- The Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Derriford, Plymouth, PL6 8DH
- +44 1752 437634
- tim.nutbeam@plymouth.ac.uk

Profiles
Dr Tim Nutbeam
Honorary Professor - Prehospital Critical Care
School of Health Professions (Faculty of Health)
Biography
Biography
- Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Derriford Major Trauma Centre
- Clinical Academic in Emergency Medicine and
- Honorary Professor in Prehospital Critical Care Retrieval and Transfer
I have two roles main roles at the University of Plymouth.
As a clinical academic I am responsible for conceiving, designing and running trials in the prehospital and emergency environment. I also assist others in running multi-centre trials (e.g. as a PI) within the local area. I am keen to supervise junior researchers in prehospital and emergency medicine.
My second role is related to the Universities Masters in Prehospital Critical Care / Retrieval and Transfer. I am the lead tutor for this course, and as such are responsible for module content and delivery.
Qualifications
I am a Fellow of the College of Emergency Medicine, I hold a Masters in Disaster Medicine and have completed a the Diploma in Immediate Care from the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh).
I trained in Emergency Medicine in the UK and worked both here and South Africa.
My specially interests include Prehospital Emergency Medicine, resource/ information limited decision making and early interventions especially in Sepsis and Trauma.
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
I am the lead tutor for the MSc in Prehospital Critical Care, Retrieval and Transfer at the UoP.
This involves setting the content of the course and organising the faculty for its delivery.
The course presents some amazing opportunities for in situ / teaching and simulation. I particularly enjoy our "BIG SIM" days held on the last day of each of the clinical modules. These are usually held outside in an unsympathetic environment - this generates some excellent teaching and learning opportunities.
Staff serving as external examiners
Examine for the Diploma in Immediate Care for the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
Research
Research
Research interests
Sepsis identification and resuscitation
Pain
Prehospital interventions
Extrication
All things EM
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2022) 'A biomechanical study to compare spinal movement in a healthy volunteer during extrication between ‘chain cabling’ and ‘roof off’ methods of extrication' Injury 53, (11) 3605-3612 , DOI
(2022) 'Understanding people’s experiences of extrication while being trapped in motor vehicles: a qualitative interview study' BMJ Open 12, (9) e063798-e063798 , DOI
(2022) 'Use of tranexamic acid in major trauma: a sex-disaggregated analysis of the Clinical Randomisation of an Antifibrinolytic in Significant Haemorrhage (CRASH-2 and CRASH-3) trials and UK trauma registry (Trauma and Audit Research Network) data' British Journal of Anaesthesia 129, (2) 191-199 , DOI
(2022) 'A Delphi study of rescue and clinical subject matter experts on the extrication of patients following a motor vehicle collision' Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 30, (1) , DOI
(2022) 'Sex-disaggregated analysis of the injury patterns, outcome data and trapped status of major trauma patients injured in motor vehicle collisions: a prespecified analysis of the UK trauma registry (TARN)' BMJ Open 12, (5) e061076-e061076 , DOI
(2022) 'Do entrapment, injuries, outcomes and potential for self-extrication vary with age? A pre-specified analysis of the UK trauma registry (TARN)' Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 30, (1) , DOI
(2022) 'Assessing spinal movement during four extrication methods: a biomechanical study using healthy volunteers' Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 30, (1) , DOI
(2022) 'Maximum movement and cumulative movement (travel) to inform our understanding of secondary spinal cord injury and its application to collar use in self-extrication' Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 30, (1) , DOI
(2021) 'The role of cervical collars and verbal instructions in minimising spinal movement during self-extrication following a motor vehicle collision - a biomechanical study using healthy volunteers' Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 29, (1) , DOI
(2021) 'A comparison of the demographics, injury patterns and outcome data for patients injured in motor vehicle collisions who are trapped compared to those patients who are not trapped' Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 29, (1) , DOI
(2017) '41 Simultaneous trauma patients in emergency department’s: a difference in mortality?' Emergency Medicine Journal 34, (12) A888-A889 , DOI
(2017) '49 Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest – the development of a treatment algorithm' Emergency Medicine Journal 34, (12) A892.2-A894 , DOI
(2017) 'The height of the cricothyroid membrane on computed tomography scans in trauma patients' Anaesthesia , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Should cervical spinal immobilisation be applied to alert adult patients following blunt traumatic injury?' Trauma 19, (3) 226-227 , DOI
(2016) 'You Can’t Make a Silk Purse Out of a Sow’s Ear: Time to Start Again with MCI Triage' Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 31, (4) 459-460 , DOI
(2015) 'Abdominal trauma sustained during cardiopulmonary resuscitation may be detected by ultrasound' Trauma 18, (4) 283-286 , DOI
(2015) 'Enhanced care team response to incidents involving major trauma at night: Are helicopters the answer?' Injury 46, (7) 1262-1269 , DOI
(2015) 'In adult patients presenting as emergencies with upper gastrointestinal bleeding, does tranexamic acid decrease mortality?' African Journal of Emergency Medicine 5, (2) 85-92 , DOI
(2013) 'The stages of extrication: a prospective study' Emergency Medicine Journal 31, (12) 1006-1008 , DOI
(2011) 'Transporting major trauma patients from the margins of a UK trauma system' Emergency Medicine Journal 29, (3) 182-183 , DOI
(2010) 'The sepsis six and the severe sepsis resuscitation bundle: a prospective observational cohort study' Emergency Medicine Journal 28, (6) 507-512 , DOI
(2010) 'Clinical governance and prehospital care in the UK' Emergency Medicine Journal 28, (2) 91-92 , DOI
(2010) 'Early goal-directed therapy: can the emergency department deliver' Emergency Medicine Journal 28, (3) 250-250 , DOI
(2010) 'ABC of Sepsis. * Daniels R. and Nutbeam T. (eds)' Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 56, (4) 287-287 , DOI
(2009) 'Intraosseous access in osteogenesis imperfecta (IO in OI)' Resuscitation 80, (12) 1442-1443 , DOI
(2009) 'Sepsis: a need for prehospital intervention?' Emergency Medicine Journal 26, (7) 535-538 , DOI
(2009) 'Scoring Systems and Their Possible Use in a Military ICU Setting' Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 155, (2) 124-129 , DOI
(2009) 'BET 2 IS ENDOTRACHEAL ADRENALINE USEFUL IN ACUTE ASTHMA?' Emergency Medicine Journal 26, (6) 435-435 , DOI
(2009) 'BET 3. ENDOTRACHEAL ADRENALINE IN INTUBATED PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA' Emergency Medicine Journal 26, (5) 359-359 , DOI
Conference Papers
(2016) 'Emergency Cricothyrotomy: Revised anatomy and its implications for clinical practice' RCEM Annual Scientific Conference 2016 Bournemouth Internationla Centre 9-/-0/20169-/-0/2016, DOI Open access
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