Brodie Nolan
MD MSc
Biography
Dr. Nolan is the Director of FIRST60. Clinically, he is an emergency physician and trauma team leader at St. Michael’s Hospital and a transport medicine physician for Ornge. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Scientist in the Li Ka Shing Institute at Unity Health Toronto. Dr. Nolan also Chairs the Research and Scholarly Activities Committee at Ornge.
Dr. Nolan completed a Master of Science in clinical epidemiology and health care research where he focused on identifying delays during interfacility transfer of injured patients transported by air ambulance.
Dr. Nolan’s research interests are in trauma, prehospital care, transfusion and patient safety. His work focuses on improving timely access to trauma care for injured patients in Ontario and the role of the provincial air ambulance system. He is the PI on the SWiFT Canada study, exploring the efficacy of whole blood in the Canadian prehospital environment.
Expertise
Prehospital; Trauma; Trauma Systems; Transfusion; Patient Safety
Contact Information
brodie.nolan@unityhealth.to
@brodie_nolan
Graduate Students
Anisa Nazir, PhD Student, IMS, University of Toronto: Adverse Events in Trauma Care
Melissa O’Neill, PhD Student, IMS, University of Toronto: Prehospital Transfusion Score
Supervision
Dr. Nolan is currently accepting trainees to supervise, from undergraduate to postgraduate.
Publications
Development of a national out-of-hospital transfusion protocol: a modified RAND Delphi study. von Vopelius-Feldt J, Lockwood J, Mal S, Beckett A, Callum J, Greene A, Grushka J, Khandelwal A, Lin Y, Nahirniak S, Pavenski K, Peddle M, Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Regehr J, Schmid J, Shih AW, Smith JA, Trojanowski J, Vu E, Ziesmann M, Nolan B. CMAJ Open. 2023 Jun 27;11(3):E546-E559.
A descriptive analysis of the Canadian prehospital and transport transfusion (CAN-PATT) network. Greene A, Trojanowski J, Shih AW, Evans R, Chang E, Nahirniak S, Pearson D, Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Martin D, Musuka C, Seidl C, Peddle M, Lin Y, Smith JA, MacDonald S, Richards L, Farrell M, Nolan B. Resusc Plus. 2023 Jan 11;13:100357.
Introducing the Safety Threats and Adverse events in Trauma (STAT) taxonomy: standardized classification system for evaluating safety during trauma resuscitation. Baletic N, Riggs J, Lebovic G, Petrosoniak A, Dumas RP, Nolan B. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2022 Dec;48(6):4775-4781.
To view more of Dr. Nolan’s publications, visit ORCiD or ResearchGate.
Current Projects
Prehospital:
Disclosure training in paramedicine
Use of fixed-wing modified scene air ambulance responses for injured patients in Northern Ontario: A pilot study
Cross Sectional descriptive analysis of Canadian prehospital trauma triage
Prehospital, Transfusion:
Out-of-hospital transfusion protocols among Canadian critical care transport organizations
Pre-hospital prediction of acute blood transfusion In trauma (PTP Score)
CAN-PATT: Rationale, development and feasibility of a prehospital transfusion registry
Prehospital usage of fibrinogen concentrate in trauma patients: A systematic review
Trauma:
A Prospective Observational study of Safety Threats and Adverse events in Trauma (PrO-STAT): A Pilot Study
Field trauma triage criteria associated with need for dedicated trauma centre care: A single centre retrospective cohort study
Initial fibrinogen levels in massively bleeding trauma patients: A retrospective cohort study
Blood transfusion requirements in gunshot victims in Toronto
Viscoelastic testing at Canadian trauma centres: A cross‐sectional survey of current practices, barriers, and facilitators
Survival predictors following resuscitative thoracotomy in trauma: A systematic review and meta-analysis
AI in Trauma: Scoping Review
A retrospective review Of adherence to regional ROTEM standards in the care of trauma patients