Outputs (16)

Using a novel smartphone app to track noise and vibration exposure during neonatal ambulance transport (2025)
Journal Article
Partridge, T., Leslie, A., Mistry, A., Simpson, R. B., Morris, D. E., McNally, D., Crowe, J., & Sharkey, D. (2025). Using a novel smartphone app to track noise and vibration exposure during neonatal ambulance transport. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327758

Objective To assess the utility of a bespoke smartphone app to map noise and vibration exposure across neonatal road ambulance journeys.

Design and setting Prospective observational study of ambulance journeys across a large UK neonatal transport... Read More about Using a novel smartphone app to track noise and vibration exposure during neonatal ambulance transport.

Comparing peripheral limb and forehead vital sign monitoring in newborn infants at birth (2024)
Journal Article
Swamy, S. K. . N., Stockwell, S. J., Liu, C., Henry, C., Shipley, L., Ward, C., Mirahmadi, S., Correia, R., Morgan, S. P., Crowe, J. A., Sharkey, D., & Hayes-Gill, B. R. (2024). Comparing peripheral limb and forehead vital sign monitoring in newborn infants at birth. Pediatric Research, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-024-03651-0

Background: To study the feasibility of measuring heart rate (HR) and oxygen saturation (SpO2) on the forehead, during newborn transition at birth, and to compare these measurements with those obtained from the wrist. Methods: Vital signs were measur... Read More about Comparing peripheral limb and forehead vital sign monitoring in newborn infants at birth.

An Automated Performance Evaluation of the Newborn Life Support Procedure (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tan, A., Egede, J., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Valstar, M., & Sharkey, D. (2024, January). An Automated Performance Evaluation of the Newborn Life Support Procedure. Presented at 2024 Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), Albuquerque, NM, USA

This research is conducted to develop an automated action recognition method to evaluate the performance of the Newborn Life Support (NLS) procedure. It will be useful to find deviations in the procedure, such as missing steps and incorrect actions,... Read More about An Automated Performance Evaluation of the Newborn Life Support Procedure.

Identifying Variation in the Newborn Life Support Procedure: An Automated Method (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tan, A., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Egede, J., Valstar, M., & Sharkey, D. (2023, September). Identifying Variation in the Newborn Life Support Procedure: An Automated Method. Presented at 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2023), Southampton, UK

This research is conducted for developing an automated method to recognize variations in the Newborn Life Support (NLS) procedure. Compliance with the NLS standard guideline is essential to prevent any adverse consequences for the newborn. Video reco... Read More about Identifying Variation in the Newborn Life Support Procedure: An Automated Method.

A modelling approach to studying variations in newborn life support procedure (2023)
Journal Article
Tan, A., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Valstar, M., & Sharkey, D. (2024). A modelling approach to studying variations in newborn life support procedure. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 238(4), 777-796. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006X231173595

Variations in clinical practice are common. However, some variations may cause undesired consequences. Careful consideration of their causes and effects is necessary to assure the quality of healthcare delivery. A modelling approach that could captur... Read More about A modelling approach to studying variations in newborn life support procedure.

Forehead monitoring of heart rate in neonatal intensive care (2023)
Journal Article
Stockwell, S. J., Kwok, T. C., Morgan, S. P., Sharkey, D., & Hayes-Gill, B. R. (2023). Forehead monitoring of heart rate in neonatal intensive care. Frontiers in Physiology, 14, Article 1127419. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1127419

Heart rate is an extremely important physiological parameter to measure in critically unwell infants, as it is the main physiological marker that changes in response to a change in infant condition. Heart rate is routinely measured peripherally on a... Read More about Forehead monitoring of heart rate in neonatal intensive care.

Modelling Variations in Newborn Life Support Procedure Using Colored Petri Nets (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tan, A., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Valstar, M., & Sharkey, D. (2022, August). Modelling Variations in Newborn Life Support Procedure Using Colored Petri Nets. Presented at 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2022), Dublin, Ireland

This research is conducted to study variations in the Newborn Life Support procedure. This procedure follows an evidence-based protocol to resuscitate and stabilize newborn babies requiring assistance at birth. Errors and ineffective actions in this... Read More about Modelling Variations in Newborn Life Support Procedure Using Colored Petri Nets.

Feasibility of a Novel ECG Electrode Placement Method in Newborn Infants (2022)
Journal Article
Henry, C., Shipley, L., Morgan, S., Crowe, J. A., Carpenter, J., Hayes-Gill, B., & Sharkey, D. (2022). Feasibility of a Novel ECG Electrode Placement Method in Newborn Infants. Neonatology, 119(2), 264-267. https://doi.org/10.1159/000521530

Background: International newborn resuscitation guidelines recommend electrocardiogram (ECG) heart rate (HR) monitoring at birth. We evaluated the application time of pre-set ECG electrodes fixed to a polyethene patch allowing adhesive-free attachmen... Read More about Feasibility of a Novel ECG Electrode Placement Method in Newborn Infants.

Smartphone monitoring of in-ambulance vibration and noise (2021)
Journal Article
Partridge, T., Gherman, L., Morris, D., Light, R., Leslie, A., Sharkey, D., McNally, D., & Crowe, J. (2021). Smartphone monitoring of in-ambulance vibration and noise. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 235(4), 428-436. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954411920985994

Transferring sick premature infants between hospitals increases the risk of severe brain injury, potentially linked to the excessive exposure to noise, vibration and driving-related accelerations. One method of reducing these levels may be to travel... Read More about Smartphone monitoring of in-ambulance vibration and noise.

Finding Comfortable Routes for Ambulance Transfers of Newborn Infants (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Partridge, T. J., Morris, D. E., Light, R. A., Leslie, A., Sharkey, D., Crowe, J. A., & McNally, D. S. (2020, July). Finding Comfortable Routes for Ambulance Transfers of Newborn Infants. Presented at 2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) in conjunction with the 43rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society, Montreal, QC, Canada

Early inter-hospital ambulance transport of premature babies is associated with more severe brain injury. The mechanism is unclear, but they are exposed to excessive noise and vibration. Smart-routing may help minimise these exposure levels and poten... Read More about Finding Comfortable Routes for Ambulance Transfers of Newborn Infants.