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Not all waits are equal: An exploratory investigation of emergency care patient pathways (2017)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Increasing survival after admission to UK critical care units following cardiopulmonary resuscitation (2016)
Journal Article
Nolan, J. P., Ferrando, P., Soar, J., Benger, J., Thomas, M., Harrison, D. A., & Perkins, G. D. (2016). Increasing survival after admission to UK critical care units following cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Critical Care, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1390-6

© 2016 The Author(s). Background: In recent years there have been many developments in post-resuscitation care. We have investigated trends in patient characteristics and outcome following admission to UK critical care units following cardiopulmonary... Read More about Increasing survival after admission to UK critical care units following cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

An exploration of the views of paramedics regarding airway management (2016)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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 non-traumatic abdominal pain: randomised trial (2015)
Journal Article
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.

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.

Airway management during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (2015)
Journal Article
Benger, J. R., Bernhard, M., & Benger, J. (2015). Airway management during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Current Opinion in Critical Care, 21(3), 183-187. https://doi.org/10.1097/MCC.0000000000000201

© 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. Purpose of review This article evaluates the latest scientific evidence regarding airway management during in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Recent findings In... Read More about Airway management during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Professionalism and care: The daily bread and butter of a paramedic attending patients who fall (2015)
Journal Article
Simmonds, B., Clarke, S., Bradley, R., Benger, J., & Gooberman-Hill, R. (2015). Professionalism and care: The daily bread and butter of a paramedic attending patients who fall. Emergency Medicine Journal, 32(5), e6.2-e6. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2015-204880.16

Falls occur increasingly frequently with age. 35% of people aged over 65 fall each year rising to 50% at age 85. Many patients fall repeatedly. 56% of patients attending an emergency department were recurrent fallers, and 55% of patients presenting w... Read More about Professionalism and care: The daily bread and butter of a paramedic attending patients who fall.

Paediatric ED reattendance rates: Comparing nurse practitioners and other clinicians (2015)
Journal Article
Lyttle, M. D., Benger, J. R., Feetham, J. E., Christian, W., Benger, J., Hoskins, R., …Lyttle, M. (2015). Paediatric ED reattendance rates: Comparing nurse practitioners and other clinicians. Emergency Medicine Journal, 32(5), 379-382. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2013-203514

Objective The aim of this project is to establish the unplanned reattendance rate for paediatric emergency nurse practitioners (PENPs) working in a designated paediatric emergency department (PED) while identifying the case mix of patients seen by PE... Read More about Paediatric ED reattendance rates: Comparing nurse practitioners and other clinicians.

Improving outcomes from out of hospital cardiac arrest: The Cardiac Arrest Individual Registry and Outcomes Programme (CAIRO) (2015)
Journal Article
Benger, J., Voss, S., & Thomas, M. (2015). Improving outcomes from out of hospital cardiac arrest: The Cardiac Arrest Individual Registry and Outcomes Programme (CAIRO). Emergency Medicine Journal, 32(6), e17-e17. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2015-204980.16

Background A cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops beating suddenly. It is one of the most extreme medical emergencies. 60,000 people suffer an out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the UK each year, with resuscitation attempted in less than... Read More about Improving outcomes from out of hospital cardiac arrest: The Cardiac Arrest Individual Registry and Outcomes Programme (CAIRO).

Does anaphylaxis masquerade as asthma in children? (2015)
Journal Article
Benger, J., Erlewyn-Lajeunesse, M., Sargant, N., Erlewyn-Lajeunesse, M., & Benger, J. (2015). Does anaphylaxis masquerade as asthma in children?. Emergency Medicine Journal, 32(1), 83-84. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2014-203603

Anaphylaxis in children presents most frequently with respiratory features, and concern exists about the potential for diagnostic confusion with acute asthma. 84 cases of asthma requiring intensive care were identified. 11 cases met exclusion criteri... Read More about Does anaphylaxis masquerade as asthma in children?.