Saint John Regional Hospital Docs Pick Up National Research Awards
SAINT JOHN–Researchers from the Saint John Regional Hospital Emergency Medicine Program have picked up awards from the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) for the third straight year.
Nicole Beckett, a medical student at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, was awarded the prize for Top Medical Student Research Project for her work looking at the combined role of ultrasound and electrocardiography for predicting outcomes during cardiac arrest resuscitation.
Dr. Kyle McGivery, a resident training in Emergency Medicine in Saint John, was also awarded a national resident research award for his work looking at early diagnosis of acute heart failure in the Emergency Department.
The hospital’s researchers were also recognized for their work in 2014 and 2015.
The Emergency Medicine Research Program at the Saint John Regional Hospital seeks to find new ways to help emergency care patients in New Brunswick and across Canada. Its work is supported by the Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation.