Bjorn K. Peterson, MD
Research Investigator and Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
About

HealthPartners/Park Nicollet Medical Group title: Medical director, Lakeview Hospital Emergency Department, and assistant medical director, Regions Hospital Emergency Medical Services

Academic appointment: Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine

Joined the Institute: 2013

Education and training: MD, Loma Linda University School of Medicine; emergency medicine residency, Regions Hospital/HealthPartners; emergency medical services fellowship, Regions Hospital/HealthPartners.

Overview/research interests:

  • Airway management
  • Cardiac arrest resuscitation
  • Provider safety and behavioral sedation
  • Educational methodology

Current research activities and funding:

  • Established Status Epilepticus Treatment Trial (ESETT), Regions Hospital site PI – NIH funding via the NETT and PECARN research networks
  • Ketamine Optimal Restraint Dosing Study (KORDS) – funding pending
Publications While At HealthPartners
selected publications
Journal Article
  • Elimination of emergency department ambulance divert during the COVID-19 pandemic was not associated with an increase in the average number of ambulance arrivals per day. 
    Prehospital Emergency Care. 2024
  • Supraglottic airway devices are associated with asphyxial physiology after prolonged CPR in patients with refractory Out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest presenting for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 
    Resuscitation. 2023
  • The Minnesota mobile extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation consortium for treatment of out-of-hospital refractory ventricular fibrillation: program description, performance, and outcomes. 
    EClinicalMedicine. 2020
  • Intraosseous pressure monitoring in healthy volunteers. 
    Prehospital Emergency Care. 2017
  • The administration of pre-hospital ketamine for chemical restraint does not prolong on-scene times compared to haloperidol based sedation
    2015
  • The association between ketamine given for prehospital chemical restraint with intubation and hospital admission. 
    American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015
  • Longitudinal and regional trends in paramedic student exposure to advanced airway placement: 2001-2011. 
    Prehospital Emergency Care. 2013
    • Conference Poster
  • Prehospital ketamine for chemical restraint: administered dose vs intubation rate [poster]
    2014
  • An analysis of on-course emergencies requiring transport by stretcher capable ATV's from an extreme sporting event [poster]
    2013
  • Social networking websites and internet media as residency recruitment tools [poster]
    2010
    • Abstract
  • Characterization of injury at the Minnesota State Fair using geospatial information [abstract]. 
    Prehospital Emergency Care. 2017
  • Reduced-dose ketamine for emergent chemical restraint [abstract]. 
    Prehospital Emergency Care. 2017
  • Intraosseous pressure monitoring in healthy volunteers [abstract]. 
    Prehospital Emergency Care. 2016
  • Cadaver laboratory experience for teaching prehospital procedures to EMS fellows [abstract]. 
    Prehospital Emergency Care. 2014
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  • Specialty:  Emergency Medicine

    Title: Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

    Faculty Appointment: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School

    Education and Training:

    Fellowship – Regions Hospital Emergency Medical Services

    Residency – Regions Hospital Emergency Medicine

    Medical School – Loma Linda University School of Medicine

    Interests Specific to Education:

    Emergent airway management

    Cognitive bias and theory

    Cardiac arrest resuscitation

    Acute management of traumatic injuries

    Types of Learners Preferred:

    Residents

    Fellows

    Medical students (Year 3 or 4)

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