By Professor Paul MacConachie Middleton

Journal articles

Simpson PM; Bendall JC; Patterson J; Tiedemann A; Middleton PM; Close JC, 2013, 'Epidemiology of ambulance responses to older people who have fallen in New South Wales, Australia', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 32, pp. 171 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00621.x

Price R; Bendall JC; Patterson JA; Middleton PM, 2013, 'What causes adverse events in prehospital care? A human-factors approach', Emergency Medicine Journal, 30, pp. 583 - 588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2011-200971

McRae PJ; Bendall JC; Madigan V; Middleton PM, 2013, 'Paramedic-performed Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block for Femoral Fractures: A Controlled Trial', Journal of Emergency Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.12.016

Lee QY; Redmond SJ; Chan GSH; Middleton PM; Steel E; Malouf P; Critoph C; Flynn G; O'Lone E; Lovell NH, 2013, 'Estimation of cardiac output and systemic vascular resistance using a multivariate regression model with features selected from the finger photoplethysmogram and routine cardiovascular measurements', BioMedical Engineering Online, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-925X-12-19

Fouche PF; Middleton PM; Zverinova KM, 2013, 'Training and experience are more important than the type of practitioner for intubation success', Critical Care, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11924

Cheung W; Middleton PM; Davies S; Tummala S; Thanakrishnan G, 2013, 'A comparison of survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in Sydney, Australia, between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010', Critical Care and Resuscitation, pp. 241 - 246

Fitzharris M; Stevenson M; Middleton P; Sinclair G, 2012, 'Adherence with the pre-hospital triage protocol in the transport of injured patients in an urban setting', Injury, 43, pp. 1368 - 1376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2011.10.019

Simpson PM; Bendall JC; Patterson J; Middleton PM, 2012, 'Beliefs and expectations of paramedics towards evidence-based practice and research', International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 10, pp. 197 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-1609.2012.00273.x

Cone DC; Middleton PM, 2012, 'ROC, paper, scissors: Tracheal intubation or supraglottic airway for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?', Resuscitation, 83, pp. 1047 - 1048, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.07.001

Iedema R; Ball C; Daly B; Young J; Green T; Middleton PM; Foster-Curry C; Jones M; Hoy S; Comerford D, 2012, 'Design and trial of a new ambulance-to-emergency department handover protocol: 'IMIST-AMBO'', BMJ Quality and Safety, 21, pp. 627 - 633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000766

Middleton PM, 2012, 'Practical use of the Glasgow Coma Scale; a comprehensive narrative review of GCS methodology', Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 15, pp. 170 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aenj.2012.06.002

Ebbs P; Middleton PM; Bonner A; Loudfoot A; Elliott P, 2012, 'Do clinical safety charts improve paramedic key performance indicator results? (A clinical improvement programme evaluation)', Emergency Medicine Journal, 29, pp. 596 - 597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2010.099275

Simpson PM; McCabe B; Bendall JC; Cone DC; Middleton PM, 2012, 'Paramedic-performed digital nerve block to facilitate field reduction of a dislocated finger', Prehospital Emergency Care, 16, pp. 415 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10903127.2012.670690

Smith JE; Rickard A; Gay D; Middleton PM, 2012, 'Outcome of wrist injuries with clinical suspicion of scaphoid injury after normal computed tomography', European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 19, pp. 188 - 192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32834ad9f9

Middleton PM; Davies SR; Anand S; Reinten-Reynolds T; Marial O; Middleton JW, 2012, 'The pre-hospital epidemiology and management of spinal cord injuries in New South Wales: 2004-2008', Injury, 43, pp. 480 - 485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2011.12.010

Simpson PM; Middleton PM; Bendall JC; Patterson J; Tiedemann A; Close JC, 2012, 'Epidemiology of ambulance responses to older people who have fallen in New South Wales, Australia', Australasian Journal on Ageing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00621.x

Chan GSH; Fazalbhoy A; Birznieks I; Macefield VG; Middleton PM; Lovell NH, 2012, 'Spontaneous fluctuations in the peripheral photoplethysmographic waveform: Roles of arterial pressure and muscle sympathetic nerve activity', American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 302, pp. H826 - H836, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00970.2011

Brown LH; Canyon DV; Buettner PG; Crawford JM; Judd J; Australian Ambulance Services Emissions Study Group , 2012, 'The carbon footprint of Australian ambulance operations.', Emerg Med Australas, 24, pp. 657 - 662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-6723.2012.01591.x

Bendall JC; Simpson PM; Middleton PM, 2011, 'Prehospital vital signs can predict pain severity: Analysis using ordinal logistic regression', European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 18, pp. 334 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328344fdf2

Middleton PM; Davies SR, 2011, 'Noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring in the emergency department', Current Opinion in Critical Care, 17, pp. 342 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MCC.0b013e328348bf9b

Ong MEH; Shin SD; Tanaka H; Ma MHM; Khruekarnchana P; Hisamuddin N; Atilla R; Middleton P; Kajino K; Leong BSH; Khan MN, 2011, 'Pan-Asian Resuscitation Outcomes Study (PAROS): Rationale, methodology, and implementation', Academic Emergency Medicine, 18, pp. 890 - 897, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01132.x

Simpson PM; Bendall JC; Middleton PM, 2011, 'Review article: Prophylactic metoclopramide for patients receiving intravenous morphine in the emergency setting: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials', EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 23, pp. 452 - 457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01433.x

Reid C; Hatton R; Middleton P, 2011, 'Case report: Prehospital use of intranasal ketamine for paediatric burn injury', Emergency Medicine Journal, 28, pp. 328 - 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2010.092825

Bendall JC; Simpson PM; Middleton PM, 2011, 'Effectiveness of prehospital morphine, fentanyl, and methoxyflurane in pediatric patients', Prehospital Emergency Care, 15, pp. 158 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10903127.2010.541980

Thomas SL; Muscatello DJ; Middleton PM; Zheng W, 2011, 'Characteristics of fall-related injuries attended by an ambulance in Sydney, Australia: a surveillance summary.', New South Wales public health bulletin, 22, pp. 49 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb09034

Bendall JC; Simpson PM; Middleton PM, 2011, 'Prehospital analgesia in New South Wales, Australia', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 26, pp. 422 - 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X12000180

Middleton PM; Chan G; Marr S; Celler BG; Lovell NH, 2011, 'Identification of high-risk acute coronary syndromes by spectral analysis of ear photoplethysmographic waveform variability', Physiological Measurement, 32, pp. 1181 - 1192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/32/8/012

Lee QY; Chan G; Redmond SJ; Middleton PM; Steel E; Malouf P; Critoph C; Flynn G; O''lone E; Lovell NH, 2011, 'Multivariate classification of systemic vascular resistance using photoplethysmography', Physiological Measurement, 32, pp. 1117 - 1132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/32/8/008

Middleton PM; Bendall JC; Simpson PM, 2011, 'Prehospital vital signs can predict pain severity: analysis using ordinal logistic regression', European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 18, pp. 334 - 339

Garnett AR; Marsden DL; Parsons MW; Quain DA; Spratt NJ; Loudfoot AR; Middleton PM; Levi CR, 2010, 'The rural Prehospital Acute Stroke Triage (PAST) trial protocol: A controlled trial for rapid facilitated transport of rural acute stroke patients to a regional stroke centre', International Journal of Stroke, 5, pp. 506 - 513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00522.x

Middleton PM; Simpson PM; Sinclair G; Dobbins TA; Math B; Bendall JC, 2010, 'Effectiveness of morphine, fentanyl, and methoxyflurane in the prehospital setting', Prehospital Emergency Care, 14, pp. 439 - 447, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10903127.2010.497896

Myburgh J; Stevenson M; Middleton P; Fitzharris M, 2010, 'A systematic review of the costs and benefits of helicopter emergency medical services', Injury - International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 41, pp. 10 - 20

Chan G; Tang C; Middleton PM; Cave G; Harvey M; Savkin AV; Lovell NH, 2010, 'Augmented photoplethysmographic low frequency waves at the onset of endotoxic shock in rabbits', Physiological Measurement, 31, pp. 1605 - 1621, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/31/12/004

Middleton PM; Simpson PM; Bendall JC, 2010, 'Efficacy of out-of-hospital administration of morphine, fentanyl and methoxyflurane in adults with moderate to severe pain: a single centre study of over 42000 patients', Prehosp Emerg Care, 14, pp. 439 - 447

Javed F; Middleton PM; Malouf P; Chan G; Savkin AV; Lovell NH; Steel E; Mackie J, 2010, 'Frequency spectrum analysis of finger photoplethysmographic waveform variability during haemodialysis', Physiological Measurement, 31, pp. 1203 - 1216

Javed F; Savkin AV; Chan G; Middleton PM; Malouf P; Steel E; Mackie J; Cheng TM, 2010, 'Model predictive control of relative blood volume and heart rate during hemodialysis', Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 48, pp. 389 - 397

Tang C; Middleton PM; Savkin AV; Chan G; Bishop S; Lovell NH; Bishop , 2010, 'Non-invasive classification of severe sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome using a nonlinear support vector machine: a preliminary study', Physiological Measurement, 31, pp. 775 - 793

Shuster M; Lim SH; Deakin CD; Kleinman ME; Koster RW; Morrison LJ; Nolan JP; Sayre M; Middleton PM, 2010, 'Part 7: CPR techniques and devices: 2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations', Circulation, 122, pp. S338 - S344

Morrison LJ; Deakin CD; Morley PT; Callaway CW; Kerber RE; Kronick SL; Lavonas EJ; Link MS; Neumar RW; Otto CW; Parr M; Shuster M; Sunde K; Peberdy MA; Tang W; Hoek TL; Böttiger BW; Drajer S; Lim SH; Nolan JP; Middleton PM, 2010, 'Part 8: Advanced life support: 2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations', Circulation, 122, pp. S345 - S421

Middleton PM; Chan G; Bishop S; Savkin AV; Lovell NH; Tang C; Bishop , 2010, 'Peripheral Photoplethysmography Variability Analysis of Sepsis Patients', Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 49, pp. 337 - 347

Javed F; Savkin AV; Chan G; Middleton PM; Malouf P; Steel E; Mackie JD; Lovell NH, 2009, 'Assessing the blood volume and heart rate responses during haemodialysis in fluid overloaded patients using support vector regression', Physiological Measurement, 30, pp. 1251 - 1266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/30/11/009

Middleton PM; O Lone E; Steel E; Carroll RJ; Celler BG; Lovell NH; Chan G, 2009, 'Changes in left ventricular ejection time and pulse transit time derived from finger photoplethysmogram and electrocardiogram during moderate haemorrhage', Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 29, pp. 163 - 169

Goodger MS; Bendall JC; Simpson PM; Middleton PM, 2009, 'Prehospital airway management: Ambulance Service of New South Wales experience since the introduction of the laryngeal mask airway', J Prim Emerg Healthcare, pp. 7 - 7

Taylor CB; Stevenson M; Jan S; Middleton PM; Myburgh J, 2009, 'The cost effectiveness of helicopters for out-of-hospital transport', Injury Extra, 40, pp. 146 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2009.03.043

Chan G; Middleton PM; Celler BG; Wang L; Lovell NH, 2008, 'Detecting change in left ventricular ejection time during head-up tilt-induced progressive central hypovolemia using a finger photoplethysmographic pulse oximetry wave form', Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection and Critical Care, 64, pp. 390 - 397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TA.0b013e31815d9b5c

Middleton PM; Chan G; O Lone E; Steel E; Carroll R; Celler BG; Lovell NH, 2008, 'Spectral analysis of finger photoplethysmographic waveform variability in a model of mild to moderate haemorrhage', Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, 22, pp. 343 - 353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10877-008-9140-1

Chan G; Middleton PM; Celler BG; Wang L; Lovell NH, 2007, 'Automatic detection of left ventricular ejection time from a finger photoplethysmographic pulse oximetry waveform: comparison with Doppler aortic measurement', Physiological Measurement, 28, pp. 439 - 452

Chan G; Middleton PM; Celler BG; Wang L; Lovell NH, 2007, 'Change in pulse transit time and pre-ejection period during head-up tilt-induced progressive central hypovolaemia', Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, 21, pp. 283 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10877-007-9086-8

Windsor JS; Middleton PM, 2006, 'Incorrect labelling of naloxone [22]', Anaesthesia, 61, pp. 1230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04890_1.x

Windsor JS; Rodway GW; Middleton PM; McCarthy S, 2006, 'Digital photography', Postgraduate Medical Journal, 82, pp. 688 - 692, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.2006.044990

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