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Dr Keith Couper

Job Title
Associate Professor
Department
WMS - Warwick Clinical Trials Unit
Phone
+44 (0) 2476151179
Research Interests

Health services research including clinical trials, cardiac arrest, critical care, emergency care, resuscitation.

Biography

Keith is an Associate Professor in Emergency and Critical Care, based in the Emergency, Prehospital, Perioperative and Critical Care (EPPiC) research group at Warwick Clinical Trials Unit.

His research focuses on the entire patient journey of critically ill patients from the pre-hospital setting to post-discharge care. He has a particular interest in the treatment of cardiac arrest. His clinical background is critical care nursing, and he continues to work clinically as a critical care outreach nurse practitioner at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

Keith completed his PhD on debriefing after cardiac arrest in 2015. He was subsequently awarded a prestigious NIHR post-doctoral research fellowship to explore the use of mechanical chest compression devices at in-hospital cardiac arrest.

Keith holds volunteer roles with the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ALS task force member), Resuscitation Council UK (ALS sub-committee member), Royal College of Nursing (Research Forum committee member) and National Institute of Health Research (HTA prioritisation committee member). He is a member of the editorial board of Resuscitation, and is an associate editor of Resuscitation Plus.

Keith is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He supervises several PhD students, and would welcome contact from individuals interested in pursuing a PhD or MSc in Health Research.

Research gate: LINK

Google scholar: LINK

Warwick EPPiC: LINK

Twitter: @keithcouper

Title Funder Award start Award end
Collaboration Agreement for NIHR154796 study lead by Warwick: Awake prone positioning in patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure not due to COVID-19: a multi-centre, pragmatic, allocation concealed, individual patient randomised, parallel group, open-label clinical trial (AWAKE-PRONE). Main Award linked to IDEATE 75935 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jan 2024 31 Dec 2027
Awake prone positioning in patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure not due to COVID-19: a multi-centre, pragmatic, allocation concealed, individual patient randomised, parallel group, open-label clinical trial (AWAKE-PRONE) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jan 2024 31 Dec 2027
NIHR RfPB stage 2: Optimising recovery following cardiac arrest: the Cardiac Arrest Recovery Enablement and Self-management Support (CARESS) Study National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Nov 2023 02 May 2026
Paramedic experiences of cardiac arrest in children Resuscitation Council (UK) 01 Feb 2024 31 Jan 2026
NIHR HTA Stage 2: AIRWAYS 3 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jan 2022 31 Dec 2025
Stage 2 NIHR RfPB lead by UHCW_PHOENIX National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Nov 2023 30 Apr 2025
NIHR HTA Stage 2: Pre-hospitAl Randomised triAl of MEDICation route in out-of-hosital cardiac arrest (PARAMEDIC3) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 May 2021 30 Apr 2025
Report on resuscitation research in the UK Resuscitation Council (UK) 14 Nov 2024 28 Feb 2025
NIHR HTA Stage 2 (stage 1 on ideate 74591) : Ventilation technologies: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Sept 2023 28 Feb 2025
The impact of withdrawal of tracheal intubation from UK ambulance services: an observational study. Resuscitation Council (UK) 01 Mar 2021 31 Dec 2024
Drone-delivered defibrillators. The 3D Project. Integrating drone-delivered defibrillators into the pre-hospital response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (NIHR RfPB Stage 2) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 May 2023 31 Oct 2024
AWARD: RECOVERY-RS Respiratory Support: Respiratory Strategies in COVID-19; CPAP, High-flow, and standard care (link to 65887 - temp Site agreement) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Apr 2020 29 Feb 2024
WCPRS Studentship Agreement University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 02 Mar 2020 01 Sept 2023
NIHR HTA Stage 2: Perioperative Oxygen Therapy National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Dec 2021 31 Mar 2023
Developing a quality of life instrument for Cardiac Arrest survivors: understanding what matters to patients - related to WCPRS PhD Studentship (66086) Resuscitation Council (UK) 01 Sept 2020 31 Aug 2022
COVID-19 and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an epidemiological study Resuscitation Council (UK) 01 Oct 2021 31 Jan 2022
UK National Screening Council: Screening to prevent sudden cardiac death in people aged 12 to 39 years old- evidence synthesis Public Health England 01 Nov 2018 31 Oct 2019

All authors for Randomised trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of a supraglottic airway device compared with tracheal intubation for in-hospital cardiac arrest (AIRWAYS-3) : Protocol, design and implementation.

Watkins, Scott, Chowdhury, Fatimah J., Norman, Chloe, Brett, Stephen J., Couper, Keith, Goodwin, Laura, Gould, Doug W., Ae Harrison, David, Hossain, Anower, Lall, Ranjit, Mason, James, Nolan, Jerry P., Nwankwo, Henry, Perkins, Gavin D., Samuel, Katie, Schofield, Behnaz, Soar, Jasmeet, Starr, Kath, Thomas, Matthew, Voss, Sarah, Benger, Jonathan R.

All authors for Diagnosis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Emergency Medical Dispatch : a diagnostic systematic review

Drennan, Ian R., Geri, Guillaume, Brooks, Steve, Couper, Keith, Hatanaka, Tetsuo, Kudenchuk, Peter, Olasveengen, Theresa, Pellegrino, Jeffrey, Schexnayder, Stephen M., Morley, Peter, Mancini, Mary Beth, Travers, Andrew, Castren, Maaret, Considine, Julie, Escalante, Raffo, Vaillancourt, Christian, Ristagno, Giuseppe, Smyth, Michael, Chung, Sung Phil, Perkins, Gavin D., Nishiyama, Chika, Hung, Kevin, Semeraro, Federico, Avis, Suzanne, Smith, Chris, Aickin, Richard, Atkins, Dianne, Bingham, Robert, Couto, Thomaz Bittencourt, de Caen, Allan, Guerguerian, Anne-Marie, Hazinski, Mary Fran, Maconochie, Ian, Nadkarni, Vinay, Ng, Kee-Chong, Nuthall, Gabrielle, Gene Ong, Yong-Kwang, Reis, Amelia, Shimizu, Naoki, Tijssen, Janice, Van de Voorde, Patrick, Greif, Robert, Bhanji, Farhan, Finn, Judith, Bigham, Blair, Frengley, Robert, Iwami, Taku, Lockey, Andrew, Ma, Matthew, Bray, Janet, Yeung, Joyce, Duff, Jonathan, Ong, Marcus, Okamoto, Deems, Hsieh, Ming-Ju, Monsieurs, Koen, Breckwoldt, Jan

All authors for 2021 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations : summary From the Basic Life Support; Advanced Life Support; Neonatal Life Support; Education, Implementation, and Teams; First Aid Task Forces; and the COVID-19 Working Group

Wyckoff, Myra H., Singletary, Eunice M., Soar, Jasmeet, Olasveengen, Theresa M., Greif, Robert, Liley, Helen G., Zideman, David, Bhanji, Farhan, Andersen, Lars W., Avis, Suzanne R., Aziz, Khalid, Bendall, Jason C., Berry, David C., Borra, Vere, Böttiger, Bernd W., Bradley, Richard, Bray, Janet E., Breckwoldt, Jan, Carlson, Jestin N., Cassan, Pascal, Castrén, Maaret, Chang, Wei-Tien, Charlton, Nathan P., Cheng, Adam, Chung, Sung Phil, Considine, Julie, Costa-Nobre, Daniela T., Couper, Keith, Dainty, Katie N., Davis, Peter G., de Almeida, Maria Fernanda, de Caen, Allan R., de Paiva, Edison F., Deakin, Charles D., Djärv, Therese, Douma, Matthew J., Drennan, Ian R., Duff, Jonathan P., Eastwood, Kathryn J., Epstein, Jonathan L., Escalante, Raffo, Fabres, Jorge G., Fawke, Joe, Finn, Judith C., Foglia, Elizabeth E., Folke, Fredrik, Freeman, Karoline, Gilfoyle, Elaine, Goolsby, Craig A., Grove, Amy L., Guinsburg, Ruth, Hatanaka, Tetsuo, Hazinski, Mary Fran, Heriot, George S., Hirsch, Karen G., Holmberg, Mathias J., Hosono, Shigeharu, Hsieh, Ming-Ju, Hung, Kevin K.C., Hsu, Cindy H., Ikeyama, Takanari, Isayama, Tetsuya, Kapadia, Vishal S., Kawakami, Mandira, Kim, Han-Suk, Kloeck, David A., Kudenchuk, Peter J., Lagina, Anthony T., Lauridsen, Kasper G., Lavonas, Eric J., Lockey, Andrew S., Malta Hansen, Carolina, Markenson, David, Matsuyama, Tasuku, McKinlay, Christopher J.D., Mehrabian, Amin, Merchant, Raina M., Meyran, Daniel, Morley, Peter T., Morrison, Laurie J., Nation, Kevin J., Nemeth, Michael, Neumar, Robert W., Nicholson, Tonia, Niermeyer, Susan, Nikolaou, Nikolaos, Nishiyama, Chika, O?Neil, Brian J., Orkin, Aaron M., Osemeke, Osokogu, Parr, Michael J., Patocka, Catherine, Pellegrino, Jeffrey L., Perkins, Gavin D., Perlman, Jeffrey M., Rabi, Yacov, Reynolds, Joshua C., Ristagno, Giuseppe, Roehr, Charles C., Sakamoto, Tetsuya, Sandroni, Claudio, Sawyer, Taylor, Schmölzer, Georg M., Schnaubelt, Sebastian, Semeraro, Federico, Skrifvars, Markus B., Smith, Christopher Matthew, Smyth, Michael A., Soll, Roger F., Sugiura, Takahiro, Taylor-Phillips, Sian, Trevisanuto, Daniele, Vaillancourt, Christian, Wang, Tzong-Luen, Weiner, Gary M., Welsford, Michelle, Wigginton, Jane, Wyllie, Jonathan P., Yeung, Joyce, Nolan, Jerry P., Berg, Katherine M., Abelairas-Gómez, Cristian, Barcala-Furelos, Roberto, Beerman, Stephen B., Bierens, Joost, Cacciola, Sofia, Cellini, Jacqueline, Claesson, Andreas, Court, Rachael, D?Arrigo, Sonia, De Brier, Niels, Dunne, Cody L., Elsenga, Hylmar E., Johnson, Samantha, Kleven, Gunn, Maconochie, Ian, Mecrow, Tom, Morgan, Patrick, Otto, Quentin, Palmieri, Tina L., Parnia, Sam, Pawar, Rahul, Pereira, João, Rudd, Sarah, Scapigliati, Andrea, Schmidt, Andrew, Seesink, Jeroen, Sempsrott, Justin R., Szpilman, David, Warner, David S., Webber, Jonathon B., West, Rebecca L

All authors for Adult advanced life support : 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations

Berg, Katherine M., Soar, Jasmeet, Andersen, Lars W., Böttiger, Bernd W., Cacciola, Sofia, Callaway, Clifton W., Couper, Keith, Cronberg, Tobias, D?Arrigo, Sonia, Deakin, Charles D., Donnino, Michael W., Drennan, Ian R., Granfeldt, Asger, Hoedemaekers, Cornelia W.E., Holmberg, Mathias J., Hsu, Cindy H., Kamps, Marlijn, Musiol, Szymon, Nation, Kevin J., Neumar, Robert W., Nicholson, Tonia, O?Neil, Brian J., Otto, Quentin, de Paiva, Edison Ferreira, Parr, Michael J.A., Reynolds, Joshua C., Sandroni, Claudio, Scholefield, Barnaby R., Skrifvars, Markus B., Wang, Tzong-Luen, Wetsch, Wolfgang A., Yeung, Joyce, Morley, Peter T., Morrison, Laurie J., Welsford, Michelle, Hazinski, Mary Fran, Nolan, Jerry P., Issa, Mahmoud, Kleinman, Monica E., Ristagno, Giuseppe, Arafeh, Julie, Benoit, Justin L., Chase, Maureen, Fischberg, Bryan L., Flores, Gustavo E., Link, Mark S., Ornato, Joseph P., Perman, Sarah M., Sasson, Comilla, Zelop, Carolyn M.

All authors for Adult basic life support : International consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care science with treatment recommendations

Olasveengen, Theresa M., Mancini, Mary E., Perkins, Gavin D., Avis, Suzanne, Brooks, Steven, Castrén, Maaret, Chung, Sung Phil, Considine, Julie, Couper, Keith, Escalante, Raffo, Hatanaka, Tetsuo, Hung, Kevin K.C., Kudenchuk, Peter, Lim, Swee Han, Nishiyama, Chika, Ristagno, Giuseppe, Semeraro, Federico, Smith, Christopher Matthew, Smyth, Michael A., Vaillancourt, Christian, Nolan, Jerry P., Hazinski, Mary Fran, Morley, Peter T.

All authors for Adult advanced life support : 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations

Soar, Jasmeet, Berg, Katherine M., Andersen, Lars W., Böttiger, Bernd W., Cacciola, Sofia, Callaway, Clifton W., Couper, Keith, Cronberg, Tobias, D?Arrigo, Sonia, Deakin, Charles D., Donnino, Michael W., Drennan, Ian R., Granfeldt, Asger, Hoedemaekers, Cornelia W.E., Holmberg, Mathias J., Hsu, Cindy H., Kamps, Marlijn, Musiol, Szymon, Nation, Kevin J., Neumar, Robert W., Nicholson, Tonia, O?Neil, Brian J., Otto, Quentin, de Paiva, Edison Ferreira, Parr, Michael J.A., Reynolds, Joshua C., Sandroni, Claudio, Scholefield, Barnaby R., Skrifvars, Markus B., Wang, Tzong-Luen, Wetsch, Wolfgang A., Yeung, Joyce, Morley, Peter T., Morrison, Laurie J., Welsford, Michelle, Hazinski, Mary Fran, Nolan, Jerry P., Mahmoud, Issa, Kleinman, Monica E., Ristagno, Giuseppe, Arafeh, Julie, Benoit, Justin L., Chase, Maureen, Fischberg, Bryan L., Flores, Gustavo E., Link, Mark S., Ornato, Joseph P., Perman, Sarah M., Sasson, Comilla, Zelop, Carolyn M.

All authors for RECOVERY- Respiratory Support : respiratory strategies for patients with suspected or proven COVID-19 respiratory failure; continuous positive airway pressure, high-flow nasal oxygen, and standard care : a structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Perkins, Gavin D., Couper, Keith, Connolly, Bronwen, Baillie, J. Kenneth, Bradley, Judy M., Dark, Paul, De Soyza, Anthony, Gorman, Ellen, Gray, Alasdair, Hamilton, Louisa, Hart, Nicholas, Ji, Chen, Lall, Ranjit, McGowan, Nicola, Regan, Scott, Simonds, Anita K., Skilton, Emma, Stallard, Nigel, Stimpson, Emily, Yeung, Joyce, McAuley, Daniel F.

All authors for 2018 international consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care science with treatment recommendations summary

Soar, Jasmeet, Donnino, Michael W., Maconochie, Ian, Aickin, Richard, Atkins, Dianne L., Andersen, Lars W., Berg, Katherine M., Bingham, Robert, Böttiger, Bernd W., Callaway, Clifton W., Couper, Keith, Couto, Thomaz Bittencourt, de Caen, Allan R., Deakin, Charles D., Drennan, Ian R., Guerguerian, Anne-Marie, Lavonas, Eric J., Meaney, Peter A., Nadkarni, Vinay M., Neumar, Robert W., Ng, Kee-Chong, Nicholson, Tonia C., Nuthall, Gabrielle A., Ohshimo, Shinichiro, O'Neil, Brian J., Ong, Gene Yong-Kwang, Paiva, Edison F., Parr, Michael J., Reis, Amelia G., Reynolds, Joshua C., Ristagno, Giuseppe, Sandroni, Claudio, Schexnayder, Stephen M., Scholefield, Barnaby R., Shimizu, Naoki, Tijssen, Janice A., Van de Voorde, Patrick, Wang, Tzong-Luen, Welsford, Michelle, Hazinski, Mary Fran, Nolan, Jerry P., Morley, Peter T.

All authors for 2018 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations Summary

Soar, Jasmeet, Donnino, Michael W., Maconochie, Ian, Aickin, Richard, Atkins, Dianne L., Andersen, Lars W., Berg, Katherine M., Bingham, Robert, Böttiger, Bernd W., Callaway, Clifton W., Couper, Keith, Couto, Thomaz Bittencourt, de Caen, Allan R., Deakin, Charles D., Drennan, Ian R., Guerguerian, Anne-Marie, Lavonas, Eric J., Meaney, Peter A., Nadkarni, Vinay M., Neumar, Robert W., Ng, Kee-Chong, Nicholson, Tonia C., Nuthall, Gabrielle A., Ohshimo, Shinichiro, O'Neil, Brian J., Ong, Gene Yong-Kwang, Paiva, Edison F., Parr, Michael J., Reis, Amelia G., Reynolds, Joshua C., Ristagno, Giuseppe, Sandroni, Claudio, Schexnayder, Stephen M., Scholefield, Barnaby R., Shimizu, Naoki, Tijssen, Janice A., Van de Voorde, Patrick, Wang, Tzong-Luen, Welsford, Michelle, Hazinski, Mary Fran, Nolan, Jerry P., Morley, Peter T.