Colin O'Keeffe's Publications

Peer reviewed journal articles

C O'Keeffe, S Mason, M Bradburn, Z Iheozor-Ejiofor. A community intervention trial to evaluate emergency care practitioners in the management of children.Arch Dis Child 19 Apr 2011.doi:10.1136/adc.2010.201889

O'Hara R, O'Keeffe C, Mason S, Coster JE, Hutchinson A. Quality and safety of care provided by emergency care practitioners.Emerg Med J 22 Apr 2011.

C O'Keeffe, J Turner, J Nicholl and S Goodacre.The role of ambulance response times in the survival of patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest. Emergency Medical Journal, in press.

S Mason, C O'Keeffe, P Coleman, R Edlin and J Nicholl. Effectiveness of emergency care practitioner working within existing emergency service models of care. Emergency Medical Journal 2007;24:239-243.

S Mason, P.Coleman, C.O'Keeffe, J.Ratcliffe, J.Nicholl. The evolution of emergency care practitioners in England – experiences and impact. Emergency Medical Journal, 2006;23:435-439.

A Hutchinson, A.McIntosh, J.Peters, C.O´Keeffe, K.Khunti, R.Baker and A.Booth. Effectiveness of screening and monitoring tests for diabetic retinopathy – a systematic review.Diabetic Medicine, 17, 495-506, 2000.

A Hutchinson, A.McIntosh, J. Peters, C.O´Keeffe, K.Khunti, R.Baker and A.Booth.Effectiveness of screening and monitoring tests for diabetic retinopathy – a systematic review.Diabetic Medicine, 17, 495-506, 2000

J.Mason, C.O´Keeffe, A.Hutchinson, A.McIntosh, R.Young and A.Booth. A systematic review of foot ulcer in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. I: Prevention. Diabetic Medicine, 16, 801-812, 1999

J.Mason, C.O´Keeffe, A.Hutchinson, A.McIntosh, R.Young and A.Booth. A systematic review of foot ulcer in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. II : Treatment. 17, 495-506, 1999

Melville A, Richardson R, McIntosh A, O´Keeffe C, Mason J, Peters J, Hutchinson A. Complications of diabetes: screening for retinopathy and management of foot problems. Quality in Health Care; 9: 137-141, 2000

Reports & other Publications

Janette Turner, Mike Bjarkoy, Patricia Coleman, Steve Goodacre, Suzanne Mason, Jon Nichol, Emma Knowles, Alicia O´Cathain, Richard Wilson, Medical Care Research Unit. Building the evidence base in pre-hospital urgent and emergency care: a review of research evidence and priorities for future research,Department of Health, London 2010.

S.Mason, C.O´Keeffe, P.Coleman, R.O´Hara, S.Dixon, J.Rick, M.Patterson, C.Stride. A multi-centre community intervention trial to evaluate effectiveness and cost effectiveness of emergency care practitioner schemes. Report for the National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D (NCCSDO). Submitted July 2008.

J.Turner, C.O´Keeffe, S.Dixon, K.Warren, J.Nicholl. The costs and benefits of changing ambulance service response time standards: final report. Medical Care Research Unit, ScHARR. University of Sheffield (2006).

S.Mason, C.O´Keeffe, P.Coleman, R.Edlin, J.Nicholl. A national evaluation of the clinical and cost effectiveness of emergency care practitioner schemes. Phase two. Final report. Medical Care Research Unit, ScHARR. University of Sheffield (2005).