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Research is an integral part of the U.S. Army-Baylor University Doctorate of Science of Physician Assistant Studies – Emergency Medicine residency. The 2004-2005 SAMMC EMPA Residency class conducted the first doctoral research projects, and defended their work at a board of Baylor University Graduate Faculty and the Dean of the Graduate School. Since then, the EMPA Residents have published numerous articles in a peer-reviewed journals, presented their work at national conferences, and after graduation have been invited to be book reviewers and journal editors.
Ongoing Research Project by BAMC EMPA Residents
Class 2012-2013
- Chest seal adhesiveness on human test subjects
- Current year students are currently developing hypotheses and writing protocols
Class 2011-2012
- Ultrasound guided femoral artery cannulation
- Diagnostic accuracy of bedside Ultrasound compared to plain-film X-rays for assessment of long bone-fractures within the Emergency Department
- Dynamic Transcricothyroid Ultrasonography for the Confirmation of Endotracheal Tube Placement in Cadavers by Military Emergency Medicine Providers
- An Observational Study Comparing Cricothyroidotomy Sets Meeting the Essentials Characteristics Proposed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care During Airway Management of the Combat Casualty by Inexperienced Medical Providers
- Optimizing Triage: A Retrospective Comparison of Triage Models for Military Application
Publications by BAMC EMPA Fellows
- The effects of standardized trauma training on pre-hospital pain control: Have pain medication administration rates increased on the battlefield (pending publication in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery)
- An Observational Study Assessing Completion Time and Accuracy of the Tactical Combat Casualty Card (TCCC) When Filled Out by Inexperienced Combat Medics in a Simulated Combat Setting (pending publication in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery)
- Preventing Hypothermia: comparison of current devices used by the US Army in an in vitro warmed fluid model. J Trauma. 2010 Jul ;69 Suppl 1 :S154-61
- Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: “Broken Heart Syndrome” Advance for NPs & PAs Vol. 17, Issue 11/12, Page S6
- Current Practice of Thermoregulation During the Transport of Combat Wounded. (Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. 69(1):S162-S167, July 2010.doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e45b83)
- Prehospital Medical Documentation in the Joint Theater Trauma Registry: A Retrospective Study (Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. 71(1):S103-S108, July 2011. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182218fd7)
- Index of Suspicion Case 1: Abdominal Pain, Fever, and Cough in a 3-year-old Boy (Pediatrics in Review Vol. 33 No. 4 April 1, 2012 pp. 179 -185 doi: 10.1542/pir.33-4-179)
- 2007 Mushrooms in North America. Advance for Physician Assistants 16(5): 44-46
- 2006. Intravenous Zofran for Headache. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 31(2): 228-229
- 2005. Traumatic Corneal Freezing. Wilderness Medicine (Accepted for Publication)
- August 2003. When an Eye Problem Suggests a Serious Underlying Condition. Clinical Advisor 72-81
- 2002. Ocular Problems in Military Free Fall Parachutists. Military Medicine 167(10): 797-800
- 2002. The 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Medical Civic Action Program Planning Guide, CD-ROM. Jackson Wyoming: Teton New Media
- 2001. Operational Issues: MEDCAP (H/CA) Guide. In The Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook, ed. Yevich S, et al. 1:2-11, 1:18-20. Jackson Wyoming: Teton New Media
- 2001. The Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook. Jackson Wyoming: Teton New Media
- 2000. Malaria in a Borderless World. Federal Practitioner 17(10): 18-28
- August 1998. Lower-Extremity Edema. Physician Assistants 17-19