Publications and Studies

Resources, publications and examples of research studies to which SECF members have contributed.

SECF and public involvement resources

• SECF information on the Sheffield Clinical Research and Innovation Office site
• SECF Newsletter — June 2020 (PDF)
• Sheffield Clinical Research news and events
• Emergency Medicine Journal article about PPI (PDF)
• UK Standards for Public Involvement
• Learning for Involvement

Studies

This list includes examples of studies in which SECF members have taken part. Some are complete and others have been ongoing at different times.

• PAINTED1: and PAINTED2: pandemic influenza triage in the Emergency Department
• AHEAD: Monitoring anticoagulated patients who suffer head injuries
• BYPASS: Clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness of triage and direct transfer to specialist centres
• EDIT: Evaluation of Doctors in Training
• PhOEBE: Pre-hospital Outcomes for Evidence Based Evaluation
• DECISION MAKING: Decision making and safety in Emergency Care Transitions
• EASy: Emergency Admissions Study
• VAN: Variation in rates of non-conveyance of patients to Emergency Departments
• closED: Impact of closing Emergency Departments
• EDARA: Evaluating the Diversion of Alcohol-Related Attendance
• DiPEP: Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy
• ACUTE: Ambulance CPAP use in Acute Respiratory Failure
• CLAHRC: Avoiding Attendance and Admissions in Long Term Conditions
• GAPSS: Guidelines and Pathways after a Suspected Seizure
• IMPEDE: Improving Management of Pain in Emergency Departments
• DEUCE: Drivers of Demand for Emergency and Urgent Care services
• Ideal Urgent and Emergency Care System: Public and healthcare staff perspectives
• Telephone Triage Identification of Potential Critical Illness using NHS Pathways
• Interpersonal Touch Intervention for Patients in Intensive Care
• NHS111 Online Evaluation
• SINEPOST: Safety INdEx of Prehospital On Scene Triage
• SPQR: Safety for Patients through Quality Review
• TILLI: Thromboprophylaxis In Lower Limb Immobilisation
• VTEAM study: Venous Thromboembolism Assessment Model
• PHEWS: Pre-Hospital Early Warning Scores for Sepsis
• Connected: Medicines optimisation on intensive care unit patient discharge
• SARC: Salbutamol for Renal Colic
• MATTS: Major Trauma Triage Tool study
• PROMS: Predictive modelling of Major Trauma PROMS using machine learning
• PRIEST: Pandemic Respiratory Infection Emergency System Triage
• Pre-Hospital PRIEST: Extension of the PRIEST study
• Exploring the use of Pre-hospital Pre-alerts