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Christian Vaillancourt

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Clinical ProfessorEmergency MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

Christian Vaillancourt

Clinical Professor

Emergency Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Clinical faculty often co-supervise; many graduate programs need a core faculty member as the main supervisor.
45 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 14 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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119

Publications

1,151

Citations

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Ottawa profile.

Agonal Breathing Cardiac Arrest Artificial Intelligence 9-1-1 Communication Center Cardiac Arrest Recognition Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Large Language Model Machine Learning

Latest papers

Does arterial line placement affect outcomes in patients with shock?
CJEM · 2026 · senior author
Human vs. artificial intelligence in medical charting: a comparative study in the simulated emergency medicine context.
CJEM · 2026 · senior author
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

All 119 publications

Latest funding

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 · Nominated PI
$440,000
Rapid prehospital Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, A Novel Intervention for the Management of out-of-hospital cardiac Arrest: pilot randomized-controlled Trial Evaluation (REANIMATE-1)
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,334,924
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 · Nominated PI
$569,926

All 19 grants and awards

119 publications.

Does arterial line placement affect outcomes in patients with shock?

Van Dusen M, Durr K, Vaillancourt C

CJEM2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01191-6 PMID: 42258033

Human vs. artificial intelligence in medical charting: a comparative study in the simulated emergency medicine context.

Lipinski M, Smith E, Vaillancourt C

CJEM2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01141-2 PMID: 41917375

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 prevention2026

DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2026.2628945 PMID: 41941750

Planning the development of an AI-driven decision support architecture for the recognition of sudden cardiac arrest by 9-1-1 telecommunicators: report of a community engagement and brainstorming meeting.

Vaillancourt C, Leduc S, Naidoo S, Charette M, Phillip Nicholson J, Church M, Michalowshi W, Viktor H, Khodaee P, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Moore S, Cheskes S, Furlong G, Power R, Giffen R, Pierce D, Feldman M, Dainty KN

CJEM2026First author

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01232-0 PMID: 42584805

Out-of-office, into manuscripts: how writing retreats fuel emergency medicine scholarship.

Perry JJ, Vaillancourt C, Yadav K, Eagles D, Stiell I

CJEM2026

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01106-5 PMID: 41627614

Barriers and facilitators to developing and implementing artificial intelligence-based clinical decision support in the emergency department: a qualitative study.

Kareemi H, Colak A, Yadav K, Michalowski W, Vaillancourt C

CJEM2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01189-0 PMID: 42329568

Evaluation of injury prevention interventions using the stepped wedge cluster randomised trial design: key considerations.

Ouyang Y, Vaillancourt C, Heath A, Taljaard M, Macarthur C

Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention2026

DOI: 10.1136/ip-2025-045788 PMID: 41047171

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 Prevention2025

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

A research grid to support clinician scientists in your emergency department.

Perry JJ, Vaillancourt C, Yadav K, Hebert G, Cheung WJ, Eagles D, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Geymonat C, Stiell IG

CJEM2025

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00857-3 PMID: 40042778

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 open2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.6379 PMID: 40261650

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Agonal Breathing Dear Professor Vaillancourt, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Does arterial line placement affect outcomes in patients with shock?" (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "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" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Christian Vaillancourt

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Does arterial line placement affect outcomes in patients with shock?

Human vs. artificial intelligence in medical charting: a comparative study in the simulated emergency medicine context.

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

Planning the development of an AI-driven decision support architecture for the recognition of sudden cardiac arrest by 9-1-1 telecommunicators: report of a community engagement and brainstorming meeting.

Out-of-office, into manuscripts: how writing retreats fuel emergency medicine scholarship.

Barriers and facilitators to developing and implementing artificial intelligence-based clinical decision support in the emergency department: a qualitative study.

Evaluation of injury prevention interventions using the stepped wedge cluster randomised trial design: key considerations.

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

A research grid to support clinician scientists in your emergency department.

Prevalence of Impairing Substance Use in Injured Drivers.

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