MRSA Pneumonia in Hospitalized Patients (link)
31. Cardiac Biomarkers Study
32. Time Series Stab Room Study
33. Droperidol v. Olanzapine for headaches (published 2008)
34. Randomized Clinical Trial of Propofol with and without Alfentanil for deep procedural sedation in the Emergency Department (published 2009)
35. Hypotension Capnography Study
36. Head Injury Screening
37. Oral Oxycodone
38. Capnography Study
39. Hunger and Poverty Screening
40. Bell's Palsy Biomarkers
41. IV morphine versus Oral Oxycodone - in pediatric and adults
42. Propofol versus Alfentanil for Counscious Sedation
43. Agitation Study
44. The Health Literacy of Adults Presenting to an Urban Emergency Department
45. Stress Biomarkers in procedural sedation