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Biography
Dr Chris Groombridge is a director of emergency medicine training and a Trauma Physician working at The Alfred Hospital, in Melbourne.
After completing his emergency medicine training in February 2013, he moved to Sydney to work as a Staff Specialist at Liverpool Hospital’s Major Trauma Centre Emergency Department (ED). Chris has a particular interest in the prehospital management of trauma and has worked as a retrieval specialist with Sydney HEMS, CareFlight NSW, and Adult Retrieval Victoria, and internationally with London’s Air Ambulance and Essex & Hertfordshire Air Ambulance in the UK.
Dr Groombridge’s current research interests focus on optimising airway management outside the operating theatre and he developed The Alfred ED airway governance program which includes an ongoing audit of all ED intubations, monthly tailored education for trainees, and the standardisation of Rapid Sequence Intubation in the ED. He is also a founding member of The Procedures Course and The Airway Course, which are cadaver-based skills courses, teaching life-saving interventions to critical care clinicians.
Dr Groombridge completed a Masters in Trauma Sciences with Queen Mary University of London and is currently undertaking a PhD on the human factors of resuscitation with Monash University. This work has led to multiple publications focusing on life-saving interventions, as well as the impact of stress in resuscitation. Dr Groombridge recently secured a grant which will facilitate his upcoming studies on the physiological markers associated with clinician performance during resuscitation.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Alfred Health
National Trauma Research Institute
Research area keywords
- Emergency medicine
- Airway management
- Resuscitation
Network
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Trauma System - State Wide Capability Program
Fitzgerald, M., Mathew, J., Mitra, B., Boo, E., Groombridge, C., Kim, Y., Noonan, M., Cameron, P., Maini, A., Howard, T., Williams, K., Devilliers Smit, P. & Reilly, S.
15/02/18 → 15/02/20
Project: Research
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Randomised controlled trial in cadavers investigating methods for intubation via a supraglottic airway device: Comparison of flexible airway scope guided versus a retrograde technique
Groombridge, C. J., Maini, A., Johnny, C., McCreary, D., Kim, Y., Smit, D. V. & Fitzgerald, M., Jun 2022, In: EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia. 34, 3, p. 411-416 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Comparing methods to secure a tracheal tube placed via a surgical cricothyroidotomy: a randomised controlled study in cadavers
Groombridge, C. J., Maini, A., Mathew, J., Kim, Y., Fitzgerald, M., Smit, D. V. & O’Reilly, G., Dec 2021, In: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. 29, 1, 5 p., 104.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Comparison of fibre-optic-guided endotracheal intubation through a supraglottic airway device versus hyperangulated video laryngoscopy by emergency physicians: A randomised controlled study in cadavers
Groombridge, C. J., Maini, A., Mathew, J., Fritz, P., Kim, Y., Fitzgerald, M., Smit, D. V. & O’Reilly, G., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine. 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Consensus statement: Safe Airway Society principles of airway management and tracheal intubation specific to the COVID-19 adult patient group
Brewster, D. J., Groombridge, C. J. & Gatward, J. J., Jan 2021, In: The Medical Journal of Australia. 214, 1, p. 46-46.e1 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Other › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus) -
Hypocalcemia in trauma patients: A systematic review
Vasudeva, M., Mathew, J. K., Groombridge, C., Tee, J. W., Johnny, C. S., Maini, A. & Fitzgerald, M. C., Feb 2021, In: The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 90, 2, p. 396-402 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus)