‘Emerging research priorities within pre-hospital care’ with Sarah McLaughlin and Lisa Ramage.

In this interview we will examine the emerging research
priorities within pre-hospital care from the perspective of
priority and importance. I will be speaking with Sarah McLaughlin
– a senior research fellow with affiliations with Essex &
Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) and Anglia Ruskin University. I will
also be speaking with Lisa Ramage, Lisa is a PHEM trainee in the
East of England and the chair of PHOTON. PHOTON is a group of
non-consultant grade, pre-hospital, doctors with an ambition to
expand the quality and reach of research within pre-hospital
care. In this conversation we are going to examine a national
Delphi study which is defining the national research priorities
within pre-hospital care in the contemporary climate. We will
also:


Examine what is a Delphi study

Why is it an important time for empirical research and audit
at the moment within pre-hospital care

Sarah’s EHAAT Delphi study as an analogue of the national
PHOTON study

The process of a Delphi study in terms of rounds and
refinement of the questions.

How does it achieve consensus?

What are the advantages to a Delphi study?

Ethical approval (the panel and process)

Topics that have emerged from the process

Why is it important to study end points that don’t always
involve mortality (look at 30 day outcome, CPC neurological
outcome, discharge data, and patient centred outcomes)

How does this inform national strategic direction and focus

Final thoughts from Sarah and Lisa & take-home messages.



You can find out more about PHOTON and Lisa Ramage here:
https://fphc.rcsed.ac.uk/about/photon-group


You can find out more about EHAAT here:
https://www.ehaat.org/about-us/our-people/


You can find the EHAAT Delphi study that is mentioned in the
interview here:
https://sjtrem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13049-021-00835-z


You can find some of Sarah McLaughlin's publications here:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah-Mclachlan-5





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