I am a post-doctoral Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield and an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) at Barnsley Hospital NHS Trust.
My clinical specialism is in both Prehospital and Emergency care. I started my career as a paramedic and have since achieved further knowledge and experience to treat patients in the Emergency Department (ED). The spanning of the two environments is a strength in looking at the system as a whole.
My career objective is to enhance the care of patients who access the urgent and emergency care system by identifying their care need as soon as possible, and using the right technology to meet that need at the point of access. I am also interested in developing collaborative spaces between industry, academia and clinical practice. In particular, how all three can cooperate in research to produce scientifically defensible evidence in an efficient manner.
999 calls to the ambulance service and subsequent transfers to the emergency department (ED) is placing strain on each service. Some patients conveyed by ambulance do not require the level...
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