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The impact of emergency department patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) on the incidence of chronic pain following trauma and non-traumatic abdominal pain (2018)
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Rockett, M., Creanor, S., Squire, R., Barton, A., Benger, J., Cocking, L., …Smith, J. E. (2019). The impact of emergency department patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) on the incidence of chronic pain following trauma and non-traumatic abdominal pain. Anaesthesia, 74(1), 69-73. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.14476

© 2018 The Authors. Anaesthesia published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Association of Anaesthetists. The effect of patient-controlled analgesia during the emergency phase of care on the prevalence of persistent pain is unkown. We studied i... Read More about The impact of emergency department patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) on the incidence of chronic pain following trauma and non-traumatic abdominal pain.

General practitioners and emergency departments (GPED) - Efficient models of care: A mixed-methods study protocol (2018)
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Morton, K., Brandling, J., Benger, J., Gibson, A., & Voss, S. (2018). General practitioners and emergency departments (GPED) - Efficient models of care: A mixed-methods study protocol. BMJ Open, 8(10), e024012. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024012

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. Introduction Pressure continues to grow on emergency departments in the UK and throughout the world, with declining performance and adverse effects on patient ou... Read More about General practitioners and emergency departments (GPED) - Efficient models of care: A mixed-methods study protocol.

Randomised controlled trial of the Limit of Detection of Troponin and ECG Discharge (LoDED) strategy versus usual care in adult patients with chest pain attending the emergency department: Study protocol (2018)
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Carlton, E., Campbell, S., Ingram, J., Kandiyali, R., Taylor, H., Aziz, S., …Benger, J. R. (2018). Randomised controlled trial of the Limit of Detection of Troponin and ECG Discharge (LoDED) strategy versus usual care in adult patients with chest pain attending the emergency department: Study protocol. BMJ Open, 8(10), e025339. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025339

© 2018 Author(s). Published by BMJ. Introduction Observational data suggest a single high-sensitivity troponin blood test taken at emergency department (ED) presentation could be used to rule out major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in 10%-60% of ED p... Read More about Randomised controlled trial of the Limit of Detection of Troponin and ECG Discharge (LoDED) strategy versus usual care in adult patients with chest pain attending the emergency department: Study protocol.

Effect of a strategy of a supraglottic airway device vs tracheal intubation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest on functional outcome the AIRWAYS-2 randomized clinical trial (2018)
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Benger, J. R., Kirby, K., Black, S., Brett, S. J., Clout, M., Lazaroo, M. J., …Rogers, C. A. (2018). Effect of a strategy of a supraglottic airway device vs tracheal intubation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest on functional outcome the AIRWAYS-2 randomized clinical trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 320(8), 779-791. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.11597

© 2018 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. IMPORTANCE The optimal approach to airway management during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is unknown. OBJECTIVE To determine whether a supraglottic airway device (SGA) is superior to tracheal... Read More about Effect of a strategy of a supraglottic airway device vs tracheal intubation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest on functional outcome the AIRWAYS-2 randomized clinical trial.

How do people with dementia use the ambulance service? A retrospective study in England: The HOMEWARD project (2018)
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Voss, S., Brandling, J., Taylor, H., Black, S., Buswell, M., Cheston, R., …Benger, J. R. (2018). How do people with dementia use the ambulance service? A retrospective study in England: The HOMEWARD project. BMJ Open, 8(7), e022549. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022549

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. Objectives An increasing number of older people are calling ambulances and presenting to accident and emergency departments. The presence of comorbidities and de... Read More about How do people with dementia use the ambulance service? A retrospective study in England: The HOMEWARD project.

Paramedic views regarding clinical research in out of hospital cardiac arrest (2018)
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Rhys, M., Voss, S., Davies, S. E., Coates, D., & Benger, J. (2018). Paramedic views regarding clinical research in out of hospital cardiac arrest. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 10(5), 211-215. https://doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2018.10.5.211

Background: The success of pre-hospital research relies on positive engagement from paramedics. Without adequate participation and protocol compliance trials will not succeed. Aims: To seek feedback from paramedics about trial participation and d... Read More about Paramedic views regarding clinical research in out of hospital cardiac arrest.

Carer and clinician perceptions of the use of emergency medical services by people with dementia: A qualitative study (2018)
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Voss, S., Brandling, J., Black, S., Cheston, R., Cullum, S., Iliffe, S., …Benger, J. (2018). Carer and clinician perceptions of the use of emergency medical services by people with dementia: A qualitative study. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 20, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423618000191

A growing number of older people are accessing emergency medical services (EMS), and many calls to EMS are made by, or on behalf of, people with dementia. Their needs are frequently complex, however EMS staff are often given minimal guidance on ensu... Read More about Carer and clinician perceptions of the use of emergency medical services by people with dementia: A qualitative study.

The psychological health and well-being of emergency medicine consultants in the UK (2017)
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Fitzgerald, K., Yates, P., Benger, J., & Harris, A. (2017). The psychological health and well-being of emergency medicine consultants in the UK. Emergency Medicine Journal, 34(7), 430-435. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2015-205246

© 2017 Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/. Objective To explore the experience of psychologi... Read More about The psychological health and well-being of emergency medicine consultants in the UK.

Not all waits are equal: An exploratory investigation of emergency care patient pathways (2017)
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Swancutt, D., Joel-Edgar, S., Allen, M., Thomas, D., Brant, H., Benger, J., …Pinkney, J. (2017). Not all waits are equal: An exploratory investigation of emergency care patient pathways. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1), 436. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2349-2

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Increasing pressure in the United Kingdom (UK) urgent care system has led to Emergency Departments (EDs) failing to meet the national requirement that 95% of patients are admitted, discharged or transferred within 4-... Read More about Not all waits are equal: An exploratory investigation of emergency care patient pathways.

Prehospital critical care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational study examining survival and a stakeholder-focused cost analysis (2016)
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von Vopelius-Feldt, J., Powell, J., Morris, R., & Benger, J. (2016). Prehospital critical care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational study examining survival and a stakeholder-focused cost analysis. BMC Emergency Medicine, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-016-0109-y

© 2016 The Author(s). Background: Survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remain low, despite remarkable efforts to improve care. A number of ambulance services in the United Kingdom (UK) have developed prehospital critical care tea... Read More about Prehospital critical care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational study examining survival and a stakeholder-focused cost analysis.

Design and implementation of the AIRWAYS-2 trial: A multi-centre cluster randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of the i-gel supraglottic airway device versus tracheal intubation in the initial airway management of out of hospital cardiac arrest (2016)
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Benger, J. R., Taylor, J., Black, S., J. Brett, S., Kirby, K., Nolan, J. P., …Benger, J. (2016). Design and implementation of the AIRWAYS-2 trial: A multi-centre cluster randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of the i-gel supraglottic airway device versus tracheal intubation in the initial airway management of out of hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation, 109, 25-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.09.016

© 2016 Health outcomes after out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are extremely poor, with only 7–9% of patients in the United Kingdom (UK) surviving to hospital discharge. Currently emergency medical services (EMS) use either tracheal intubation or... Read More about Design and implementation of the AIRWAYS-2 trial: A multi-centre cluster randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of the i-gel supraglottic airway device versus tracheal intubation in the initial airway management of out of hospital cardiac arrest.

Psychological wellbeing in survivors of cardiac arrest, and its relationship to neurocognitive function (2016)
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Davies, S. E., Rhys, M., Voss, S., Greenwood, R., Thomas, M., & Benger, J. R. (2017). Psychological wellbeing in survivors of cardiac arrest, and its relationship to neurocognitive function. Resuscitation, 111, 22-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.11.004

© 2016 Objective To characterise psychological wellbeing in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and examine its relationship to cognitive function. Patients Forty-one highly functioning cardiac arrest survivors were drawn from the fol... Read More about Psychological wellbeing in survivors of cardiac arrest, and its relationship to neurocognitive function.

An exploration of the views of paramedics regarding airway management (2016)
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Brandling, J., Rhys, M., Thomas, M., Voss, S., Davies, S. E., & Benger, J. (2016). An exploration of the views of paramedics regarding airway management. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 24(1), 56. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-016-0243-2

© 2016 Brandling et al. Background: Paramedics are a skilled group of clinicians with expertise in airway management. Our research group has completed a trial comparing supraglottic airway devices with tracheal intubation during out of hospital cardi... Read More about An exploration of the views of paramedics regarding airway management.

Management of cardiac arrest survivors in UK intensive care units: a survey of practice (2016)
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Ford, A. H., Clark, T., Reynolds, E. C., Ross, C., Shelley, K., Simmonds, L., …Thomas, M. (2016). Management of cardiac arrest survivors in UK intensive care units: a survey of practice. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 17(2), 117-121. https://doi.org/10.1177/1751143715615151

© 2015, © The Intensive Care Society 2015. Background: Cardiac arrest is a common presentation to intensive care units. There is evidence that management protocols between hospitals differ and that this variation is mirrored in patient outcomes betwe... Read More about Management of cardiac arrest survivors in UK intensive care units: a survey of practice.

Postural modification to the standard Valsalva manoeuvre for emergency treatment of supraventricular tachycardias (REVERT): A randomised controlled trial (2015)
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Appelboam, A., Reuben, A., Mann, C., Gagg, J., Ewings, P., Barton, A., …Benger, J. (2015). Postural modification to the standard Valsalva manoeuvre for emergency treatment of supraventricular tachycardias (REVERT): A randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 386(10005), 1747-1753. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2815%2961485-4

© 2015 Appelboam et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-ND-NC. Background The Valsalva manoeuvre is an internationally recommended treatment for supraventricular tachycardia, but cardioversion is rare in practice (5-20%), nec... Read More about Postural modification to the standard Valsalva manoeuvre for emergency treatment of supraventricular tachycardias (REVERT): A randomised controlled trial.

Evaluation of an intervention to reduce tidal volumes in ventilated ICU patients (2015)
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Bourdeaux, C. P., Birnie, K., Trickey, A., Thomas, M. J., Sterne, J., Donovan, J. L., …Gould, T. H. (2015). Evaluation of an intervention to reduce tidal volumes in ventilated ICU patients. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 115(2), 244-251. https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aev110

Background There is considerable evidence that the use of tidal volumes < 6 ml kg−1 predicted body weight (PBW) reduces mortality in mechanically ventilated patients. We evaluated the effectiveness of using a large screen displaying delivered tidal... Read More about Evaluation of an intervention to reduce tidal volumes in ventilated ICU patients.

PAin SoluTions In the Emergency Setting (PASTIES)--patient controlled analgesia versus routine care in emergency department patients with pain from traumatic injuries: randomised trial (2015)
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S, S. C., Smith, J. E., Rockett, M., Creanor, S., Squire, R., Hayward, C., …Benger, J. (2015). PAin SoluTions In the Emergency Setting (PASTIES)--patient controlled analgesia versus routine care in emergency department patients with pain from traumatic injuries: randomised trial. BMJ, 350(h2988), h2988. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h2988

© Smith et al 2015. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether patient controlled analgesia (PCA) is better than routine care in patients presenting to emergency departments with moderate to severe pain from traumatic injuries.DESIGN: Pragmatic, multicentre, pa... Read More about PAin SoluTions In the Emergency Setting (PASTIES)--patient controlled analgesia versus routine care in emergency department patients with pain from traumatic injuries: randomised trial.

PAin SoluTions In the Emergency Setting (PASTIES)--patient controlled analgesia versus routine care in emergency department patients with non-traumatic abdominal pain: randomised trial (2015)
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Smith, J. E., Rockett, M., Creanor, S., Squire, R., Hayward, C., Ewings, P., …Benger, J. (2015). PAin SoluTions In the Emergency Setting (PASTIES)--patient controlled analgesia versus routine care in emergency department patients with non-traumatic abdominal pain: randomised trial. BMJ, 350(h3147), h3147. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h3147

© Smith et al 2015. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether patient controlled analgesia (PCA) is better than routine care in providing effective analgesia for patients presenting to emergency departments with moderate to severe non-traumatic abdominal pain.... Read More about PAin SoluTions In the Emergency Setting (PASTIES)--patient controlled analgesia versus routine care in emergency department patients with non-traumatic abdominal pain: randomised trial.