East of England Ambulance Service

Current research projects

Upcoming research projects

• Clinical randomisation of an anti-fibrinolytic in symptomatic mild head injury in older adults (CRASH-4)
• Co-producing an Ambulance Trust national fatigue risk management system for improved Staff And Patient Safety (CATNAPS)
• AACE Occupational Stress Study

Previously conducted research projects

• Factors impacting vitamin D levels in ambulance staff (EVOLVED)
• Use of ketone meters to improve ambulance hyperglycaemia care (KARMA2)
• A mixed-methods study of ambulance staff experiences of the menopause transition (CESSATION study)
• Predictors and effects of prehospital feedback: A mixed-methods diary study (PRE-FEED)
• Emergency Medical Services Streaming Enabled Evaluation In Trauma (SEE-IT Trial)
• Paramedic decision making during out of hospital cardiac arrest 2. A mixed-methods study (REACT2)

Numerous student-level projects were also supported.

Latest / significant publications

• EEAST R&D Report 2020/2021

• Brown S, Noakes T, Foster T, Prothero L. An in-depth qualitative interview study of female ambulance staff experiences of the menopause transition (CESSATION phase 3). Br Paramed J. 2023 Dec 1;8(3):20-26. doi: 10.29045/14784726.2023.12.8.3.20. PMID: 38046794; PMCID: PMC10690488.
• Albargi, H., Mallett, S., Berhane, S., Booth, S., Hawkes, C., Perkins, G., Morton, M., Foster, T., Scholefield, B. (2021) Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation for paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in England: an observational registry cohort study. Resuscitation, 170: 17-25. 170: 17-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.10.042
• Aslam, R.W., Cole, R., Diethart, B., Edwards, A., Edwards, B.M., Evans, B.A., Foster, T., Fothergill, R., Gripper, P.C., Hughes, H., John, A., Khanom, A., Petterson, R., Philips, C.J., Porter, A., Rees, N., Rosser, A., Scott, J., Tee, A., Watkins, A., Snooks, H. (2021) Co-design of a logic model describing components, mechanisms of change and potential impacts of case management for people who frequently call ambulance services, Emergency Medical Journal, 38:e5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed2021-999.5
• Clark, L.V., Fida, R., Skinner, J., Murdoch, J., Rees, N., Williams, J., Foster, T. and Sanderson, K. (2021) Mental health, well-being and support interventions for UK ambulance services staff: an evidence map, 2000 to 2020. British Paramedic Journal, 5(4), 25–39
• Jones, J., Allen, S., Davies, J., Driscoll, T., Ellis, G., Fegan, G., Foster, T., Francis, N., Islam, S., Morgan, M., Nanayakkara, P., Perkins, G., Porter, A., Rainer, T., Ricketts, S., Sewell, B., Shanahan, T., Smith, F., Smyth, M., Snooks, H., Moore, C. (2021) Randomised feasibility study of prehospital recognition and antibiotics for emergency patients with sepsis (PhRASe). Scientific Reports, Sep 20; 11(1): 18586 doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-97979-w.
• Mochrie, T., Prothero, L., Foster, T. and South, N. (2021) The experiences and attitudes of ambulance staff towards the counter-terrorism “PREVENT” training: a survey-based service evaluation. Emergency Medical Journal, 38(9), http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2021-999.34
• Foster, T., Prothero, L.S., Winterson, D. (2020). A survey-based evaluation of the impact of menopause transition on female ambulance staff in one UK ambulance service. Emergency Medical Journal, 37(10), e6-e7.
• Prothero, L.S., Foster, T., Dhatariya, K., Lake, A., Boyle, A., Rayman, G., Williams, J., & Sampson, M. (2021). Use of capillary blood ketone meters to improve ambulance service care of hyperglycaemic patients: protocol for a stepped-wedge, controlled feasibility study (KARMA2). Emergency Medicine Journal, 38(9), A15-16.
• Prothero, L.S., Foster, T., & Winterson, D. (2021). ‘Menopause affects us all . . .’: menopause transition experiences of female ambulance staff from a UK ambulance service. British Paramedic Journal, 6(3), 41-48.
• Prothero, L.S., & Foster, T. (2021) A survey-based evaluation of ambulance staff awareness of vitamin D and risk of deficiency in a UK ambulance service. British Paramedic Journal, 6(2), 40-48.