Faculty profile
James Christenson
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Research
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
Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
New England Journal of Medicine · 2016
Latest funding
- $569,926
Use of Artificial Intelligence Assistance to Accurately Recognize the Presence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Rapidly Initiate Life-Saving CPR Instructions During Conversations Between 9-1-1 Callers and Telecommunicators.
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $100,000
Empowering Communities to Save Lives: Optimizing the Neighbours Saving Neighbours Program for Cardiac Arrest Response
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $348,074
Real-World Validation of Machine Learning Algorithms for a Wearable Cardiac Arrest Detection System
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Use of Artificial Intelligence Assistance to Accurately Recognize the Presence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Rapidly Initiate Life-Saving CPR Instructions During Conversations Between 9-1-1 Callers and Telecommunicators.
Principal investigators: Vaillancourt, Christian
Keywords: 9-1-1 Communication Center; Agonal Breathing; Artificial Intelligence; Cardiac Arrest; Cardiac Arrest Recognition; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Large Language Model; Machine Learning; Prehospital
Empowering Communities to Save Lives: Optimizing the Neighbours Saving Neighbours Program for Cardiac Arrest Response
Principal investigators: Brooks, Steven C; BAYLES, Diana; Chan, Timothy; Cheskes, Sheldon; Christenson, James M; Dainty, Katie N; Morrison, Laurie J
Keywords: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Community Volunteer Responders; Cost-Effectiveness; Emergency Medical Dispatch; Emergency Medical Services; Emergency Services Delivery; Hybrid Implementation-Effectiveness Design; Optimization Modelling; Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest; Resuscitation Science
Real-World Validation of Machine Learning Algorithms for a Wearable Cardiac Arrest Detection System
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
Advancing Reconciliation and Health Equity in Emergency Medical Care in Remote First Nations across British Columbia
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
CanSAVE Strategic Symposium 2025: Accelerating Transformative Cardiac Arrest Innovation and Implementation
Principal investigators: Christenson, James M
Keywords: Cardiac Arrest; Out Of Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest; Resuscitation
Multi-Center Implementation of an Educational Program to Improve the Cardiac Arrest Diagnostic Accuracy of Ambulance Telecommunicators and Survival Outcomes for Sudden Cardiac Arrest Victims.
Principal investigators: Vaillancourt, Christian
Keywords: 9-1-1 Cpr Instructions; Agonal Breathing; Bystander Cpr; Cardiac Arrest
Exploring rural emergency health services innovation: A relational approach to change
Principal investigators: Oelke, Nelly; Pawlovich, John; Taylor, Deanne C
Keywords: Emergency Health Services; Innovation; Interprofessional Team; Medical Care; Nursing; Rural; Telehealth; Transport; Virtual Care
Real-Time Virtual Support: Advancing health equity in British Columbia through a partnership-based learning health system model
Principal investigators: Ho, Kendall; Ooms, Shana L
Keywords: Deliberative Dialogue; Learning Health System; Real-Time Virtual Support; Rural, Remote, Indigenous Health; Virtual Care
Opioid Overdose-Related Cardiac Arrest: What are the Best Interventions?
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
Neighbours saving Neighbours: Planning a community volunteer resuscitation program for victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Canada
Principal investigators: Brooks, Steven C; Acheson, Rob J
Keywords: Automated External Defibrillators; Cardiac Arrest; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Community Responders; Planning Meeting; Volunteers
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Paul Dorian and Sheldon Cheskes: 31 shared papers
- Steve Lin and Sheldon Cheskes: 22 shared papers
- Sheldon Cheskes and Christian Vaillancourt: 22 shared papers
- Paul Dorian and Steve Lin: 21 shared papers
- Brian Grunau and Sheldon Cheskes: 12 shared papers
- Paul Dorian and Christian Vaillancourt: 8 shared papers
- Brian Grunau and Christian Vaillancourt: 8 shared papers
- James Christenson and Christian Vaillancourt: 6 shared papers
- Steve Lin and Brian Grunau: 5 shared papers
- Michelle Welsford and Christian Vaillancourt: 3 shared papers
- James Christenson and Sheldon Cheskes: 3 shared papers
- Michelle Welsford and Paul Dorian: 2 shared papers
- Michelle Welsford and Brian Grunau: 2 shared papers
- Paul Dorian and James Christenson: 2 shared papers
- Michelle Welsford and James Christenson: 1 shared paper
- Steve Lin and James Christenson: 1 shared paper
- James Christenson and Brian Grunau: 1 shared paper
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medicine
- Cardiology
- Department of Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Christian Vaillancourt
Emergency Medicine
6 shared papers, latest 2017
Sheldon Cheskes
Emergency Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2016
Paul Dorian
Cardiology
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Brian Grunau
Department of Emergency Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Michelle Welsford
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Steve Lin
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2016
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