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Stopping The Bleed At Uri, Emily Lefebre
Stopping The Bleed At Uri, Emily Lefebre
Senior Honors Projects
The number one cause of preventable death is uncontrolled bleeding from traumatic injury. From the unlikely scenario of a school shooting, to a campus car accident or an injury during a sports or club event, possessing skills to effectively stop a life-threatening bleed becomes a matter of life or death. The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) STOP THE BLEED® program is a campaign to teach communities how to respond effectively and efficiently to life-threatening bleeding in emergencies. STOP THE BLEED® aims to empower individuals with the knowledge and skills to stop severe bleeding by tourniquet application, …
Learning From The Implementation Of A Surgical Opioid Reduction Initiative In An Integrated Health System: A Qualitative Study Among Providers And Patients, Willemijn L A Schäfer, Julie K Johnson, Meagan S Ager, Cassandra B Iroz, Reiping Huang, Salva N Balbale, Jonah J Stulberg
Learning From The Implementation Of A Surgical Opioid Reduction Initiative In An Integrated Health System: A Qualitative Study Among Providers And Patients, Willemijn L A Schäfer, Julie K Johnson, Meagan S Ager, Cassandra B Iroz, Reiping Huang, Salva N Balbale, Jonah J Stulberg
Student and Faculty Publications
BACKGROUND: Surgical opioid overprescribing can result in long-term use or misuse. Between July 2018 and March 2019, the multicomponent intervention, Minimizing Opioid Prescribing in Surgery (MOPiS) was implemented in the general surgery clinics of five hospitals and successfully reduced opioid prescribing. To date, various studies have shown a positive outcome of similar reduction initiatives. However, in addition to evaluating the impact on clinical outcomes, it is important to understand the implementation process of an intervention to extend sustainability of interventions and allow for dissemination of the intervention into other contexts. This study aims to evaluate the contextual factors impacting intervention …