Note; the Emergency Care Foundation doesn't always do research itself, but it funds New Zealand's only Emergency Nurse Researcher, and the activities of the Emergency Research Group based at Christchurch Hospital and the University of Otago, Christchurch. The publications listed are those by members of the Emergency Research Group, since the instigation of the Foundation. The publications are in reverse chronological order
2007
Heitger M.H., Jones R.D., Frampton C.M., Ardagh M.W., Anderson T.J.
(2007), Recovery in the first year after mild head injury - divergence of symptom
status and self-perceived quality of life. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 39 (8):
612-621
Scarlett, A., & Gee, P. (2007). Corneal abrasion and alkali burn secondary to
automobile air bag inflation. Emergency Medicine Journal 24: 733-734.
Richardson, S., & Williams, T. (2007 in press). Why is cultural safety essential in
health care? Accepted for publication: International Journal of Medicine and
Law.
Richardson, S., Casey, M., & Hider, P. (2007). Following the patient journey: elder
persons' experiences of emergency departments, wards and discharge. Accident
and Emergency Nursing Journal 15 134-140.
Gee P., Fountain J. (2007). Party on? BZP party pills in New Zealand. New Zealand
Medical Journal. 120(1249):U2422.
Heitger, M. H., Jones, R. D., Dalrymple-Alford, J., Frampton, C. M., Ardagh, M. W. & Anderson. T J (2007 - in press). Dichotomy between symptom status and quality of life during the first year after mild head injury . Intellectual ability influences the perception of recovery. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Heitger, M. H., Jones, R. D., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., Frampton, C. M., Ardagh, M. W. & Anderson, T.J. (2007). Mild head injury - a close relationship between motor function at one week post-injury and overall recovery at three and six months. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 253, pp. 34-47
2006
Heitger, M., Jones, R., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., Frampton, C. M., Ardagh, M. W. & Anderson, T. (2006). Motor deficits and recovery during the first year following mild closed head injury. Brain Injury, 20, pp. 807-824
Ardagh M. (2006). The case for a New Zealand acute care strategy. New Zealand
Medical Journal. 119(1247):U2360.
Ardagh M. (2006). Criteria for prioritising access to healthcare resources in New
Zealand during an influenza pandemic or at other times of overwhelming
demand. New Zealand Medical Journal. 119(1243):U2256.
Ardagh, M. (2006). The skills of our New Zealand junior doctors—what are these skills and how do they get them? New Zealand Medical Journal119(1229).
Martin, J., Cartabelotta, A, Than, M, & Glasziou, P. (2006). EBM notebook. 3rd
International conference of evidence-based healthcare teachers & developers.
Evidence Based Medicine, 11
Richardson, S., Ardagh, M., & Hider, P. (2006) Health professionals do not agree about what defines appropriate attendance at an Emergency Department. New Zealand Medical Journal 21 April 2006, Vol 119 No 1232
Price, C.S.G., Bell, S.F., Janes, S.E.J., & Ardagh, M. (2006). Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation training, knowledge & attitudes of newly-qualified doctors in New Zealand in 2003. Resuscitation.68 295-299.
Beckert L, Taylor C, Ardagh M, Than M. Latex IL D-Dimer outperforms pre-test probability scoring systems in assessment of possible community pulmonary embolism (Abstract). Respirology 2006; 11(Supplement):A22
2005
Gee, P., & Richardson, S., Woltersdorf, W., & Moore, G. (2005). Toxic effects of BZP-based herbal party pills in humans: a prospective study in Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal. 118(1227):U178.
Gee, P., & Richardson, S. (2005). Researching the toxicity of party pills. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand 11(11) 12-13.
Heitger, M.H., Jones, R.D., Dalyrymple-Alford, J.C., Frampton, C.M., Ardagh, M.W., & Anderson, T.J. (2005). Motor deficits and recovery during first year following mild closed head injury: Evidence for the clinical use of instrumented motor assessment following mild head trauma. (submitted to The Lancet)
Raniga S., Hider P., Spriggs D., Ardagh M. The attitudes of hospital medical practitioners to the mandatory reporting of professional misconduct. New Zealand Medical Journal118(1227)
Hlavac, M., Cook, J., Ojala, R., Town, I., & Beckert, L. (2005). Latex enhanced
immunoassay D-dimer and blood gases can exclude pulmonary embolism in low-
risk patients presenting to an acute care setting. Chest 128 2183-2189.
Richardson, S. (2005). Infectious outbreaks: Norovirus and what it means for
hospitals, staff and patients. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand.
Corwin, P., Toop, L., McGeoch, G., Than, M., Wynn-Thomas, S., Wells, E.,
Dawson, R., Abernethy, P., Pithie, A., Chambers, S., Fletcher, L., & and
Richards, D. (2005). Randomised controlled trial of intravenous antibiotic
treatment for cellulitis at home compared with hospital. BMJ,; 330: 129.
Cooper JG, Johnstone AJ, Hider P, Ardagh MW. (2005) Local anaesthetic
infiltration increases the accuracy of assessment of ulnar collateral ligament
injuries. Emergency Medicine Australasia 17, 132-6.
Richardson, S. (2005) The incorporation of research into clinical practice : the
development of a Clinical Nurse Researcher position. Nursing Praxis in New
Zealand 21(1) 33-41.
Richardson, S., Ardagh, M., & Gee, P. Emergency department overcrowding: The
emergency department cardiac analogy model. Accident and Emergency Nursing.
13, 18-23.
Stevenson, A., Hider, P., & Than,M. (2005). The utility of blood cultures in the
management of non-facial cellulitis appears to be low.New Zealand Medical
Journal. 118(1211):U1351
Than, M., Bidwell, S., Davison, C., Phibbs, R.,& Walker, M. (2005). Evidence-
based emergency medicine at the 'coal face' Emergency Medicine Australasia.
17(4):330-40
Williams, T., Richardson, S., O'Donovan, P., & Ardagh, M. (2005). The forensic
nurse practitioner role (emergency nursing) - a potential response to changing
health needs in New Zealand. Medicine and Law 24(1).
2004
Ardagh, M. (2004). A brief history of resuscitation. New Zealand Medical Journal
117(1193)
Ardagh M. (2004) Meningitis: tragedy, culture, and blame New Zealand Medical
Journal. 117(1201):U1057
Ardagh, M. & Richardson, S. (2004). Emergency department Overcrowding - can
we fix it? New Zealand Medical Journal 117(1189)
Kennedy, D., & Ardagh, M. (2004). Frequent attenders at Christchurch Hospital's
emergency department: a 4 year study of attendance patterns.New Zealand
Medical Journal 117(1193)
Heitger, M.H., Anderson, T.J., Jones, R.D., Dalrymple-Alford, J.C., Frampton, C.M.,
& Ardagh, M.W. (2004). Eye movements and visuomotor arm movement
deficits following mild closed head injury. Brain 127 (3) 575-590.
Hoban, V.J. (2004). Mechanism of injury - a case study approach. Emergency
Nurse New Zealand 3(2) 22-23.
Moore, J. (2004). A literature review - Asthma: Spacers vs Nebulisers. Emergency
Nurse New Zealand 3(1)14-17.
Richardson, S. (2004) Aotearoa / New Zealand nursing: from eugenics to cultural
safety… Nursing Inquiry 11(1) 35-42.
Richardson, S. (2004). What is happening to our emergency departments? Kai
Tiaki Nursing New Zealand 10(5) 16-18
Cooper J, Johnstone A, Ardagh M. Local anaesthetic infiltration increases the accuracy of assessment of ulnar collateral ligament injuries in the emergency department. (Abstract) Emergency Medicine Australasia 2004;16 (Supplement) A64
Ardagh M. Indigenous and cultural challenges (Abstract). Emergency Medicine Australasia 2004;16 (Supplement) A69
Ardagh M. A change of ethics (Abstract). Emergency Medicine Australasia 2004; 16(2):A22
2003
Ardagh, M. (2003) Beyond Ashburton: junior hospital doctor employment in New
Zealand. [Letter] New Zealand Medical Journal. 116(1168)
Crozier, I., Melton, I., & Pearson S. (2003). Management of Atrial Fibrillation in the
Emergency Department. Internal Medicine Journal;33: 182-185
Graber, D., Ardagh, M., O'Donovan, P. & St George, I. (2003). A telephone advice
line does not decrease the number of presentations to Christchurch Emergency
Department, but does decrease the number of phone callers seeking advice. New
Zealand Medical Journal 116(1117)
Iles, S., Beckert, L., Than M., & Town I. (2003) Making a diagnosis of pulmonary
embolism--new methods and clinical issues. New Zealand Medical Journal.
116(1177):U499.
Inglis, S. (2003). Book Review: Hyperbaric Surgery: Perioperative Care by Dirk Jan
Bakker and Frederick S Cramer. 488 pages, hardback. South Pacific Underwater
Medicine Journal 33, No. 2
Josland, H. (2003). Stress in the Emergency Department. Emergency Nurse
New Zealand. 3(3) 8-11.
Pearson S. (2003). Comparison of intubation attempts and completion times before and after the initiation of a rapid sequence intubation protocol in an air medical transport program. Air Medical Journal. 22(6):28-33,
Wakeman C. Beasley S. Pearson S. Frizelle F. Gooding A. Sharr J. Dobbs B. (2003).
Liver injury in children: causes, patterns and outcomes. New Zealand Medical
Journal. 116(1178):U515, 2003
Richardson, S. (2003). The role of research in emergency nursing. Emergency
Nurse New Zealand. 3(2) 17-20.
Wakeman, C., Beasley, S., & Pearson S, et al. (2003). Liver Injury in Children:
causes, patterns, outcomes. New Zealand MedicalJournal 116: 1178