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Floyd Besserer

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Emergency Medicine, UBCUniversity of Northern British Columbia

Floyd Besserer

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine, UBC

University of Northern British Columbia

Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

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5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.

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Latest papers

A comparison of collision factors and toxicologic characteristics for rural and urban drivers presenting to the emergency department after a vehicular collision.
Traffic injury prevention · 2026 · first author
Prevalence of Impairing Substance Use in Injured Drivers.
JAMA network open · 2025
Influence of cannabis and alcohol on motor vehicle injury severity in Canadian trauma centres: a prospective study.
Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2025

All 9 publications

Latest funding

The association between cannabis and motor vehicle collisions - looking beyond THC.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,644,750
Sustaining and Expanding the Canadian Emergency Department Research Network to Improve Pandemic and Health Emergencies Preparedness
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$3,000,000
The Toxic Drug Study: Clinical and toxicological profiles of people with unregulated drug poisoning.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,602,675

All 6 grants and awards

9 publications.

A comparison of collision factors and toxicologic characteristics for rural and urban drivers presenting to the emergency department after a vehicular collision.

Besserer F, Simmons S, Erdelyi S, Wells A, Atkinson P, Rowe BH, Vaillancourt C, Taylor J, Chan H, Davis P, Clarke DB, Daoust R, Eppler J, Emond M, Lee J, MacPherson A, Magee K, Mercier E, Ohle R, Parsons M, Rao J, Wishart I, Brubacher JR

Traffic injury prevention2026First author

DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2026.2628945 PMID: 41941750

Prevalence of Impairing Substance Use in Injured Drivers.

Brubacher JR, Erdelyi S, Chan H, Simmons S, Atkinson P, Besserer F, Clarke DB, Davis P, Daoust R, Émond M, Eppler J, Lee JS, MacPherson A, Magee K, Mercier E, Ohle R, Parsons M, Rao J, Rowe BH, Taylor J, Vaillancourt C, Wishart I

JAMA network open202511 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.6379 PMID: 40261650

Influence of cannabis and alcohol on motor vehicle injury severity in Canadian trauma centres: a prospective study.

Simmons SM, Donoghue M, Erdelyi S, Chan H, Vaillancourt C, Atkinson P, Besserer F, Clarke DB, Davis P, Daoust R, Émond M, Eppler J, Lee JS, MacPherson A, Magee K, Mercier E, Ohle R, Parsons M, Rao J, Rowe BH, Taylor J, Wishart I, Brubacher JR

Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/ip-2025-045642 PMID: 40670142

Factors associated with frequent buprenorphine / naloxone initiation in a national survey of Canadian emergency physicians.

MacKinnon N, Lane D, Scheuermeyer F, Kaczorowski J, Dong K, Orkin AM, Daoust R, Moe J, Andolfatto G, Klaiman M, Yan J, Koh JJ, Crowder K, Atkinson P, Savage D, Stempien J, Besserer F, Wale J, Kestler A

PloS one20241 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297084 PMID: 38315732

Prone Positioning of Ventilated Patients During Air Medical Evacuation: A Case Series.

Naples C, Micalos PS, Johnston T, Schlamp R, Besserer F, Vu E

Air medical journal2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2023.10.004 PMID: 38154841

The effect of sex and age on return of spontaneous circulation and survival to hospital discharge in patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective analysis of a Canadian population.

Awad E, Humphries K, Grunau B, Besserer F, Christenson J

Resuscitation plus202127 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100084 PMID: 34223350

The relationship between no-flow interval and survival with favourable neurological outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Implications for outcomes and ECPR eligibility.

Guy A, Kawano T, Besserer F, Scheuermeyer F, Kanji HD, Christenson J, Grunau B

Resuscitation202096 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.06.009 PMID: 32553923

A Survey of the Public's Ability to Recognize and Willingness to Intervene in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest and Opioid Overdose.

Barbic D, Duncan K, Trainor R, Ertel EA, Enos MK, Philips H, Besserer F, Grunau B, Kestler A, Christenson J, Scheuermeyer FX

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine20203 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/acem.13916 PMID: 31930625

Early advanced life support attendance is associated with improved survival and neurologic outcomes after non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a tiered prehospital response system.

Grunau B, Kawano T, Scheuermeyer F, Tallon J, Reynolds J, Besserer F, Barbic D, Brooks S, Christenson J

Resuscitation201937 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.12.003 PMID: 30576783

The association between cannabis and motor vehicle collisions - looking beyond THC.

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Brubacher, Jeffrey R

Keywords: Cannabis; Epidemiological Study; Impaired Driving; Motor Vehicle Collisions; Per Se Limits; Risk Factors

$1,644,750

Sustaining and Expanding the Canadian Emergency Department Research Network to Improve Pandemic and Health Emergencies Preparedness

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Operating Grant: Pandemic Research Platforms Interim Funding - General

Principal investigators: Hohl, Corinne M; Moore, Kieran M; Rizzuti, Francesco A; Archambault, Patrick; Brooks, Steven C; Chandra, Kavish; Cheng, Ivy S; Fok, Patrick T; Grant, Jennifer; Janjua, Naveed Z; Jelic, Tomislav; Leeies, Murdoch A; Legault, Gabrielle; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; McRae, Andrew D; Morrison, Laurie J; Perry, Jeffrey J; Picard, Christopher T; Rosychuk, Rhonda J; Saxinger, Lynora; Stone-McLean, Jordan; Wiemer, Hana M

Keywords: Health Data; Health Emergencies Preparedness; Influenza; Observational Studies; Pandemic Preparedness; Surveillance

$3,000,000

The Toxic Drug Study: Clinical and toxicological profiles of people with unregulated drug poisoning.

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Brubacher, Jeffrey R

Keywords: Fentanyl; Opioids; Overdose; Sedatives; Stimulants; Toxicology; Unregulated Drugs

$1,602,675

Building Towards Action on Pressure Injury in Persons with Lived Experience of Spinal Cord Injury accessing the Emergency Department

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Banner-Lukaris, Davina J; Chernesky, John; Hawes, Spring

Keywords: Emergency Department; Knowledge Translation; Patient-Oriented Research; Pressure Injury; Spinal Cord Injury

$20,000

Co-creating a research roadmap for an innovative virtual health delivery model to recruit and retain health workforce in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities.

Co-investigatorHRBC2024Convening and Collaborating Award

Principal investigators: Singh, Anurag

Building capacity for a sustainable and equitable healthcare workforce in rural, remote and Indigenous communities by implementing innovative team-based hybrid care.

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: Strengthening the Health Workforce for System Transformation

Principal investigators: Singh, Anurag; Bickford, Julia J; Mah, John; Markham, Ray J; Ho, Kendall; Oelke, Nelly; Pawlovich, John

Keywords: Health Equity; Health Human Resource Recruitment And Retention; Health System Innovation; Hybrid Healthcare (Virtual + In-Person); Implementation Science; Indigenous Health; Interdisciplinary Team Based Care; Provider Burnout; Rural And Remote Communities; Virtual Care

$578,389

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Floyd Besserer

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A comparison of collision factors and toxicologic characteristics for rural and urban drivers presenting to the emergency department after a vehicular collision.

Prevalence of Impairing Substance Use in Injured Drivers.

Influence of cannabis and alcohol on motor vehicle injury severity in Canadian trauma centres: a prospective study.

Factors associated with frequent buprenorphine / naloxone initiation in a national survey of Canadian emergency physicians.

Prone Positioning of Ventilated Patients During Air Medical Evacuation: A Case Series.

The effect of sex and age on return of spontaneous circulation and survival to hospital discharge in patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective analysis of a Canadian population.

The relationship between no-flow interval and survival with favourable neurological outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Implications for outcomes and ECPR eligibility.

A Survey of the Public's Ability to Recognize and Willingness to Intervene in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest and Opioid Overdose.

Early advanced life support attendance is associated with improved survival and neurologic outcomes after non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a tiered prehospital response system.

The association between cannabis and motor vehicle collisions - looking beyond THC.

Sustaining and Expanding the Canadian Emergency Department Research Network to Improve Pandemic and Health Emergencies Preparedness

The Toxic Drug Study: Clinical and toxicological profiles of people with unregulated drug poisoning.

Building Towards Action on Pressure Injury in Persons with Lived Experience of Spinal Cord Injury accessing the Emergency Department

Co-creating a research roadmap for an innovative virtual health delivery model to recruit and retain health workforce in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities.

Building capacity for a sustainable and equitable healthcare workforce in rural, remote and Indigenous communities by implementing innovative team-based hybrid care.

Frequent collaborators

Brian Grunau

Raoul Daoust

Frank Scheuermeyer

Christian Vaillancourt

Brian Rowe

Eric Mercier

Marcel Émond

Andrew Kestler

Jeffrey Brubacher

Jacques Lee

Michelle Klaiman

Kathryn Dong

Jessica Moe

Steven Brooks

Aaron Orkin

Karin Humphries

Kathryn Crowder

Janusz Kaczorowski