Neil McDonald
Doctorate
Doctorate Title: The treatment of potential spine injuries by emergency personnel in the prehospital setting
Doctorate Description: My research addresses the standard of care in prehospital treatment of potential spine injuries as it continues to evolve from traditional spinal immobilization to different forms of spinal motion restriction. In particular, I work on quantifying head-neck motion throughout the duration of prehospital care, both to document current practice and to investigate the determinants and threshold of additional traumatic injury. I also examine the use of clinical assessment protocols in the field, and am interested in paramedics’ attitudes towards practice guidelines.
Details:
Type: PhD
University: University of Manitoba
Primary Supervisor: Dr Rob Pryce
Category: Trauma
Funding: None
Start Date: 2018
End Date: 2022
Status: Ongoing
Thesis
Awaiting
Research Interests
Trauma care, community paramedicine, overdose treatment
Publications
Thezard F, McDonald N, Kriellaars D, Giesbrecht G, Weldon E, Pryce RT. Effects of Spinal Immobilization and Spinal Motion Restriction on Head-Neck Kinematics during Ambulance Transport. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2019:1-9.
McDonald N, Pryce R, Weldon E, Kriellaars D. Cervical spine motion during pre- to in-hospital transfer of care delays induced by voluntary movement in patients with suspected spine injury. Abstracts for the 2019 NAEMSP scientific assembly. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2018:1-251.
Pryce R, Kriellaars D, Weldon E, McDonald N. Cervical spine motion in patients during ambulance transport with two forms of spinal precautions. Abstracts for the 2019 NAEMSP scientific assembly. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2018:1-251.
Weldon E, McDonald N, Grierson R, et al. Implementation of an evidence-based assessment tool by community paramedics to reduce emergency resource use in patients with complex needs. Abstracts for the 2019 NAEMSP scientific assembly. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2018:1-251.
McDonald N. Secondary spine injury: how language affects future research and treatment. J Paramedic Practice. Vol. 9, Iss. 2, 03 Feb 2017, pp 55 - 58
McDonald N, Thezard F, Kreillaars D, Pryce R. How mobile is immobilization? Spinal motion restriction versus immobilization during ambulance transport. Abstracts for the 2017 NAEMSP scientific assembly. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2017;21(1):89-143.
Pryce R, McDonald N. Prehospital spinal immobilization: Effect of effort on kinematics of voluntary head-neck motion assessed using accelerometry. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(1):36-42.
McDonald NE, Curran-Sills G, Thomas RE. Outcomes and characteristics of non-immobilised, spine-injured trauma patients: A systematic review of prehospital selective immobilisation protocols. Emerg Med J. 2015.
McDonald N, Webster M, Orkin A, VanderBurgh D, Johnson DE. The long backboard vs the vacuum mattress. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014;29(1):110.
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