2020 Peer reviewed research publications

Published online in 2020

  1. Alqahtani S, Nehme Z, Williams B, Bernard S, Smith K. Changes in the incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Differences between cardiac and non-cardiac aetiologies. Resuscitation. 2020;155:125-33.
  2. Alqudah Z, Nehme Z, Alrawashdeh A, Williams B, Oteir A, Smith K. Paediatric traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Resuscitation. 2020;149:65-73.
  3. Alqudah Z, Nehme Z, Williams B, Oteir A, Bernard S, Smith K. Impact of temporal changes in the epidemiology and management of traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest on survival outcomes. Resuscitation. 2021;158:79-87.
  4. Alrawashdeh A, Nehme Z, Williams B, Smith K, Stephenson M, Bernard S, Bray J, Stub D. Factors influencing patient decision delay in activation of emergency medical services for suspected ST-elevation myocardial infarction. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 2020;20(3):243-51.
  5. Alrawashdeh A, Nehme Z, Williams B, Smith K, Stephenson M, Bernard S, Cameron P, Stub D. Factors associated with emergency medical service delays in suspected ST-elevation myocardial infarction in Victoria, Australia: A retrospective study. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2020;32(5):777-85.
  6. Bagot KL, Moloczij N, Barclay-Moss K, Vu M, Bladin CF, Cadilhac DA. Sustainable implementation of innovative, technology-based health care practices: A qualitative case study from stroke telemedicine. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 2020;26(1-2):79-91.
  7. Ball J, Nehme Z, Bernard S, Stub D, Stephenson M, Smith K. Collateral damage: Hidden impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest system-of-care. Resuscitation. 2020;156:157-63.
  8. Bladin CF, Kim J, Bagot KL, Vu M, Moloczij N, Denisenko S, Price C, Pompeani N, Arthurson L, Hair C, Rabl J, O'Shea M, Groot P, Bolitho L, Campbell BCV, Dewey HM, Donnan GA, Cadilhac DA. Improving acute stroke care in regional hospitals: clinical evaluation of the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine program. Medical Journal of Australia. 2020;212(8):371-7.
  9. Bloom J, Smith K, Stub D. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Resisting the inevitable. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2020;32(6):914-916
  10. Borg K, Dumas D, Andrew E, Smith K, Walker T, Haworth M, Bragge P. Ambulances are for emergencies: Shifting behaviour through a research-informed behaviour change campaign. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2020;18(1).
  11. Bray J, Nehme Z, Nguyen A, Lockey A, Finn J. A systematic review of the impact of emergency medical service practitioner experience and exposure to out of hospital cardiac arrest on patient outcomes. Resuscitation. 2020;155:134-42.
  12. Brichko L, Gaddam R, Roman C, O’Reilly G, Luckhoff C, Jennings P, Smit DV, Cameron P, Mitra B. Rapid Administration of Methoxyflurane to Patients in the Emergency Department (RAMPED) Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Methoxyflurane Versus Standard Care. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2021;28(2):164-71.
  13. Cadilhac DA, Bagot KL, Demaerschalk BM, Hubert G, Schwamm L, Watkins CL, Lightbody CE, Kim J, Vu M, Pompeani N, Switzer J, Caudill J, Estrada J, Viswanathan A, Hubert N, Ohannessian R, Hargroves D, Roberts N, Ingall T, Hess DC, Ranta A, Padma V, Bladin CF. Establishment of an internationally agreed minimum data set for acute telestroke. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 2021;27(9):582-9.
  14. Campbell BCV, Ma H, Parsons MW, Churilov L, Yassi N, Kleinig TJ, Hsu CY, Dewey HM, Butcher KS, Yan B, Desmond PM, Wijeratne T, Curtze S, Barber PA, De Silva DA, Thijs V, Levi CR, Bladin CF, Sharma G, Bivard A, Donnan GA, Davis SM. Association of Reperfusion After Thrombolysis With Clinical Outcome Across the 4.5- to 9-Hours and Wake-up Stroke Time Window: A Meta-Analysis of the EXTEND and EPITHET Randomized Clinical Trials. JAMA Neurology. 2021;78(2):236-40.
  15. Campbell BCV, Mitchell PJ, Churilov L, Yassi N, Kleinig TJ, Dowling RJ, Yan B, Bush SJ, Thijs V, Scroop R, Simpson M, Brooks M, Asadi H, Wu TY, Shah DG, Wijeratne T, Zhao H, Alemseged F, Ng F, Bailey P, Rice H, De Villiers L, Dewey HM, Choi PMC, Brown H, Redmond K, Leggett D, Fink JN, Collecutt W, Kraemer T, Krause M, Cordato D, Field D, Ma H, O'Brien B, Clissold B, Miteff F, Clissold A, Cloud GC, Bolitho LE, Bonavia L, Bhattacharya A, Wright A, Mamun A, O'Rourke F, Worthington J, Wong AA, Levi CR, Bladin CF, Sharma G, Desmond PM, Parsons MW, Donnan GA, Davis SM. Effect of Intravenous Tenecteplase Dose on Cerebral Reperfusion before Thrombectomy in Patients with Large Vessel Occlusion Ischemic Stroke: The EXTEND-IA TNK Part 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2020;323(13):1257-65.
  16. Craig S, Cubitt M, Jaison A, Troupakis S, Hood N, Fong C, Bilgrami A, Leman P, Ascencio-Lane JC, Nagaraj G, Bonning J, Blecher G, Mitchell R, Burkett E, McCarthy SM, Rojek AM, Hansen K, Psihogios H, Allely P, Judkins S, Foong LH, Bernard S, Cameron PA. Management of adult cardiac arrest in the COVID-19 era: consensus statement from the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. Medical Journal of Australia. 2020;213(3):126-33.
  17. de Wit AJ, Coates B, Cheesman MJ, Hanlon GR, House TG, Fisk B. Airflow Characteristics in Aeromedical Aircraft: Considerations During COVID-19. Air Medical Journal. 2021;40(1):54-9.
  18. Dietze P, Crossin R, Scott D, Smith K, Wilson J, Burgess S, Lubman DI, Cantwell K. Coding and classification of heroin overdose calls by MPDS dispatch software: Implications for bystander response with naloxone. Resuscitation. 2021;159:13-8.
  19. Dwyer RA, Gabbe BJ, Tran T, Smith K, Lowthian JA. Predictors of transport to hospital after emergency ambulance call-out for older people living in residential aged care. Australasian Journal of Ageing. 2020;39(4):350-8.
  20. Dwyer RA, Gabbe BJ, Tran T, Smith K, Lowthian JA. Residential aged care homes: Why do they call ‘000’? A study of the emergency prehospital care of older people living in residential aged care homes. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2021;33(3):447-56.
  21. Dyson K, Baker P, Garcia N, Braun A, Aung M, Pilcher D, Smith K, Cleland H, Gabbe B. To intubate or not to intubate? Predictors of inhalation injury in burn-injured patients before arrival at the burn centre. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2021;33(2):262-9.
  22. Eastwood K, Morgans A, Smith K. Characteristics associated with emergency department suitability in low-acuity ambulance cases. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 2020;17.
  23. Eastwood K, Nambiar D, Dwyer R, Lowthian JA, Cameron P, Smith K. Ambulance dispatch of older patients following primary and secondary telephone triage in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2020;10(11):e042351.
  24. Fernando H, Nehme Z, Peter K, Bernard S, Stephenson M, Bray J, Cameron P, Ellims A, Taylor A, Kaye DM, Smith K, Stub D. Prehospital opioid dose and myocardial injury in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction. Open Heart. 2020;7(2):e001307.
  25. Finch A, Cox S, Bernard S, Teague W, Smith K. The epidemiology of paediatric off-road motorcycle trauma attended by emergency medical services in Victoria, Australia. Injury. 2020;51(9):2016-24.
  26. Fitzgerald M, Lendrum R, Bernard S, Moloney J, Smit DV, Mathew J, Kim Y, Nickson C, Lin RM-H, Yeung M, Bystrzycki A, Niggemeyer L, Hendel S, Mitra B. Feasibility study for implementation of resuscitative balloon occlusion of the aorta in peri-arrest, exsanguinating trauma at an adult level 1 Australian trauma centre. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2020;32(1):127-34.
  27. Fouche PF, Jennings PA, Boyle M, Bernard S, Smith K. Association of blood pressure changes with survival after paramedic rapid sequence intubation in out-of-hospital patients with stroke. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2021;33(1):94-9.
  28. Fouche PF, Jennings PA, Malcolm B, Bernard S, Smith K. The utility of the brain trauma evidence to inform paramedic rapid sequence intubation in out-of-hospital stroke. BMC Emergency Medicine. 2020; 20 (5):
  29. Funder J, Ross L, Ryan S. How effective are paramedics at interpreting ecgs in order to recognise stemi? A systematic review. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 2020;17:1-9.
  30. Gao CX, Dimitriadis C, Ikin J, Dipnall JF, Wolfe R, Sim MR, Smith K, Cope M, Abramson MJ, Guo Y. Impact of exposure to mine fire emitted PM2.5 on ambulance attendances: A time series analysis from the Hazelwood Health Study. Environmental Research. 2021;196:110402.
  31. Grigg J, Killian JJ, Matthews S, Scott D, Arunogiri S, Manning V, Taylor DA, Crossin R, Smith K, Lubman DI. The impact of legislation on acute synthetic cannabinoid harms resulting in ambulance attendance. International Journal of Drug Policy. 2020;79.
  32. Han HC, Parsons SA, Teh AW, Sanders P, Neil C, Leong T, Koshy AN, Vohra JK, Kalman JM, Smith K, O'Donnell D, Hare DL, Farouque O, Lim HS. Characteristic Histopathological Findings and Cardiac Arrest Rhythm in Isolated Mitral Valve Prolapse and Sudden Cardiac Death. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2020;9(7):e015587.
  33. Hannon L, St Clair T, Smith K, Fitzgerald M, Mitra B, Olaussen A, Moloney J, Braitberg G, Judson R, Teague W, Quinn N, Kim Y, Bernard S. Finger thoracostomy in patients with chest trauma performed by paramedics on a helicopter emergency medical service. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2020;32(4):650-6.
  34. Haskins B, Smith K, Cameron P, Bernard S, Nehme Z, Murphy-Smith J, Metcalf M, Moussa R, Harvey D, Turnbull L, Dyson K. The impact of bystander relation and medical training on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes. Resuscitation. 2020;150:72-9.
  35. Heschl S, Bernard S, Andrew E, Smith K. Characteristics of paediatric patients with altered conscious state attended by road ambulances in a metropolitan area — An 8 year observational study. Australasian Emergency Care. 2020;23(3):142-6.
  36. Johnson AL, Gao CX, Dennekamp M, Williamson GJ, Carroll MTC, Dimitriadis C, Dipnall JF, Ikin JF, Johnston FH, McFarlane AC, Sim MR, Stub DA, Abramson MJ, Guo Y. Coal-mine fire-related fine particulate matter and medical-service utilization in Australia: A time-series analysis from the Hazelwood Health Study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2020;49(1):80-93.
  37. Khan AF, Ong H-Y, Dooreemeah D, Martens A, Foley D, Mansour KP, Loveday B, Miller FJ. Temporising the bleed: Use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta to transfer a haemorrhaging patient in regional Australia. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2021;33(2):388-9.
  38. Kim J, Easton D, Zhao H, Coote S, Sookram G, Smith K, Stephenson M, Bernard S, W Parsons M, Yan B, M Desmond P, J Mitchell P, Cv Campbell B, Donnan GA, M Davis S, Cadilhac DA. Economic evaluation of the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit. International Journal of Stroke. 2020;16(4):466-75.
  39. Lim SL, Smith K, Dyson K, Chan SP, Earnest A, Nair R, Bernard S, Leong BSH, Arulanandam S, Ng YY, Ong MEH. Incidence and Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Singapore and Victoria: A Collaborative Study. Journal of the Americal Heart Association. 2020;9(21):e015981.
  40. Lubman DI, Heilbronn C, Ogeil RP, Killian JJ, Matthews S, Smith K, Bosley E, Carney R, McLaughlin K, Wilson A, Eastham M, Shipp C, Witt K, Lloyd B, Scott D. National Ambulance Surveillance System: A novel method using coded Australian ambulance clinical records to monitor self-harm and mental health-related morbidity. PLoS ONE. 2020;15.
  41. Lubman DI, Matthews S, Heilbronn C, Killian JJ, Ogeil RP, Lloyd B, Witt K, Crossin R, Smith K, Bosley E, Carney R, Wilson A, Eastham M, Keene T, Shipp C, Scott D. The national ambulance surveillance system: A novel method for monitoring acute alcohol, illicit and pharmaceutical drug related-harms using coded Australian ambulance clinical records. PLoS ONE. 2020;15(1).
  42. Meadley B, Caldwell J, Perraton L, Bonham M, Wolkow AP, Smith K, Williams B, Bowles K-A. The health and well-being of paramedics - a professional priority. Occupational Medicine. 2020;70(3):149-51.
  43. Meretoja A, Yassi N, Wu TY, Churilov L, Sibolt G, Jeng JS, Kleinig T, Spratt NJ, Thijs V, Wijeratne T, Cho DY, Shah D, Cloud GC, Phan T, Bladin C, Moey A, Aviv RI, Barras CD, Sharma G, Hsu CY, Ma H, Campbell BCV, Mitchell P, Yan B, Parsons MW, Tiainen M, Curtze S, Strbian D, Tang SC, Harvey J, Levi C, Donnan GA, Davis SM. Tranexamic acid in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (STOP-AUST): a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. Lancet Neurology. 2020;19(12):980-7.
  44. Mitra B, Fogarty M, Cameron PA, Smith K, Bernard S, Burke M, Mercier E, Beck B. Cardiovascular and liver disease among pre-hospital trauma deaths: A review of autopsy findings. Trauma. 2020;23(4):301-7.
  45. Mitra B, Kumar V, O'Reilly G, Cameron P, Gupta A, Pandit AP, Soni KD, Kaushik G, Mathew J, Howard T, Fahey M, Stephenson M, Dharap S, Patel P, Thakor A, Sharma N, Walker T, Misra MC, Gruen RL, Fitzgerald MC. Prehospital notification of injured patients presenting to a trauma centre in India: A prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2020;10(6).
  46. Muller A, Dyson K, Bernard S, Smith K. Seasonal Variation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Victoria 2008–2017: Winter Peak. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2020;24(6):769-77
  47. Nehme Z, Andrew E, Bernard S, Haskins B, Smith K. Reply to: Can drones improve survival rates in mountain areas, providing automated external defibrillators? Resuscitation. 2020;146:279-80.
  48. Ogeil RP, Witt K, Scott D, Smith K, Lubman DI. Self-reported sleep disturbance in ambulance attendances for suicidal ideation and attempted suicide between 2012 and 2017. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2020;265:364-71.
  49. Olaussen A, Abetz JW, Smith K, Bernard S, Gaddam R, Banerjee A, Mc Entaggart L, Lim A, Clare S, Smit DV, Cameron PA, Mitra B. Paramedic streaming upon arrival in emergency department: A prospective study. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2021;33(2):286-91.
  50. O'Reilly GM, Mitchell RD, Mitra B, Akhlaghi H, Tran V, Furyk JS, Buntine P, Bannon-Murphy H, Amos T, Udaya Kumar M, Perkins E, Prentice A, Szwarcberg O, Loughman A, Lowry N, Colwell S, Noonan MP, Hiller R, Paton A, Smit DV, Cameron PA, Team tCP. Epidemiology and clinical features of emergency department patients with suspected and confirmed COVID-19: A multisite report from the COVID-19 Emergency Department Quality Improvement Project for July 2020 (COVED-3). Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2021;33(1):114-24.
  51. O'Reilly GM, Mitchell RD, Mitra B, Noonan MP, Hiller R, Brichko L, Luckhoff C, Paton A, Smit DV, Cameron PA. Impact of patient isolation on emergency department length of stay: A retrospective cohort study using the Registry for Emergency Care. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2020;32(6):1034-9.
  52. O'Reilly GM, Mitchell RD, Mitra B, Noonan MP, Hiller R, Brichko L, Luckhoff C, Paton A, Smit DV, Cameron PA. Informing emergency care for all patients: The Registry for Emergency Care (REC) Project protocol. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2020;32(4):687-91.
  53. O'Reilly GM, Mitchell RD, Noonan MP, Hiller R, Mitra B, Brichko L, Luckhoff C, Paton A, Smit DV, Santamaria MJ, Cameron PA. Informing emergency care for COVID-19 patients: The COVID-19 Emergency Department Quality Improvement Project protocol. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2020;32(3):511-4.
  54. O'Reilly GM, Mitchell RD, Rajiv P, Wu J, Brennecke H, Brichko L, Noonan MP, Hiller R, Mitra B, Luckhoff C, Paton A, Smit DV, Santamaria MJ, Cameron PA. Epidemiology and clinical features of emergency department patients with suspected COVID-19: Initial results from the COVID-19 Emergency Department Quality Improvement Project (COVED-1). Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2020;32(4):638-45.
  55. O'Reilly GM, Mitchell RD, Wu J, Rajiv P, Bannon-Murphy H, Amos T, Brichko L, Brennecke H, Noonan MP, Mitra B, Paton A, Hiller R, Smit DV, Luckhoff C, Santamaria MJ, Cameron PA. Epidemiology and clinical features of emergency department patients with suspected COVID-19: Results from the first month of the COVID-19 Emergency Department Quality Improvement Project (COVED-2). Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2020;32(5):814-22.
  56. Paratz ED, Costello B, Rowsell L, Morgan N, Smith K, Thompson T, Semsarian C, Pflaumer A, James P, Stub D, La Gerche A, Zentner D, Parsons S. Can post-mortem coronary artery calcium scores aid diagnosis in young sudden death? Forensic Scienc,Medicine and Pathology. 2021;17(1):27-35.
  57. Paratz ED, Rowsell L, van Heusden A, Zentner D, Parsons S, Morgan N, Thompson T, James P, Pflaumer A, Semsarian C, Ingles J, Case R, Ball J, Smith K, Stub D, La Gerche A. The End Unexplained Cardiac Death (EndUCD) Registry for Young Australian Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Heart Lung & Circulation. 2021;30(5):714-20.
  58. Paratz ED, Rowsell L, Zentner D, Parsons S, Morgan N, Thompson T, James P, Pflaumer A, Semsarian C, Smith K, Stub D, La Gerche A. Cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death registries: a systematic review of global coverage. Open Heart. 2020;7(1).
  59. Rehman S, Chandra RV, Zhou K, Tan D, Lai L, Asadi H, Froelich J, Thani N, Nichols L, Blizzard L, Smith K, Thrift AG, Stirling C, Callisaya ML, Breslin M, Reeves MJ, Gall S. Sex differences in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH): aneurysm characteristics, neurological complications, and outcome. Acta Neurochirurgica. 2020;162(9):2271-82.
  60. Rosenbaum E, Cox S, Smith K, Fitzgerald M, Braitberg G, Carpenter A, Bernard S. Ambulance management of patients with penetrating truncal trauma and hypotension in Melbourne, Australia. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2020;32(2):336-43.
  61. Salter H, Hutton J, Cantwell K, Dietze P, Higgs P, Straub A, Zordan R, Lloyd-Jones M. Review article: Rapid review of the emergency department-initiated buprenorphine for opioid use disorder. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2020;32(6):924-34.
  62. Scott D, Heilbronn C, Coomber K, Curtis A, Moayeri F, Wilson J, Matthews S, Crossin R, Wilson A, Smith K, Miller P, Lubman D. The feasibility and utility of using coded ambulance records for a violence surveillance system: A novel pilot study. Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, Australian Government - Institute of Crime and Criminal Justice. 2020
  63. Shannon B, Pang R, Jepson M, Williams C, Andrew N, Smith K, Bowles KA. What is the prevalence of frequent attendance to emergency departments and what is the impact on emergency department utilisation? A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Emergency Medicine. 2020;15(7):1303-16.
  64. Szwarcbard N, Villani M, Earnest A, Flack J, Andrikopoulos S, Wischer N, Soldatos G, Gasevic D, Zoungas S. The association of smoking status with glycemic control, metabolic profile and diabetic complications- Results of the Australian National Diabetes Audit (ANDA). Journal of Diabetes Complications. 2020;34(9):107626.
  65. Walker K, Stephenson M, Loupis A, Ben-Meir M, Joe K, Stephenson M, Lowthian J, Yip B, Wu E, Hansen K, Rosler R, Buntine P, Hutton J. Displaying emergency patient estimated wait times: A multi-centre, qualitative study of patient, community, paramedic and health administrator perspectives. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2021;33(3):425-33.
  66. Wilson J, Lam T, Scott D, Crossin R, Matthews S, Smith K, Lubman D, Nielsen S. Extreme personl stress' and 'a lot of pain': Exploring the physical, mental and social contexts of extramedical pharmaceutical opiod use in Australian paramedic case descriptions. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2020; 39(7):870-878
  67. Zhao H, Coote S, Easton D, Langenberg F, Stephenson M, Smith K, Bernard S, Cadilhac DA, Kim J, Bladin CF, Churilov L, Crompton DE, Dewey HM, Sanders LM, Wijeratne T, Cloud G, Brooks DM, Asadi H, Thijs V, Chandra RV, Ma H, Desmond PM, Dowling RJ, Mitchell PJ, Yassi N, Yan B, Campbell BCV, Parsons MW, Donnan GA, Davis SM. Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit and Reperfusion Therapy: Greater Clinical Impact of Thrombectomy Than Thrombolysis. Stroke. 2020;51(3):922-30.
  68. Zisis G, Huynh Q, Yang Y, Neil C, Carrington MJ, Ball J, Maguire G, Marwick TH. Rationale and design of a risk-guided strategy for reducing readmissions for acute decompensated heart failure: the Risk-HF study. ESC Heart Failure. 2020;7(5):3151-60.

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