Paul Enarson

MD, PhD, FRCPC

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Emergency Physician, Education Lead, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, BC Children's Hospital

My research interests involve both sepsis and quality assurance in the emergency department.

Sepsis is a term used to describe what happens when the body mounts an inflammatory response to an infection. In fact, this response is what often does more damage to a patient, rather than the infection itself. My research interest with respect to sepsis is to try and determine early on which patient is going to have a minimal response and which patient is going to have a catastrophic response leading to shock.

In addition, I have an interest in how we sedate patients in the emergency room when painful procedures are required. I currently am involved in implementing new, and hopefully better, medications for this and studying their implementation to ensure that they are safe and effective in for use in the emergency room.