[HTML][HTML] A randomized trial of epinephrine in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

GD Perkins, C Ji, CD Deakin, T Quinn… - … England Journal of …, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Concern about the use of epinephrine as a treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac
arrest led the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation to call for a placebo …

[HTML][HTML] Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in London during the COVID-19 pandemic

RT Fothergill, AL Smith, F Wrigley, GD Perkins - Resuscitation plus, 2021 - Elsevier
Aim There is an emerging potential link between the COVID-19 pandemic and incidence
and outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). We aimed to describe the …

Increases in survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a five year study

RT Fothergill, LR Watson, D Chamberlain, GK Virdi… - Resuscitation, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective This study reports improvements in survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in
London over a five year period from 2007 to 2012 and explores the potential reasons for the …

Does use of the recognition of stroke in the emergency room stroke assessment tool enhance stroke recognition by ambulance clinicians?

RT Fothergill, J Williams, MJ Edwards, IT Russell… - Stroke, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—UK ambulance services assess patients with suspected stroke
using the Face Arm Speech Test (FAST). The Recognition Of Stroke In the Emergency Room …

Can the prehospital National Early Warning Score identify patients most at risk from subsequent deterioration?

J Shaw, RT Fothergill, S Clark, F Moore - Emergency Medicine Journal, 2017 - emj.bmj.com
Introduction The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) aids the early recognition of those at
risk of becoming critically ill. NEWS has been recommended for use by ambulance services …

[HTML][HTML] What are emergency ambulance services doing to meet the needs of people who call frequently? A national survey of current practice in the United Kingdom

HA Snooks, A Khanom, R Cole, A Edwards… - BMC Emergency …, 2019 - Springer
Background Emergency ambulance services are integral to providing a service for those
with unplanned urgent and life-threatening health conditions. However, high use of the …

[HTML][HTML] Expedited transfer to a cardiac arrest centre for non-ST-elevation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (ARREST): a UK prospective, multicentre, parallel, randomised …

T Patterson, GD Perkins, A Perkins, T Clayton, R Evans… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation has called for
a randomised trial of delivery to a cardiac arrest centre. We aimed to assess whether …

Attitudes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillator use: a survey of UK adults in 2017

CA Hawkes, TP Brown, S Booth… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and public access defibrillator
(PAD) use can save the lives of people who experience out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest. Little …

Characteristics of neighbourhoods with high incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and low bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation rates in England

TP Brown, S Booth, CA Hawkes, J Soar… - … heart journal-quality …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims The aim of the project was to identify the neighbourhood characteristics of areas in
England where out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) incidence was high and bystander …

Frequent callers to the ambulance service: patient profiling and impact of case management on patient utilisation of the ambulance service

MJ Edwards, G Bassett, L Sinden… - Emergency medicine …, 2015 - emj.bmj.com
Background A minority of patients make frequent and excessive calls to the ambulance
service, placing a significant burden on limited resources at a time when demand on urgent …