Introduction: Effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation
with appropriate airway management improves outcomes following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Historically, tracheal intubation has been accepted as the optimal form of OHCA airway manage...
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initial airway management of prehospital cardiac arrest (REVIVE-Airways): A feasibility study research protocol.
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A randomised trial comparing the clinical effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue injury management (2012)
Journal Article
Objectives: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of soft tissue injury management by emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) and extended scope physiotherapists (ESPs) compared to the routine care provided by doctors in a UK emergency department (ED).... Read More about A randomised trial comparing the clinical effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue injury management.
Can emergency care practitioners differentiate between an avoided emergency department attendance and an avoided admission? (2012)
Journal Article
Background: After a 999 call to the ambulance service, there is no 'gold standard' for determining whether the actions of an emergency care practitioner (ECP) result in a patient avoiding attendance at an emergency department (ED) or avoiding an admi... Read More about Can emergency care practitioners differentiate between an avoided emergency department attendance and an avoided admission?.
The National Falls and Bone Health Audit: Implications for UK emergency care (2012)
Journal Article
Introduction: The National Clinical Audit of Falls and Bone Health, coordinated by the Royal College of Physicians, assesses progress in implementing integrated falls services across the UK against national standards and enables benchmarking between... Read More about The National Falls and Bone Health Audit: Implications for UK emergency care.
Methods for evaluating cervical range of motion in trauma settings (2012)
Journal Article
Immobilisation of the cervical spine is a common procedure following traumatic injury. This is often precautionary as the actual incidence of spinal injury is low. Nonetheless, stabilisation of the head and neck is an important part of pre-hospital c... Read More about Methods for evaluating cervical range of motion in trauma settings.
Implementing emergency ambulance re-design (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CURE (Community Urgent Response Environment) (2012)
Journal Article
Airway management (2012)
Book Chapter
Implementation: The quality quandary (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Prediction in meningococcal disease:\newline A literature review (2011)
Journal Article
Meningococcal disease is a global burden with an estimated annual death rate of 170000 worldwide. The disease has an overall mortality greater than 10%. Despite these figures, several studies demonstrate that the management of children with severe me... Read More about Prediction in meningococcal disease:\newline A literature review.
Prehospital intubation in cardiac arrest: The debate continues (2011)
Journal Article
No abstract: this is an editorial
Airway management in the emergency department and remote hospital locations (2011)
Book Chapter
Portable treatment technologies for urgent care (2011)
Journal Article
Background: In recent years UK government policy has increased the provision of urgent care in the community. As part of this initiative the emergency ambulance service is gradually changing from an organisation designed to convey patients to hospita... Read More about Portable treatment technologies for urgent care.
Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia in UK emergency departments: A national census (2011)
Journal Article
Introduction: Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia and tracheal intubation (RSI) is an integral part of modern emergency care. Previously, emergency department (ED) RSI has been provided by anaesthetists, but UK emergency physicians are increasing... Read More about Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia in UK emergency departments: A national census.
‘Clearing’ the cervical spine in the unconscious trauma patient (2011)
Journal Article
This is a systemic review of the published evidence regarding cervical spine management in unconscious trauma patients. We examine the literature in the following sections: use of plain radiography; use of flexion/extenson views; use of computed tomo... Read More about ‘Clearing’ the cervical spine in the unconscious trauma patient.
The data vacuum in emergency and urgent care (2011)
Journal Article
Meningococcal disease in children: a clinical review (2011)
Journal Article
Violence in the emergency department (Editorial) (2011)
Journal Article