Elizabeth Bridges, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN Associate Professor Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems 357266 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Email Address: ebridges@u.washington.edu

Dr Bridges is also the Clinical Nurse Researcher – University of Washington Medical Center. Research: Her research investigates the care of critically ill/injured patients in unique and austere environments, to include long distance military aeromedical transport and the performance and integration of hemodynamic data into the care of critically ill patients. She also conducts educational research regarding the use of simulation and the preparation of nurses to provide care in austere or deployed environments.

Teaching: Dr Bridges teaches the critical care nursing seminar. She also guest lectures in areas related to hospital-based disaster response and the performance of clinical research/evidence-based practice by bedside nurses.

Service: Dr Bridges serves as an advisor to the TriService Nursing Research Program, she is a co-editor of the textbook Cardiac Nursing, 5th edition, and serves as a consultant for military nurse researchers/clinicians on a number of topics related to operational healthcare and international disaster response.

Current Projects

• Combat Casualty Care: Integrative Review and Validation of Nursing Competencies  (Principal Investigator)
• Guided Resuscitation of Casualties Across Care Continuum (Principal Investigator)
• Public Health Nursing Education in Disaster and Environmental Health Nursing  (Key Personnel)
• Wartime Critical Care Air Support (Principal Investigator)

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