Adult Emergency Care

Adult Secondary Care

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AIRWAYS-2: Cluster randomised 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.
October 2014 – September 2018
NIHR Health Technology Assessment
£1,947,279

AIRWAYS-3: Randomised trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of a supraglottic airway device versus tracheal intubation during in-hospital cardiac arrest.
January 2022 to December 2025
NIHR Health Technology Assessment
£2,392,727

DEXACELL: Dexamethasone as an adjunctive therapy for the management of cellulitis – a randomised controlled trial in urgent secondary care
January 2024 – October 2027
NIHR Health Technology Assessment
£1,542,101

CoMiT-ED: Conservative Management in Traumatic Pneumothoraces in the Emergency Department: A Randomised Controlled Trial.
September 2021 – August 2024
NIHR Health Technology Assessment
£1,440,299

RELIEF: The Randomised Evaluation of early topical Lidocaine patches in Elderly patients admitted to hospital with rib Fractures (RELIEF): feasibility trial.
January 2020 – March 2023
NIHR Advanced Fellowship
£980,000

PromotED: What are the barriers to health promotion advice delivered by staff working in urgent care and emergency departments?
March 2023 – April 2024
NIHR Research for Patient Benefit
£140,924

PIPP: Psychologically Informed Practice and Policy Project: Retention in Emergency Medicine.
March 2021 – March 2022
UK Research Innovation
£20,000

Aboard: Abdominal Pain in the ED: qualitative study
July 2023 – June 2025
North Bristol NHS Trust
£20,000

PhD projects:

  • Acute severe headache: Developing a complex intervention to reduce subsequent healthcare use for patients presenting to UK Emergency Departments with acute severe headache. Funded by Royal College of Emergency Medicine (2020 – 2023).
  • Frailty and injury in older people. DPhil by publication (2022 – 2025).
  • Intolerance of Uncertainty and Coping Styles: Investigating Predictors and Mediators of Burnout in Doctors Working in Emergency Care. Professional Doctorate Student (2022 – 2025).
  • Moral injury: Perpetrator based moral injury in frontline doctors. Professional Doctorate Student (2021-2024).
  • Frontline Doctors experience of sleep and health during the COvID-19 pandemic: SHIFT. Professional Doctorate Student (2020 – 2023).