Steven C. Brooks MD, MHSc, FRCPC

Associate Professor

Dr. Brooks is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Public Health Sciences at Queen’s University in Kingston.  His main research focus is cardiac arrest and resuscitation with a specific focus around technology solutions.  He studies innovative ways to optimize the community response to cardiac arrest.  Current projects include a randomized controlled trial to evaluate a mobile crowdsourcing application for basic life support during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and a study to test the feasibility of a novel “neighbours saving neighbours” community first responder model.  More recently, Dr. Brooks has taken a leadership role in the development of a national COVID-19 emergency department registry called The Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN).

Dr. Brooks is the Chair of the Science Subcommittee of the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Committee.  Dr. Brooks has participated in the creation of international cardiac arrest guidelines for over two decades and continues to play a leadership role in synthesizing evidence to practice. 

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.

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