The Department of Emergency Medicine (EM) at the University of North Carolina has an active multi-disciplinary research agenda. The faculty has diverse research interests including basic science, health informatics, EMS systems, health services, medical education and patient-based clinical research. The department brings in over $10 million annually in external funding and is one of the premiere emergency departments in the world for studying emergency health informatics.
Basic Science Research which includes the EM Translational Research Laboratories performing basic research emphasizing cardiac and cerebral resuscitation hemorrhagic shock and the TRYUMPH Research Program which is aimed at improving recovery after traumatic events such as motor vehicle collision, sexual assault, and burn injury.
The Clinical Research program conducts studies in several areas including innovative ways to enhance care for geriatrics patients, advanced diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for suspected pneumonia, sepsis, trauma and burns and novel studies for detection and characterization of host responses to viral and other stressors.
Educational Research studies are conducted in several areas with the support of faculty members from the Division of Education. Topics of study include the role of teamwork in multidisciplinary performance, performance assessment, curriculum design/ implementation, and utilization of simulated learning environments. Studies may utilize any number of modalities ranging from web interactive techniques and questionnaires to authentic assessment techniques such as standardized patients and high fidelity human patient simulators.
The NC State EMS Performance Improvement Center and the Pre--Hospital Medical Information System which is located on site, concentrates on research related to EMS systems and time sensitive diseases. This unique North Carolina EMS Data System consists of four integrated applications: pre-hospital medical information system (PreMIS), EMS performance improvement toolkits, credentialing information system (CIS) and state medical asset resource tracking tool (SMARTT).
The North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiological Collection Tool (NC DETECT), which has been developed by the Division of Informatics to provide data and analysis tools for public health surveillance in North Carolina. NC DETECT utilizes data from several sources, including PreMIS and the North Carolina Emergency Department Database (NCEDD) that was developed by faculty and staff in our department.
Health Services Research focuses on determinants of health care quality, including the role of organizational structure and systems management, physician behaviors, and financial incentives.
We always strive for making progress through research and making our findings public. Here we publish over 50 publications per year, from over 15 staff members, from subjects like the effects on the body from the common flu to time trends and risk factors for brain cancer patients.
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