Factors associated with participation in an emergency department–based take-home naloxone program for at-risk opioid users

A Kestler, J Buxton, G Meckling, A Giesler… - Annals of emergency …, 2017 - Elsevier
Study objective Although the World Health Organization recommends take-home naloxone
to address the increasing global burden of opioid-related deaths, few emergency …

Building local legitimacy into corporate social responsibility: Gold mining firms in developing nations

B Gifford, A Kestler, S Anand - Journal of World business, 2010 - Elsevier
A transnational model of global strategy suggests that multi-national enterprises generally
rely on proven global capabilities to adapt existing business models. Alternatively, this paper …

[HTML][HTML] Experiences of people with opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

…, J Moe, I Miles, D Tobin, S Grier, E Garrod, A Kestler - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Aim To capture pandemic experiences of people with opioid use disorder (OUD) to better
inform the programs that serve them. Design We designed, conducted, and analyzed semi-…

Safety of a brief emergency department observation protocol for patients with presumed fentanyl overdose

…, C DeWitt, J Christenson, B Grunau, A Kestler… - Annals of Emergency …, 2018 - Elsevier
Study objective Fentanyl overdoses are increasing and few data guide emergency department
(ED) management. We evaluate the safety of an ED protocol for patients with presumed …

[HTML][HTML] Perceptions of short-term medical volunteer work: a qualitative study in Guatemala

T Green, H Green, J Scandlyn, A Kestler - Globalization and health, 2009 - Springer
Background Each year medical providers from wealthy countries participate in short-term
medical volunteer work in resource-poor countries. Various authors have raised concern that …

Toward a theory of local legitimacy by MNEs in developing nations: Newmont mining and health sustainable development in Peru

B Gifford, A Kestler - Journal of International Management, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper describes a current initiative by Newmont Mining Corporation (Newmont) to
develop sustainable community benefit in communities around its mining operations in Peru in …

Training hospital providers in basic CPR skills in Botswana: acquisition, retention and impact of novel training techniques

…, N Shilkofski, JR Boulet, A Davis, AM Kestler… - Resuscitation, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Globally, one third of deaths each year are from cardiovascular diseases, yet
no strong evidence supports any specific method of CPR instruction in a resource-limited …

[HTML][HTML] Blunt abdominal trauma patients are at very low risk for intra-abdominal injury after emergency department observation

JL Kendall, AM Kestler, KT Whitaker… - Western Journal of …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods This was a retrospective cohort study performed at an urban level 1 trauma center
and included all BAT patients admitted to an ED observation unit as part of a BAT key clinical …

Emergency department–initiated interventions for patients with opioid use disorder: a systematic review

…, AM Orkin, K Dong, R Daoust, A Kestler - Academic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The opioid crisis has risen dramatically in North America in the new millennium,
due to both illegal and prescription opioid use. While emergency departments (EDs) …

Reduced overtriage and undertriage with a new triage system in an urban accident and emergency department in Botswana: a cohort study

…, SB Torrey, A Chandra, N Caruso, A Kestler - Emergency Medicine …, 2014 - emj.bmj.com
Background Improvements in triage have demonstrated improved clinical outcomes in
resource-limited settings. In 2009, the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the Princess …