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Advanced trauma life support training for ambulance crews
Sethi, D.; Kwan, I.; Kelly, A.M.; Roberts, I.; Bunn, Frances (2001)Background: There is an increasing global burden of injury especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). To address this, models of trauma care initially developed in high income countries are being adopted in ... -
Area-wide traffic calming for preventing traffic related injuries
Bunn, Frances; Collier, T.; Frost, C.; Ker, K.; Roberts, I.; Wentz, R. (2003)Background: It is estimated that by 2020 road traffic crashes will have moved from ninth to third in the world disease burden ranking, as measured in disability adjusted life years, and to second in developing countries. ... -
Colloids versus crystalloids for fluid resuscitation in critically ill patients
Roberts, I.; Alderson, P.; Bunn, Frances; Chinnock, P.; Ker, K.; Schierhout, G. (2004)Background: Colloid solutions are widely used in fluid resuscitation of critically ill patients. There are several choices of colloid and there is ongoing debate about the relative effectiveness of colloids compared to ... -
The development of a register of randomized controlled trials in prehospital trauma care
Kwan, I.; Bunn, Frances; Roberts, I.; Wentz, R. (2002)Objectives. To establish a register of randomized controlled trials of interventions in the prehospital care of trauma patients. Methods. A systematic search was conducted for all randomized controlled trials of interventions ... -
Egg on their faces : The story of human albumin solution
Roberts, I.; Bunn, Frances (2002)In 1998, the Cochrane Injuries Group published the results of a systematic review of human albumin administration in critically ill patients. The results showed that the risk of death in patients receiving albumin was 14%, ... -
Human albumin solution for resuscitation and volume expansion in critically ill patients
Alderson, P.; Bunn, Frances; Lefebvre, C.; Li, L.; Roberts, I.; Schierhout, G. (2009)Background: Human albumin solutions are used in a range of medical and surgical problems. Licensed indications are the emergency treatment of shock and other conditions where restoration of blood volume is urgent, burns, ... -
Hypertonic versus near isotonic crystalloid for fluid resuscitation in critically ill patients
Bunn, Frances; Roberts, I.; Tasker, R. (2004)Background: Hypertonic solutions are considered to have a greater ability to expand blood volume and thus elevate blood pressure and can be administered as a small volume infusion over a short time period. On the other ... -
Nutritional support for head-injured patients
Perel, P.; Yanagawa, T.; Bunn, Frances; Roberts, I.; Wentz, R.; Pierro, A. (2004)Background: Head injury increases the body's metabolic responses, and therefore nutritional demands. Provision of an adequate supply of nutrients is associated with improved outcome. The best route for administering nutrition ... -
Post-licence driver education for the prevention of road traffic crashes
Ker, K.; Roberts, I.; Collier, T.; Beyer, F.; Bunn, Frances (2004)Background: Worldwide, each year over a million people are killed and some ten million people are permanently disabled in road traffic crashes. Post-licence driver education is used by many as a strategy to reduce traffic ... -
Post-licence driver education for the prevention of road traffic crashes : a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Ker, K.; Roberts, I.; Collier, T.; Beyer, F.; Bunn, Frances; Frost, C. (2005)The effectiveness of post-licence driver education for preventing road traffic crashes was quantified using a systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials. Searches of appropriate electronic databases, ... -
Safety education of pedestrians for injury prevention
Duperrex, O.; Roberts, I.; Bunn, Frances (2002)Background: Each year about one million people die and about 10 million are seriously injured on the world's roads. Educational measures to teach pedestrians how to cope with the traffic environment are considered to be ... -
Safety education of pedestrians for injury prevention: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Bunn, Frances; Duperrex, O.; Roberts, I. (2002) -
Size and quality of randomised controlled trials in head injury: a review of published studies
Dickinson, K.; Bunn, Frances; Roberts, I.; Edwards, P.; Wentz, R. (2000) -
Timing and volume of fluid administration for patients with bleeding
Kwan, I.; Bunn, Frances; Roberts, I. (2003)Background: Treatment of haemorrhagic shock involves maintaining blood pressure and tissue perfusion until bleeding is controlled. Different resuscitation strategies have been used to maintain the blood pressure in trauma ... -
Traffic calming for the prevention of road traffic injuries: systematic review and meta-analysis
Bunn, Frances; Collier, T.; Frost, C.; Ker, K.; Roberts, I.; Wentz, R. (2003)