2008 Grant Recipients

FARE awarded grants
totaling $200,000 in 2008.

Research Grants
Educational Grants
Early Investigator Grants


RESEARCH GRANTS
Opportunities for Safety Improvement in HEMS:  A Multi-Discipline Safety Research Project
Ira J. Blumen, MD, FACEP (bio) - University of Chicago

HEMS Accident and Fatal Accident Rates:  Filling in a 20-Year Void
Ira J. Blumen, MD, FACEP (bio) - University of Chicago

Identification of the Incidence of Helicopter Shopping in Virginia.  Utilizing Web-Enabled Software to Actively Share Weather Turndowns and Addressing Helicopter Shopping Through the State of Virginia Medevac Committee
Paul Davenport (bio) - Carilion Clinical Patient Transport, Roanoke, VA

HEMS Provider Use King LTS-D Airway in RSI Patients
R.J. Frascone, MD, FACEP (bio) - LifeLink III, Minneapolis, MN

A Concept Mapping Approach to Prioritize the National Research Agenda for Critical Care Transport
Cathy Jaynes, RN, PhD (bio) - MedFlight of Ohio

Derivation and Validation of a Taxonomy to Categorize Adverse Events and Near-Misses in Transport Medicine
Russell MacDonald, MD (bio) - Ornge Transport Medicine, Toronto, Canada

Does Transport-Induced Biophysical Impulse Cause Respiratory Deterioration by Inactive of Surfactant Proteins?
Shetal Shah, MD, FAAP (bio) - State University of New York at Stony Brook

Exploration of Gender Discrepancy in Outcomes and Utilization of Air Medical Transport
Jeffrey Singh, MD, FRCPC, MSc (bio) - Ornge Transport Medicine, Toronto, Canada

Defining the Current Distribution of Transport Times for Time-Sensitive Air Medical Transports and the Scope of the Procedural Practice for Air Transport Providers
Scott Youngquist, MD, MS (bio) - Air Medical Research Institute, University of Utah

EDUCATIONAL GRANTS
Evidence Based Air Medical Practice Guidelines (EBAMPG)
Reed Brozen, MD (bio) - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

A Proposal to Initiate an Annual Research Academy as a Pre-conference Activity at the Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC)
MarkAlain Dery, DO, MPH (bio) - Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

Integration of Evidence-Based Practice into Air Medical Practice
Kathryn Moore, DNP, RN (bio) - Air Evac Lifeteam, Nashville, TN

Helicopter and Fixed-Wing EMS – Water Survival and Egress Education
First Sergeant Tobin Triebel (bio) - Maryland State Police

EARLY INVESTIGATOR GRANTS
Incidence of Intravascular Hemorrhage (IVH) in Premature Infants During Transport: Does Transport Mode Matter?
Edward Dela Cruz, RN (bio) - Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH

Crisis Resources in Transport (C.R.I.T.): Phase One – A Survey of Need
Christopher Denny, MD, MSc, FRCPC - Ornge Transport Medicine, Toronto, Canada

Pre-Hospital Registered Nurse and Paramedic Knowledge of Evidence-Based Ischemic Stroke Care
Kathryn Moore, DNP, RN - Air Evac Lifeteam, Nashville, TN


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