Collaborative Work
Collaborating with different groups has many clear benefits for undertaking high quality research and audit work. As such, RAFT has been involved in a number of different projects with other organisations to help undertake valuable and impactful work. Here we have highlighted some of this work.
CERA
The COVID-19 Emergency Response Assessment (CERA) was a multidisciplinary survey examining the impact of COVID-19 on the psychological health of frontline doctors. The project was led by the Trainee Emergency Research Network (TERN), in collaboration with RAFT, the Paediatric Emergency Research Network UK & Ireland (PERUKI), Irish Trainee Emergency Research Network (ITERN) & Trainee Research in Intensive Care (TRIC).
The results of this project have now begun to be published. You can find links to these publications here:
Roberts, T. et al. Psychological distress during the acceleration phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey of doctors practising in emergency medicine, anaesthesia and intensive care medicine in the UK and Ireland. EMJ. 2021. 38(6)
Roberts, T. et al. Psychological distress and trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic; survey of doctors practising anaesthesia, intensive care medicine and emergency medicine in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. BJA. 2021.
Roberts, T. et al. Psychological distress during the acceleration phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey of doctors practising in emergency medicine, anaesthesia and intensive care medicine in the UK and Ireland. EMJ. 2021. 38(6)
Roberts, T. et al. Psychological distress and trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic; survey of doctors practising anaesthesia, intensive care medicine and emergency medicine in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. BJA. 2021.
AIRWAYS-3
The RAFT group has been involved in the work of the AIRWAYS-3 study. This project aims to look at the role of airway management in patients suffering an in-hospital cardiac arrest, building on the work of AIRWAYS-2 in the out of hospital cardiac arrest population. Given the role that anaesthetic and intensive care medicine trainees usually play within cardiac arrest teams, RAFT has been involved early in the project development.
A recent survey of the project concept was distributed by the RAFT network to regional trainee groups to help assess current airway management practice as well as the feasibility of trainee involvement in such a project. The results of this are available below.
A recent survey of the project concept was distributed by the RAFT network to regional trainee groups to help assess current airway management practice as well as the feasibility of trainee involvement in such a project. The results of this are available below.