François de Champlain
Associate Professor
B.Eng., MD, FRCPC
Université de Montréal
McGill University
Cardiac arrest
ECMO
Trauma
EMS/Critical care transport
Mass Gathering Medicine
Dr. François de Champlain completed his speciality in Emergency Medicine in 2003 at McGill University in Quebec, Canada. Since then, he has been working as an Emergency Physician and Trauma Team Leader at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). He completed a clinical research training with Harvard Medical School and is currently completing a Master in Health Leadership (IMHL) at McGill University. His main areas of expertise are EMS, Mass Gathering events, Disaster Preparedness, Trauma and Resuscitation. He has been involved with Urgences-santé (Montreal EMS) as Assistant Medical Director and now serves on the Collège des Médecins EMS provincial advisory committee. Over the years, he has been the Medical Director for numerous endurance sporting events including the Montreal ITU Triathlon, the Mont-Tremblant IRONMAN and the Montreal Marathon. He is the Founding President of the Jacques de Champlain Foundation, promoting and facilitating public access to defibrillators (AEDs) as well as the creation of a provincial registry for their location. Since 2016, he has been a member of the MUHC ECMO committee and participated to the implementation of an in-hospital ECPR program.
Strategies to increase cardiac arrest survival such as increase public use of AEDs.
Homier V, de Champlain F, Nolan M, Fleet R. Identification of Swimmers in Distress Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Experience at the Mont-Tremblant IRONMAN Triathlon. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2019 Aug 20:1-10. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2019.1657211.
Maghraby NHM, de Champlain F. Massive Facial Bleeding with an Implanted Orbital Penetrating Foreign Body in an Elderly Patient on a Novel Oral Anticoagulant. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2019; 4:1672. ISSN: 2474-1655.
Cournoyer A, Notebaert É, Cossette S, Londei-Leduc L, de Montigny L, Ross D, Lamarche Y, Potter B, Vadeboncoeur A, Daoust R, Sokoloff C, Albert M, Bernard F, Morris J, Paquet J, Chauny JM, Iseppon M, Marquis M, de Champlain F, Cavayas YA, Denault A. The prognostic significance of repeated prehospital defibrillations for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2018. Nov 8:1-9.
Neves Briard J, Grou-Boileau F, El Bashtaly A, Spenard C, de Champlain F, Homier V. Automated external defibrillator geolocalization with a mobile app, emergency medical dispatcher assistance or no assistance: A pilot randomized controlled simulation (AED G-MAP). Prehosp Emerg Care. 2019;23(3):420-9.
Neves Briard J, de Montigny L, Ross D, de Champlain F, Segal E. Is distance to the nearest registered public automated defibrillator associated with the probability of bystander shock for victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? Prehospital Disaster Medicine. 2018;13:1-7.
Cournoyer, A, Notebaert É, de Montigny L, Ross D, Cossette S, Londei-Leduc L, Iseppon M, Lamarche Y, Sokoloff C, Potter BJ, Vadeboncoeur A, Larose D, Morris J, Daoust R, Chauny JM, Piette É, Paquet J, Cavayas YA, de Champlain F, Segal E, Albert M, Guertin MC, Denault A. Impact of the Direct Transfer to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention-Capable Hospitals on Survival to Hospital Discharge for Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Resuscitation. 2018;2;125:28-33.
Fakhraldeen M, Segal E, de Champlain F. Effect of the use of ambulance-based thrombolysis on time to thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke: a randomized clinical trial. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015;17(6):709-12.
Migneault D, Levine Z, de Champlain F. An unusual presentation of a massive pulmonary embolism with misleading investigation results treated with tenecteplase. Case Rep Emerg Med. 2015;2015:868519.
de Champlain F, Boothroyd LJ, Vadeboncoeur A, Huynh T, Nguyen V, Eisenberg MJ, Joseph L, Boivin JF, Segal E. Computerized interpretation of the prehospital electrocardiogram: predictive value for st segment elevation myocardial infarction and impact on on-scene time. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2013;15(0):1-12.
Boothroyd LJ, Segal E, Bogaty P, Nasmith J, Eisenberg MJ, Boivin JF, Vadeboncœur A, de Champlain F. Information on myocardial ischemia and arrhythmias added by prehospital electrocardiograms. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2013;17(2):187-92.