PUBLICATIONS
PARAMEDICINE
Meadley B. Looking at contemporary pre-hospital trauma care systems. International Paramedic Practice. 2013 Aug;3(3):64-9.
https://doi.org/10.12968/ippr.2013.3.3.64
Meadley B, Olaussen A, Delorenzo A, Roder N, Martin C, St Clair T, Burns A, Stam E, Williams B. Educational standards for training paramedics in ultrasound: a scoping review. BMC Emergency Medicine. 2017 Dec;17(1):1-4.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-017-0131-8
Heschl S, Meadley B, Andrew E, Butt W, Bernard S, Smith K. Efficacy of pre-hospital rapid sequence intubation in paediatric traumatic brain injury: A 9-year observational study. Injury. 2018;49(5):916-20.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2018.02.013
Delorenzo A, Meadley B. Point-of-care ultrasound use in the pre-hospital setting. Journal of Paramedic Practice. 2018;10(8):326-32.
https://doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2018.10.8.326
Beck B, Smith K, Mercier E, Bernard S, Jones C, Meadley B, St Clair T, Jennings PA, Nehme Z, Burke M, Bassed R. Potentially preventable trauma deaths: a retrospective review. Injury. 2019;50(5):1009-16.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2019.03.003
Fouche PF, Meadley B, St Clair T, Winnall A, Jennings PA, Bernard S, Smith K. The association of ketamine induction with blood pressure changes in paramedic rapid sequence intubation of out‐of‐hospital traumatic brain injury. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2021 Oct;28(10):1134-41.
https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.14256
Fouche PF, Meadley B, StClair T, Winnall A, Stein C, Jennings PA, Bernard S, Smith K. Temporal changes in blood pressure following prehospital rapid sequence intubation. Emergency Medicine Journal. 2022 Jun 1;39(6):451-6.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2020-210887
Burton SO, Donovan JK, Jones SL, Meadley BN. Can Non-Physician Providers Use Ultrasound to Aid in Establishing Peripheral IV Access in Patients Who are Difficult to Cannulate? A Scoping Review. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2022 May 20:1-2.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x22000796
Donovan JK, Burton SO, Jones SL, Meadley BN. Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound by Non-Physicians to Assess Respiratory Distress in the Out-of-Hospital Environment: A Scoping Review. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2022 May 4:1-9 https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x22000711
Bourke-Matas E, Bosley E, Smith K, Meadley B, Bowles K-A. Challenges to recognising patients at risk of out-of-hospital clinical deterioration. Australasian Emergency Care. 2022.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.auec.2022.07.003
Donovan JK, Burton SO, Jones SL, Phillips LM, Anderson D, Meadley BN. Use of point-of-care ultrasound by intensive care paramedics to assess respiratory distress in the out-of-hospital environment: A pilot study. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2022 Jul 27:1-2.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2022.2107123
Meadley BN, Andrews T, Delardes BJ, Shannon BP. The Evolution of Clinician-Academics in Paramedicine: Completing the Picture of Professionalism. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Cambridge University Press; 2022;:1–3.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X22001224
Burton, S. O., Donovan, J. K., Jones, S. L., Phillips, L. M., Anderson, D. J., & Meadley, B. N. (2022). Use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) by intensive care paramedics to achieve peripheral intravenous access in patients predicted to be difficult: An out-of-hospital pilot study. Australasian Emergency Care. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AUEC.2022.10.003
Solan T, Cudini D, Humar M, Forsyth N, Meadley B, St Clair T, Hodge D, Smith K, Babl FE, Long E. Characteristics of paediatric pre-hospital intubation by Intensive Care Paramedics. Emerg Med Australas. 2023 Apr 5.
https://doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14207
Mitra B, Meadley B, Bernard S, Maegele M, Gruen RL, Bradley O, Wood EM, McQuilten ZK, Fitzgerald M, St Clair T, Webb A. Pre-hospital freeze-dried plasma for critical bleeding after trauma: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Academic Emergency Medicine: Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2023 Apr 27.
https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.14745
Meadley B, Humar M, Salathiel R, McManamny T. Advancing paramedicine: Error, accountability and patient safety. Paramedicine. 2023;0(0).
https://doi.org10.1177/27536386231189006
Fouche PF, Stein C, Nichols M, Meadley B, Bendall JC, Smith K, Anderson D, Doi SA. Tranexamic Acid for Traumatic Injury in the Emergency Setting: A Systematic Review and Bias-Adjusted Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2023 Nov 22.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.10.004
Andrews T, Meadley B, Gabbe B, Beck B, Dicker B, Cameron P. Review article: Pre-hospital trauma guidelines and access to lifesaving interventions in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Emergency Medicine Australasia. Online first, 23 January 2024.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14373
Mitra B, Talarico CS, Olaussen A, Anderson D, Meadley B. Blood lactate after pre-hospital blood transfusion for major trauma by helicopter emergency medical services. Vox Sang. 2024.
https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.13598
PARAMEDIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Meadley B, Caldwell J, Perraton L, Bonham M, Wolkow AP, Smith K, Williams B, Bowles KA. The Health and Well-Being of Paramedics-A Professional Priority. Occupational Medicine. 2020;70(3):149-51.
https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqaa039
Meadley B, Perraton L, Smith K, Bonham MP, Bowles KA. Assessment of cardiometabolic health, diet and physical activity in helicopter rescue paramedics. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2021; Mar 23:1-11.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2021.1907492
Meadley B, Wolkow AP, Smith K, Perraton L, Bowles KA, Bonham MP. Cardiometabolic, dietary and physical health in graduate paramedics during the first 12-months of practice-a longitudinal study. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2021; Jul 7:1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2021.1949081
Harris R, Drummond SP, Meadley B, Rajaratnam SM, Williams B, Smith K, Bowles KA, Nguyen E, Dobbie ML, Wolkow AP. Mental health risk factors for shift work disorder in paramedics: A longitudinal study. Sleep Health. 2022 Nov 16.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2022.09.009
Nguyen E, Meadley B, Harris R, Rajaratnam SM, Williams B, Smith K, Bowles KA, Dobbie ML, Drummond SP, Wolkow AP. Sleep and mental health in recruit paramedics: A 6-month longitudinal study. Sleep. 2023 Mar 2:zsad050.
https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsad050
Kearney J, Muir C, Smith K, Meadley B. Exploring factors associated with paramedic work-related psychological injury through data linkage. Journal of Safety Research. 2023 May 25.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2023.05.012
Clark AB, Coates AM, Choi T, Meadley B, Bowles KA, Bonham MP. The effect of commencing rotating shift work on diet and body composition changes in graduate paramedics: a longitudinal mixed methods study. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2023 Aug 18:1-27.
PHYSICAL EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
Meadley B, Bowles KA, Smith K, Perraton L, Caldwell J. Defining the characteristics of physically demanding winch rescue in helicopter search and rescue operations. Applied Ergonomics. 2021; May 1: 93:103375.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103375
Meadley B, Horton E, Pyne DB, Perraton L, Smith K, Bowles KA, Caldwell J. Comparison of swimming versus running maximal aerobic capacity in helicopter rescue paramedics. Ergonomics. 2021; Apr 6:1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2021.1910350
Meadley B, Horton E, Perraton L, Smith K, Bowles KA. Physiological response in a specialist paramedic during helicopter winch rescue in remote wilderness and extreme heat. Journal of Special Operations Medicine. 2021;21(3):41-44.
https://doi.org/10.55460/u2qg-2fvd
Meadley B, Horton E, Perraton L, Smith K, Bowles KA, Caldwell J. The physiological demands of helicopter winch rescue in water and over land. Ergonomics. 2021; October 25:1-42.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2021.1998645
Waack, J., Meadley, B., Gosling, C. Comparison of physical demanding paramedic work tasks between an Australian and Canadian ambulance service. Applied Ergonomics. 2023; 106, 103905.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103905
Meadley B, Rogers M, Bowles KA, Caldwell J. The bookmark method to establish minimum performance standards for intensive care flight paramedics performing helicopter winch rescue. Applied Ergonomics. 2023 Feb 1;107:103934.
HELICOPTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Andrew E, De Wit A, Meadley B, Cox S, Bernard S, Smith K. Characteristics of patients transported by a paramedic-staffed helicopter emergency medical service in Victoria, Australia. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2015 Jul 3;19(3):416-24.
https://doi.org/10.3109/10903127.2014.995846
Meadley B, Heschl S, Andrew E, De Wit A, Bernard SA, Smith K. A paramedic-staffed helicopter emergency medical service's response to winch missions in Victoria, Australia. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2016 Jan 2;20(1):106-10.
BOOK CHAPTERS
In: Johnson M, Boyd L, Grantham H, Eastwood, K. Paramedic Principles and Practice, First Edition: A Clinical Reasoning Approach. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2015.
Sepsis
In: Williams B, Ross L, Hugh G. Paramedic Principles and Practice, Second Edition: A Clinical Reasoning Approach. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2020.
Paramedic Health and Wellbeing
Sepsis
In: Curtis K, Ramsden C. Emergency and trauma care for nurses and paramedics. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2019.
Clinical skills
In: Curtis K, Ramsden C. Emergency and trauma care for nurses and paramedics. Elsevier Health Sciences; In press (2023).
Stabilisation and transfer
Clinical skills
Major trauma initial assessment and management
In: Olaussen A, Bowles KA, Lord B, Williams B. Introducing, Designing and Conducting Research for Paramedics . Elsevier Health Sciences; 2022.
Case Reports and Case Series