Research Associates (RA) Program in Emergency Medicine
St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport CT
Ferrigno RF, Bradley K, Werdmann MJ. A simple strategy for improving patient contact after ED discharge.
Am J Emerg Med. 2001 Jan; 19(1): 46-8.

Kdesh A, McPherson CA, Yaylali Y, Yasick D, Bradley K, Manthous CA. Effect of erythromycin on myocardial
repolarization in patients with community-acquired pneumonia. South Med J. 1999 Dec; 92(12): 1178-82

Sibley H, Bradley K, Cordone M, Werdmann M.  College research associates as screeners for women's
health issues in an urban community hospital.
abstract presentations at
  • Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians meeting, November 1998
  • named Best Oral Presentation
  • Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (regional) meeting, April, 1999
  • Partnerships for Health in the New Millenium: Launching Healthy People 2010, January, 2000
  • 8th International Conference on Emergency Medicine, May 2000

Cordone M, Bradley K, O'Connell M, Markarian M, Werdmann M.. "Firearms risk assessment screening by
college research associates in the emergency department."
abstract presentations at
  • American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, October, 1999
  • Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting, November 1999
  • 8th International Conference on Emergency Medicine, May 2000

Razzak J, Cordone M, Bradley K, Werdmann M. College research associates as screeners for
cardiovascular risk factors in an urban, community, teaching hospital emergency department.
abstract presentations at
  • Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting, November, 1999.
  • 8th International Conference on Emergency Medicine, May 2000

Bradley K, Cordone M.  Assessment of time factors related to cervical spine films taken during trauma
resuscitations.
abstract presentations at
  • Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting, November, 1999.
  • American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, October, 2001

Bradley K, O'Connell M, Werdmann M.  Influenza vaccinations in the elderly in a community-hospital
emergency department.
abstract presentation at
  • American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, October, 2001
Studies Completed through the RA Program at Bridgeport Hospital
183-98.

Edwards DJ, Richman PB, Bradley K, Eskin B, Mandell M. Parental use and
misuse of antibiotics: are there differences in urban vs. suburban settings?
Acad Emerg Med. 2002 Jan; 9(1): 22-6.

Zarich S, Bradley K, Seymour J, Ghali W, Traboulsi A, Mayall ID, Bernstein L.
Impact of troponin T determinations on hospital resource utilization and
costs in the evaluation of patients with suspected myocardial ischemia. Am
J Cardiol. 2001 Oct 1; 88(7): 732-6.