Global Health (Leads: Andrew Kestler & Simon Pulfrey)

As part of UBC’s Global Emergency Medicine Initiative, the St. Paul’s ED Research Group assists with the implementation and evaluation of sustainable educational and clinical interventions in resource-limited settings.

Selected Publications:

Mbanjumucyo G, DeVos E, Pulfrey S, Epino HM. State of emergency medicine in Rwanda 2015: an innovative trainee and trainer model. Int J Emerg Med. 2015. 8:20.

Kestler A, Caruso N,  Chandra A, Goldfarb D, Haas M. CT before lumbar puncture in suspected meningitis in Botswana: How established guidelines may not apply, African Journal of Emergency Medicine 2014, 4(2): 76-82.

Mullan PC, Torrey SB, Chandra A, Caruso N, Kestler A. Reduced overtriage and undertriage with a new triage system in an urban accident and emergency department in Botswana: a cohort study. Emerg Med J. 2014 May;31(5):356-60.