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Emergency medicine, risk stratification, decision aids, quality, #FOAMed

Biography

Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Research Lead, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
BSc, MBChB, MRes (Public Health) University of Manchester
PhD (Health Services Research) University of Sheffield

Activities

Employment (1)

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: Preston, GB

2016-02-22 to present | Consultant in Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
Employment
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Kirsty Challen

Education and qualifications (5)

Royal College of Emergency Medicine: London, London, GB

2014-11-30 to present | FRCEM
Qualification
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Kirsty Challen

University of Sheffield: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, GB

2008-09-01 to 2015-02-01 | PhD (School of Health and Related Research)
Education
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Kirsty Challen

University of Manchester: Manchester, Greater Manchester, GB

2006-09-01 to 2008-01-31 | MRes (Public Health) (School of Medicine)
Education
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Kirsty Challen

University of Manchester: Manchester, Greater Manchester, GB

1993-09-22 to 2000-06-30 | MBChB (School of Medicine)
Education
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Kirsty Challen

University of Manchester: Manchester, Greater Manchester, GB

1996-09-01 to 1997-06-30 | BSc (History of Medicine) (Centre for the History of Science Technology and Medicine)
Education
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Kirsty Challen

Professional activities (3)

Royal College of Emergency Medicine: London, GB

2020-12-01 to present | Chair, Informatics Committee
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Royal College of Emergency Medicine: London, GB

2020-12-01 to present | Chair, Gender Equity Committee
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Royal College of Emergency Medicine: London, GB

2019-06-01 to present | Public Health Special Interest Group
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Works (50 of 82)

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Hot off the press: It's (un)happy hour again—Mortality in younger patients with alcohol‐related ED attendances

Academic Emergency Medicine
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Kirsty Challen; Neil Dasgupta; W. Ken Milne
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No safe harbour: triage nurses as targets

Emergency Medicine Journal
2024-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Kirsty Challen
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Hot off the press: I ain't missing you—Spinal epidural abscess

Academic Emergency Medicine
2024-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Kirsty Challen; Lauren M. Westafer; W. Ken Milne
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Hot off the press: Blood on blood: Massive transfusion protocols in older trauma patients

Academic Emergency Medicine
2023-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Kirsty Challen; Lauren Westafer; W. Ken Milne
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Hot off the press: Going ultrasound—For small bowel obstructions

Academic Emergency Medicine
2023-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kirsty Challen; Chris Bond; W. Ken Milne
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Hot off the press: We care a lot: The EmPATH study

Academic Emergency Medicine
2022-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Kirsty Challen; Lauren Westafer; William Ken Milne
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Hot off the press: Stop fallin’—Geriatric fall prevention in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine
2022-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Kirsty Challen; Lauren Westafer; William Ken Milne
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Derivation and validation of a clinical severity score for acutely ill adults with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study

PLoS ONE
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85100064143

Part of ISSN: 19326203
Contributors: Goodacre, S.; Thomas, B.; Sutton, L.; Burnsall, M.; Lee, E.; Bradburn, M.; Loban, A.; Waterhouse, S.; Simmonds, R.; Biggs, K. et al.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

Electrical stimulation to enhance wound healing

Journal of Functional Biomaterials
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85109113070

Part of ISSN: 20794983
Contributors: Rajendran, S.B.; Challen, K.; Wright, K.L.; Hardy, J.G.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

Hot off the press: the RAMPED trial—methoxyflurane for analgesia in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85104534093

Part of ISSN: 15532712 10696563
Contributors: Bond, C.; Westafer, L.; Challen, K.; Milne, W.K.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

Post-exertion oxygen saturation as a prognostic factor for adverse outcome in patients attending the emergency department with suspected COVID-19: A substudy of the PRIEST observational cohort study

Emergency Medicine Journal
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85097302186

Part of ISSN: 14720213 14720205
Contributors: Goodacre, S.; Thomas, B.; Lee, E.; Sutton, L.; Loban, A.; Waterhouse, S.; Simmonds, R.; Biggs, K.; Marincowitz, C.; Schutter, J. et al.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

Prognostic performance of clinical assessment tools following hip fracture in patients with chronic kidney disease

International Urology and Nephrology
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85102261627

Part of ISSN: 15732584 03011623
Contributors: Wu, H.H.L.; Van Mierlo, R.; McLauchlan, G.; Challen, K.; Mitra, S.; Dhaygude, A.P.; Nixon, A.C.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

SGEM#323: Mama I’m comin’ home—For outpatient treatment of a pulmonary embolism

Academic Emergency Medicine
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85107062120

Part of ISSN: 15532712 10696563
Contributors: Heitz, C.; Challen, K.; Milne, W.K.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

The revised Approved Instructional Resources score: An improved quality evaluation tool for online educational resources

AEM Education and Training
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85105780838

Part of ISSN: 24725390
Contributors: Grock, A.; Jordan, J.; Zaver, F.; Colmers-Gray, I.N.; Krishnan, K.; Chan, T.; Thoma, B.; Alexander, C.; Alkhalifah, M.; Almehlisi, A.S. et al.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

Use of a modified Delphi process to develop research priorities in major trauma

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85108315932

Part of ISSN: 16153146 18639933
Contributors: McElroy, L.; Robinson, L.; Battle, C.; Laidlaw, L.; Teager, A.; de Bernard, L.; McGillivray, J.; Tsang, K.; Bell, S.; Leech, C. et al.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

Hot off the press: Loop technique versus drainage and packing in emergency department abscess management

Academic Emergency Medicine
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Kirsty Challen; Christopher Bond; Lauren Westafer; Corey Heitz; William K. Milne; Jeffrey A. Kline
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Hot off the press: SGEM#308: Taking care of patients every day with physician assistants and nurse practitioners

Academic Emergency Medicine
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Corey Heitz; Kirsty Challen; Justin Morgenstern; Christopher Bond; William K. Milne
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Characterisation of 22445 patients attending UK emergency departments with suspected COVID-19 infection: Observational cohort study

PLoS ONE
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85096818777

Part of ISSN: 19326203
Contributors: Goodacre, S.; Thomas, B.; Lee, E.; Sutton, L.; Loban, A.; Waterhouse, S.; Simmonds, R.; Biggs, K.; Marincowitz, C.; Schutter, J. et al.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

Characterisation of 22446 patients attending UK emergency departments with suspected COVID-19 infection: Observational cohort study

medRxiv
2020 | Other
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2-s2.0-85098840741

Contributors: Goodacre, S.; Thomas, B.; Lee, E.; Sutton, L.; Loban, A.; Waterhouse, S.; Simmonds, R.; Biggs, K.; Marincowitz, C.; Schutter, J. et al.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

Derivation and validation of a triage tool for acutely ill adults with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study

medRxiv
2020 | Other
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2-s2.0-85099819977

Contributors: Goodacre, S.; Thomas, B.; Sutton, L.; Bursnall, M.; Lee, E.; Bradburn, M.; Loban, A.; Waterhouse, S.; Simmonds, R.; Biggs, K. et al.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

Post-exertion oxygen saturation as a prognostic factor for adverse outcome in patients attending the emergency department with suspected COVID-19: Observational cohort study

medRxiv
2020 | Other
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2-s2.0-85099736039

Contributors: Goodacre, S.; Thomas, B.; Lee, E.; Sutton, L.; Biggs, K.; Marincowitz, C.; Loban, A.; Waterhouse, S.; Simmonds, R.; Schutter, J. et al.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

Prognostic accuracy of emergency department triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study

medRxiv
2020 | Other
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2-s2.0-85100091015

Contributors: Thomas, B.; Goodacre, S.; Lee, E.; Sutton, L.; Loban, A.; Waterhouse, S.; Simmonds, R.; Biggs, K.; Marincowitz, C.; Schutter, J. et al.
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Prognostic accuracy of emergency department triage tools for children with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study

medRxiv
2020 | Other
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2-s2.0-85100131047

Contributors: Biggs, K.; Thomas, B.; Goodacre, S.; Lee, E.; Sutton, L.; Bursnall, M.; Loban, A.; Waterhouse, S.; Simmonds, R.; Marincowitz, C. et al.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

The UK hibernated pandemic influenza research portfolio: triggered for COVID-19

The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85085279757

Part of ISSN: 14744457 14733099
Contributors: Simpson, C.R.; Thomas, B.D.; Challen, K.; De Angelis, D.; Fragaszy, E.; Goodacre, S.; Hayward, A.; Lim, W.S.; Rubin, G.J.; Semple, M.G. et al.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

Emergency department use during COVID-19 as described by syndromic surveillance

Emergency Medicine Journal
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Helen E Hughes; Thomas C Hughes; Roger Morbey; Kirsty Challen; Isabel Oliver; Gillian E Smith; Alex J Elliot
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In situ crosslinking bionanocomposite hydrogels with potential for wound healing applications

Journal of Functional Biomaterials
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85078734700

Part of ISSN: 20794983
Contributors: Leone, F.; Firlak, M.; Challen, K.; Bonnefin, W.; Onida, B.; Wright, K.L.; Hardy, J.G.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

Potential added value of the new emergency care dataset to ED-based public health surveillance in England: An initial concept analysis

Emergency Medicine Journal
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85068361994

Part of ISSN: 14720213 14720205
Contributors: Morbey, R.; Hughes, H.; Smith, G.; Challen, K.; Hughes, T.C.; Elliot, A.J.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

The UK's pandemic influenza research portfolio: a model for future research on emerging infections.

The Lancet. Infectious diseases
2019-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Simpson CR; Beever D; Challen K; De Angelis D; Fragaszy E; Goodacre S; Hayward A; Lim WS; Rubin GJ; Semple MG et al.
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Kirsty Challen via Europe PubMed Central
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The Social Media Index as an Indicator of Quality for Emergency Medicine Blogs: A METRIQ Study

Annals of emergency medicine
2018 | Journal article
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How good is triage, and what is it good for?

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
2017 | Journal article
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Individual Gestalt Is Unreliable for the Evaluation of Quality in Medical Education Blogs: A METRIQ Study

Annals of emergency medicine
2017 | Journal article
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Early warning scores: a health warning

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
2016 | Journal article
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Development and validation of a score to identify in the Emergency Department patients who may benefit from a time-critical intervention: a cohort study

Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine
2015 | Journal article
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The PAndemic INfluenza Triage in the Emergency Department (PAINTED) pilot cohort study

Health technology assessment (Winchester, England)
2015 | Journal article
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Disaster management in low- and middle-income countries: scoping review of the evidence base

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
2014 | Journal article
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Major incident triage: comparative validation using data from 7th July bombings

Injury
2013 | Journal article
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Emergency management in health: key issues and challenges in the UK

BMC public health
2012 | Journal article
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Evaluation of triage methods used to select patients with suspected pandemic influenza for hospital admission

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
2012 | Journal article
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Where is the evidence for emergency planning: a scoping review

BMC public health
2012 | Journal article
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Confidence of primary care physicians in their ability to carry out basic medical genetic tasks-a European survey in five countries-Part 1

Journal of community genetics
2011 | Journal article
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Early warnings? Please include the ED in your ViEWS

Resuscitation
2011 | Journal article
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Predictive scoring in non-trauma emergency patients: a scoping review

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
2011 | Journal article
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Severity scales in community-acquired pneumonia: what matters apart from death?

Thorax
2011 | Journal article
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Severity-of-illness assessment in community-acquired pneumonia

Thorax
2011 | Journal article
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Does the pandemic medical early warning score system correlate with disposition decisions made at patient contact by emergency care practitioners?

Emergency Medicine Journal
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-78649822236

Part of ISSN: 14720205 14720213
Contributors: Gray, J.T.; Challen, K.; Oughton, L.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

General practitioner management of genetic aspects of a cardiac disease: a scenario-based study to anticipate providers' practices

Journal of community genetics
2010 | Journal article
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GP haemoglobinopathy screening. One more thing for GPs

The BMJ
2010 | Journal article
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GP haemoglobinopathy screening. One more thing for GPs.

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79952050062

Part of ISSN: 14685833
Contributors: Challen, K.
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Kirsty Challen via Scopus - Elsevier

Major incident planning in primary care trusts in north-west England: a cross-sectional survey

Health services management research
2010 | Journal article
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Physiological scoring: an aid to emergency medical services transport decisions?

Prehospital and disaster medicine
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-78049497774

Part of ISSN: 19451938 1049023X
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Peer review (16 reviews for 9 publications/grants)

Review activity for Archives of disease in childhood (1)
Review activity for BMJ (2)
Review activity for BMJ paediatrics open. (2)
Review activity for BMJ simulation & technology enhanced learning. (2)
Review activity for F1000Research. (1)
Review activity for Heliyon. (3)
Review activity for Journal of infectious diseases. (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (1)
Review activity for Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine. (3)