Verity Todd

Jan 23, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Ben Jones |Bridget Dicker |Graham Howie |Verity Todd

Subsequently transferring severe TBI patients from a local hospital to a Neuroscience Centre was found to significantly reduce mortality rates (aOR: 0.79, 95% CI: 0.64-0.96). Subsequently transferring patients with severe TBI reduced 24-h (RR: 0.31, 0.11-0.83) and 30-day (RR:0.66, 0.46-0.96) mortality.

Nov 30, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Eeva-Katri Kumpula |Verity Todd |David O'Byrne |David O'byrne MbChB

Emergency medical services (EMS) in Aotearoa New Zealand administer naloxone to one patient on average per day across the country of 5 million people (8–9 patients per 100 000 population-years). Most administrations (61%) involved a presenting complaint of poisoning by unknown agent(s). Median improvement after naloxone was +1 in Glasgow Coma Scale score and + 2 breaths/min in respiratory rate, suggesting other factors besides opioids may have contributed to symptoms.