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James Christenson

ResearcherEmergency MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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James Christenson

Researcher

Emergency Medicine

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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No publications since 2019.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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Research

Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Myocardial Infarction Sex Differences Out Of Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest Advanced Life Support Basic Life Support Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Latest papers

Door-to-Targeted Temperature Management Initiation Time and Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Insights From the Continuous Chest Compressions Trial.
Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019
Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Nonshockable-Turned-Shockable Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The ALPS Study (Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo).
Circulation · 2017
Association of advanced airway device with chest compression fraction during out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest.
Resuscitation · 2016

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Real-World Validation of Machine Learning Algorithms for a Wearable Cardiac Arrest Detection System
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$348,074
Advancing Reconciliation and Health Equity in Emergency Medical Care in Remote First Nations across British Columbia
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$210,000
CanSAVE Strategic Symposium 2025: Accelerating Transformative Cardiac Arrest Innovation and Implementation
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$20,000

All 11 grants and awards

8 publications.

Door-to-Targeted Temperature Management Initiation Time and Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Insights From the Continuous Chest Compressions Trial.

Stanger D, Kawano T, Malhi N, Grunau B, Tallon J, Wong GC, Christenson J, Fordyce CB

Journal of the American Heart Association2019

DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.012001 PMID: 31055981

Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Nonshockable-Turned-Shockable Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The ALPS Study (Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo).

Kudenchuk PJ, Leroux BG, Daya M, Rea T, Vaillancourt C, Morrison LJ, Callaway CW, Christenson J, Ornato JP, Dunford JV, Wittwer L, Weisfeldt ML, Aufderheide TP, Vilke GM, Idris AH, Stiell IG, Colella MR, Kayea T, Egan D, Desvigne-Nickens P, Gray P, Gray R, Straight R, Dorian P, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators

Circulation2017

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.117.028624 PMID: 28904070

Association of advanced airway device with chest compression fraction during out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest.

Kurz MC, Prince DK, Christenson J, Carlson J, Stub D, Cheskes S, Lin S, Aziz M, Austin M, Vaillancourt C, Colvin J, Wang HE, ROC Investigators

Resuscitation2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.10.011 PMID: 26520783

Unchanged pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and survival rates with regional variation in North America.

Fink EL, Prince DK, Kaltman JR, Atkins DL, Austin M, Warden C, Hutchison J, Daya M, Goldberg S, Herren H, Tijssen JA, Christenson J, Vaillancourt C, Miller R, Schmicker RH, Callaway CW, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium

Resuscitation2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.07.244 PMID: 27565862

External validation of the emergency department assessment of chest pain score accelerated diagnostic pathway (EDACS-ADP).

Flaws D, Than M, Scheuermeyer FX, Christenson J, Boychuk B, Greenslade JH, Aldous S, Hammett CJ, Parsonage WA, Deely JM, Pickering JW, Cullen L

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ2016

DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2015-205028 PMID: 27406833

Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Brown SP, Rea T, Nichol G, Leroux B, Vaillancourt C, Wittwer L, Christenson J, Egan D, Ornato JP, Dunford JV

New England Journal of Medicine2016433 citations

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1514204

A quantitative analysis of out-of-hospital pediatric and adolescent resuscitation quality--A report from the ROC epistry-cardiac arrest.

Sutton RM, Case E, Brown SP, Atkins DL, Nadkarni VM, Kaltman J, Callaway C, Idris A, Nichol G, Hutchison J, Drennan IR, Austin M, Daya M, Cheskes S, Nuttall J, Herren H, Christenson J, Andrusiek D, Vaillancourt C, Menegazzi JJ, Rea TD, Berg RA, ROC Investigators

Resuscitation2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.04.010 PMID: 25917262

What is the optimal chest compression depth during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation of adult patients?

Stiell IG, Brown SP, Nichol G, Cheskes S, Vaillancourt C, Callaway CW, Morrison LJ, Christenson J, Aufderheide TP, Davis DP, Free C, Hostler D, Stouffer JA, Idris AH, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators

Circulation2014

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.114.008671 PMID: 25252721

Real-World Validation of Machine Learning Algorithms for a Wearable Cardiac Arrest Detection System

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Grunau, Brian E; Dainty, Katie N; Kuo, Calvin; Sekhon, Mypinder S; Shadgan, Babak

Keywords: Cardiac Arrest; Machine Learning; Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest; Photoplethysmography; Resuscitation; Sudden Cardiac Death; Wearable Sensors

$348,074

Advancing Reconciliation and Health Equity in Emergency Medical Care in Remote First Nations across British Columbia

SupervisorCIHR2024Fellowship - PA: First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis Health

Principal investigators: Muller, Megan K

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Emergency Medical Care; Health Equity; Health Services And Policy Research; Indigenous Health; Participatory Action; Patient-Centered Research; Qualitative Methodology; Rural And Remote Health

$210,000

CanSAVE Strategic Symposium 2025: Accelerating Transformative Cardiac Arrest Innovation and Implementation

Nominated PICIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Christenson, James M

Keywords: Cardiac Arrest; Out Of Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest; Resuscitation

$20,000

Exploring rural emergency health services innovation: A relational approach to change

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Catalyst Grant: Quadruple Aim and Equity

Principal investigators: Oelke, Nelly; Pawlovich, John; Taylor, Deanne C

Keywords: Emergency Health Services; Innovation; Interprofessional Team; Medical Care; Nursing; Rural; Telehealth; Transport; Virtual Care

$100,000

Real-Time Virtual Support: Advancing health equity in British Columbia through a partnership-based learning health system model

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Catalyst Grant: Quadruple Aim and Equity

Principal investigators: Ho, Kendall; Ooms, Shana L

Keywords: Deliberative Dialogue; Learning Health System; Real-Time Virtual Support; Rural, Remote, Indigenous Health; Virtual Care

$99,854

Opioid Overdose-Related Cardiac Arrest: What are the Best Interventions?

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Grunau, Brian E; Buxton, Jane; Christenson, James M

Keywords: Advanced Life Support; Basic Life Support; Cardiac Arrest; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Naloxone; Opioid Overdose; Opioid Use Disorder; Resuscitation

$283,051

Kwiis hen niip - Change: Change for emergency care services in rural and remote Indigenous communities in British Columbia.

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Christenson, James M; Ho, Kendall; McDonald, Shannon; Reading, Jeffrey L; Stelkia, Krista M; Watts, Jeannette C

Keywords: Community Engagement; Emergency Medical Care; First Nations; First Responders; Remote Indigenous Communities

$1,172,436

hs cTn - Optimizing the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction/Injury in Women (CODE-MI)

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Humphries, Karin H; Christenson, James M; Kavsak, Peter A; Robinson, Simon

Keywords: Biomarkers; Emergency Department; Heart Attack; High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin; Myocardial Infarction; Sex Differences

$1,656,226

Leveling the playing field: improved diagnosis and outcomes for young women with myocardial infarction

Principal investigatorCIHR2017Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Humphries, Karin H; Christenson, James M; Kavsak, Peter A

Keywords: Diagnosis; High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin; Myocardial Infarction; Randomized Control Trial; Sex Differences; Young Women

$9,993

TEC4Home: Telehealth for Emergency-Community Continuity of Care Connectivity via Home-Telemonitoring

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Oper Grant:eHealth Innov Partnership Program(eHIPP)-Seniors w Complex Care Needs

Principal investigators: Ho, Kendall; Kislock, Lindsay; Kim Sing, CHAD A

Keywords: Acute Care; Chronic Disease Management; Community Care; Congestive Heart Failure; Ehealth; Emergency Medicine; Home Health Monitoring; Remote Patient Monitoring; Seniors; Transition Of Care

$749,960

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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James Christenson

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Door-to-Targeted Temperature Management Initiation Time and Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Insights From the Continuous Chest Compressions Trial.

Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Nonshockable-Turned-Shockable Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The ALPS Study (Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo).

Association of advanced airway device with chest compression fraction during out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest.

Unchanged pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and survival rates with regional variation in North America.

External validation of the emergency department assessment of chest pain score accelerated diagnostic pathway (EDACS-ADP).

Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

A quantitative analysis of out-of-hospital pediatric and adolescent resuscitation quality--A report from the ROC epistry-cardiac arrest.

What is the optimal chest compression depth during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation of adult patients?

Real-World Validation of Machine Learning Algorithms for a Wearable Cardiac Arrest Detection System

Advancing Reconciliation and Health Equity in Emergency Medical Care in Remote First Nations across British Columbia

CanSAVE Strategic Symposium 2025: Accelerating Transformative Cardiac Arrest Innovation and Implementation

Exploring rural emergency health services innovation: A relational approach to change

Real-Time Virtual Support: Advancing health equity in British Columbia through a partnership-based learning health system model

Opioid Overdose-Related Cardiac Arrest: What are the Best Interventions?

Kwiis hen niip - Change: Change for emergency care services in rural and remote Indigenous communities in British Columbia.

hs cTn - Optimizing the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction/Injury in Women (CODE-MI)

Leveling the playing field: improved diagnosis and outcomes for young women with myocardial infarction

TEC4Home: Telehealth for Emergency-Community Continuity of Care Connectivity via Home-Telemonitoring

Frequent collaborators

Christian Vaillancourt

Sheldon Cheskes

James Christenson

Paul Dorian

Brian Grunau

Michelle Welsford

Steve Lin