2019 Peer reviewed research publications

Published online in 2019

  1. Alqahtani S, Nehme Z, Williams B, Bernard S, Smith K. Long-term trends in the epidemiology of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest precipitated by suspected drug overdose. Resuscitation. 2019;144:17-24.
  2. Alqahtani S, Nehme Z, Williams B, Bernard S, Smith K. Temporal Trends in the Incidence, Characteristics, and Outcomes of Hanging-Related Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2020;24(3):369-77.
  3. Alqahtani S, Nehme Z, Williams B, Smith K. Emergency medical services and cardiac arrest from drug overdose: a protocol for a systematic review of incidence and survival outcomes. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. 2019;17(4):500-6.
  4. Alqahtani S, Nehme Z, Williams B, Smith K. The incidence and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest precipitated by drug overdose. A systematic review and meta-analysis. Resuscitation. 2019; 134: 10-18
  5. Alqudah Z, Nehme Z, Williams B, Oteir A, Bernard S, Smith K. A descriptive analysis of the epidemiology and management of paediatric traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2019;140:127-34.
  6. Alrawashdeh A, Nehme Z, Williams B, Stub D. Emergency medical service delays in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A meta-analysis. Heart. 2020;106(5):365-73.
  7. Alrawashdeh A, Nehme Z, Williams B, Stub D. Review article: Impact of 12-lead electrocardiography system of care on emergency medical service delays in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2019;31(5):702-9.
  8. Andrew E, Nehme Z, Cameron P, Smith K. Drivers of increasing emergency ambulance demand. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2020;24(3):385.
  9. Arunogiri S, Moayeri F, Crossin R, Killian JJ, Smith K, Scott D, Lubman DI. Trends in gamma-hydroxybutyrate-related harms based on ambulance attendances from 2012 to 2018 in Victoria, Australia. Addiction. 2020;115(3):473-9.
  10. Bagot K, Moloczij N, Arthurson L, Hair C, Hancock S, Bladin CF, Cadilhac DA. Nurses’ Role in Implementing and Sustaining Acute Telemedicine: A Mixed-Methods, Pre-Post Design Using an Extended Technology Acceptance Model. Journal of Nursing Scholarships. 2020;52(1):34-46.
  11. Beck B, Smith K, Mercier E, Bernard S, Jones C, Meadley B, Clair TS, Jennings PA, Nehme Z, Burke M, Bassed R, Fitzgerald M, Judson R, Teague W, Mitra B, Mathew J, Buck A, Varma D, Gabbe B, Bray J, McLellan S, Ford J, Siedenburg J, Cameron P. Potentially preventable trauma deaths: A retrospective review. Injury. 2019;50(5):1009-16.
  12. Beck B, Smith K, Mercier E, Gabbe B, Bassed R, Mitra B, Teague W, Siedenburg J, McLellan S, Cameron P. Differences in the epidemiology of out-of-hospital and in-hospital trauma deaths. PLoS ONE. 2019;14(6):e0217158.
  13. Biswas S, Dinh D, Lucas M, Duffy SJ, Brennan A, Liew D, Cox N, Smith K, Andrew E, Nehme Z, Reid CM, Lefkovits J, Stub D. Impact of limited English proficiency on presentation and clinical outcomes of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention. European Heart Journal - Quality Care and Clinical Outcomes. 2020;6(4):254-62.
  14. Borg K, Wright B, Sannen L, Dumas D, Walker T, Bragge P. Ambulances are for emergencies: shifting attitudes through a research-informed behaviour change campaign. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2019;17(1):31.
  15. Bray JE, Smith K, Hein C, Finn J, Stephenson M, Cameron P, Stub D, Perkins GD, Grantham H, Bailey P, Brink D, Dodge N, Bernard S. The EXACT protocol: A multi-centre, single-blind, randomised, parallel-group, controlled trial to determine whether early oxygen titration improves survival to hospital discharge in adult OHCA patients. Resuscitation. 2019;139:208-13.
  16. Colbeck M, Swain A, Gibson J, Parker L, Bailey P, Burke P, Caffey M, Kinnear F. Australasian paramedic clinical practice guidelines for managing cardiac arrest: an appraisal. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 2019;16.
  17. Coomber K, Curtis A, Vandenberg B, Miller PG, Heilbronn C, Matthews S, Smith K, Wilson J, Moayeri F, Mayshak R, Lubman DI, Scott D. Aggression and violence at ambulance attendances where alcohol, illicit and/or pharmaceutical drugs were recorded: A 5-year study of ambulance records in Victoria, Australia. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2019;205:107685.
  18. Costello BT, Stub D, Hare J, Ellims AH, Wang X, Smith K, Bernard S, Nehme Z, Stephenson M, Bray JE, Cameron P, Barger B, Meredith IT, Kaye DM, Iles L, Taylor AJ. Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Myocardial Scarring With Biomarker Release Following S-T Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Heart Lung and Circulation. 2019;28(3):397-405.
  19. Cudini D, Smith K, Bernard S, Stephenson M, Andrew E, Cameron P, Lum M, Udy A. Can pre-hospital administration reduce time to initial antibiotic therapy in septic patients? Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2019;31(4):669-72.
  20. Curtis A, Droste N, Coomber K, Guadagno B, Mayshak R, Hyder S, Hayley A, Crossin R, Scott D, Smith K, Miller PG. The Impact of Twenty Four-Hour Public Transport in Melbourne, Australia: An Evaluation of Alcohol-Related Harms. Journal of Studies in Alcohol and Drugs. 2019;80(3):314-8.
  21. Dolerenzo A, Nehme Z, Yates J, Bernard S, Smith K. Double sequential external defibrillation for refractory ventricular fibrillation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Resuscitation. 2019; 135: 124-129
  22. Dunn MS, Beck B, Simpson PM, Cameron PA, Kennedy M, Maiden M, Judson R, Gabbe BJ. Comparing the outcomes of isolated, serious traumatic brain injury in older adults managed at major trauma centres and neurosurgical services: A registry-based cohort study. Injury. 2019;50(9):1534-9.
  23. Dyson K, Brown SP, May S, Smith K, Koster RW, Beesems SG, Kuisma M, Salo A, Finn J, Sterz F, Nürnberger A, Morrison LJ, Olasveengen TM, Callaway CW, Shin SD, Gräsner J-T, Daya M, Ma MH-M, Herlitz J, Strömsöe A, Aufderheide TP, Masterson S, Wang H, Christenson J, Stiell I, Vilke GM, Idris A, Nishiyama C, Iwami T, Nichol G. International variation in survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A validation study of the Utstein template. Resuscitation. 2019;138:168-81.
  24. Eastwood D, Andrew E, Smith K, Nair R, Nehme Z, Bernard S, Dyson K. Exercise-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Victoria, Australia. Resuscitation. 2019;139:57-64.
  25. Eastwood K, Morgans A, Stoelwinder J, Smith K. The appropriateness of low-acuity cases referred for emergency ambulance dispatch following ambulance service secondary telephone triage: A retrospective cohort study. PLoS ONE. 2019;14(8):e0221158.
  26. Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. New England Journal of Medicine. 2019;380(4):394-8.
  27. Ferguson N, Savic M, McCann TV, Emond K, Sandral E, Smith K, Roberts L, Bosley E, Lubman DI. “I was worried if I don’t have a broken leg they might not take it seriously”: Experiences of men accessing ambulance services for mental health and/or alcohol and other drug problems. Health Expectations. 2019;22(3):565-74.
  28. Fouche PF, Smith K, Jennings PA, Boyle M, Bernard S. The association of paramedic rapid sequence intubation and survival in out-of-hospital stroke. Emergency Medicine Journal. 2019;36(7):416.
  29. Fouche PF, Stein C, Jennings PA, Boyle M, Bernard S, Smith K. Review article: Emergency endotracheal intubation in non-traumatic brain pathologies: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2019;31(4):533-41.
  30. Goodwin N. “Mixed messages” — Ongoing confusion with hydrogel dressings in burn 1st aid. Commentary on the trial report from Holbert et al. 2018/19. Burns. 2019;45(7):1727-9.
  31. Haskins B, Nehme Z, Cameron P, Bernard S, Parker-Stebbing L, Smith K. Coles and Woolworths have installed public access defibrillators in all their stores: It is time other Australian businesses followed their lead. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2020;32(1):166-8.
  32. Johnson AL, Dipnall JF, Dennekamp M, Williamson GJ, Gao CX, Carroll MTC, Dimitriadis C, Ikin JF, Johnston FH, McFarlane AC, Sim MR, Stub DA, Abramson MJ, Guo Y. Fine particulate matter exposure and medication dispensing during and after a coal mine fire: A time series analysis from the Hazelwood Health Study. Environmental Pollution. 2019;246:1027-35.
  33. Kearney J, Dyson K, Andrew E, Bernard S, Smith K. Factors associated with return to work among survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2020;146:203-12.
  34. Koh JQS, Fernando H, Peter K, Stub D. Opioids and ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review. Heart Lung and Circulation. 2019;28(5):697-706.
  35. Lam T, Kuhn L, Hayman J, Middleton M, Wilson J, Scott D, Lubman DI, Smith K, Nielsen S. Recent trends in heroin and pharmaceutical opioid-related harms in Victoria, Australia up to 2018. Addiction. 2020;115(2):261-9.
  36. Lord B, Andrew E, Henderson A, Anderson DJ, Smith K, Bernard S. Palliative care in paramedic practice: A retrospective cohort study. Palliative Medicine. 2019;33(4):445-51.
  37. Martin LK, Lewis VJ, Clark D, Murphy MC, Edvardsson D, Stub D, Farouque O. Frontline barriers to effective paramedic and emergency nursing STEMI management: clinician perspectives. Australasian Emergency Care. 2020;23(2):126-36.
  38. Nambiar D, Pearce JW, Bray J, Stephenson M, Nehme Z, Masters S, Brink D, Smith K, Arendts G, Fatovich D, Bernard S, Haskins B, Grantham H, Cameron P. Variations in the care of agitated patients in Australia and New Zealand ambulance services. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2020;32(3):438-45.
  39. Nehme Z, Andrew E, Bernard S, Haskins B, Smith K. Trends in survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests defibrillated by paramedics, first responders and bystanders. Resuscitation. 2019;143:85-91.
  40. Nehme Z, Andrew E, Bernard S, Smith K. Reply to: Poor prognosis of female out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors: A risk assessment. Resuscitation. 2019;141:210-1.
  41. Nehme Z, Andrew E, Bernard S, Smith K. Sex differences in the quality-of-life and functional outcome of cardiac arrest survivors. Resuscitation. 2019;137:21-8.
  42. Nehme Z, Delorenzo A, Yates J, Bernard S, Smith K. ‘Reply to:’ Importance of the distinction between recurrent and shock-resistant ventricular fibrillation: Call for a uniform definition of refractory VF. Resuscitation. 2019;138:306-7.
  43. Nehme Z, Smith K. More evidence that out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is preventable. Resuscitation. 2019;141:195-6.
  44. Nielsen S, Crossin R, Middleton M, Lam T, Wilson J, Scott D, Martin C, Smith K, Lubman D. Comparing rates and characteristics of ambulance attendances related to extramedical use of pharmaceutical opioids in Victoria, Australia from 2013 to 2018. Addiction. 2020;115(6):1075-87.
  45. Nielsen S, Crossin R, Middleton M, Martin C, Wilson J, Lam T, Scott D, Smith K, Lubman D. Comparing rates and characteristics of ambulance attendances related to extramedical use of pharmaceutical opioids in Australia: a protocol for a retrospective observational study. BMJ Open. 2019;9(5):e029170.
  46. Quinn N, Palmer CS, Bernard S, Noonan M, Teague WJ. Thoracostomy in children with severe trauma: An overview of the paediatric experience in Victoria, Australia. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2020;32(1):117-26.
  47. Smith E, Walker T, Burkle FM. Lessons in Post-Disaster Self-Care From 9/11 Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians. Prehospital Disaster Medicine. 2019;34(3):335-9.
  48. Vikke HS, Vittinghus S, Betzer M, Giebner M, Kolmos HJ, Smith K, Castrén M, Lindström V, Mäkinen M, Harve H, Mogensen CB. Hand hygiene perception and self-reported hand hygiene compliance among emergency medical service providers: a Danish survey. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitationa and Emergency Medicine. 2019;27(1):10.
  49. Vikke HS, Vittinghus S, Giebner M, Kolmos HJ, Smith K, Castrén M, Lindström V. Compliance with hand hygiene in emergency medical services: an international observational study. Emergency Medicine Journal. 2019;36(3):171.
  50. Villani M, Earnest A, Smith K, Giannopoulos D, Soldatos G, de Courten B, Zoungas S. Outcomes of people with severe hypoglycaemia requiring prehospital emergency medical services management: a prospective study. Diabetologia. 2019;62(10):1868-79.
  51. Walker K, Stephenson M, Dunlop WA, Cheong EM, Ben-Meir M. Australian private emergency departments can assist ambulance services by taking public emergency patients during surge and disasters. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2019;31(5):886-8.
  52. Wijetunga C, o donnell C, So TY, Varma D, Cameron P, Burke M, Bassed R, Smith K, Beck B. Injury Detection in Traumatic Death: Postmortem Computed Tomography vs. Open Autopsy. Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging. 2020;20:100349.
  53. Yeung T, Shannon B, Perillo S, Nehme Z, Jennings P, Olaussen A. Review article: Outcomes of patients who are not transported following ambulance attendance: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2019;31(3):321-31.
  54. Zhao H, Coote S, Langenberg F, Easton D, Stephen M, Smith K, Bernard S, Desmond P, Mitchell P, Yan B, Campbell B CV, Parsons M, A’ Donnan G, Davis SM. Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit halves workflow for acute stroke reperfusion therapy. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 2019; 90: A4-A5.

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