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Mr Michael Smyth

Job Title
Associate Professor
Department
WMS - Warwick Clinical Trials Unit
Research Interests

Health services research including clinical trials, prehospital critical care, trauma, pain management, sepsis and cardiac arrest.

Biography

Mike 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 mainly focuses on the prehospital phase of critically ill patients. He has a particular interest in the treatment of cardiac arrest and pain management. He is a paramedic by clinical background, spending several years as an air ambulance critical care paramedic. He currently works in intensive care as an advanced critical care practitioner at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire. MIke was the first paramedic to be awarded an NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship, completing his PhD on prehospital recognition of sepsis in 2017. He holds volunteer roles with the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (BLS task force vide chair), European Resuscitation Council (science chair BLS Science and Education Committee). He is a board member of the 999 EMS Research Forum. Mike is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the European Resuscitation Council. He supervises several PhD students, and would welcome contact from individuals interested in pursuing a PhD or MSc in Health Research. Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Smyth Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=abNhth8AAAAJ&hl=en Warwick EPPiC: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/research/ctu/themes/eppic/ Twitter: @quincy516

Title Funder Award start Award end
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 2nd stage. A randomised controlled trial of PAramediC analgesia Comapring Ketamine and MorphiNe in trauma (PACKMaN) National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Sept 2019 31 May 2024
NIHR HS&DR Full stage. Termination of resuscitation in UK ambulance services - additional costings linked to 58969 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jul 2022 31 Jan 2024
NIHR HS&DR Full stage. Termination of resuscitation in UK ambulance services PROTECTED National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Sept 2019 31 Aug 2022
HTA Sepsis via Sheffield 2nd stage. Accuracy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of pre-hospital clinical early warning scores for adults with suspected sepsis. National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jun 2019 31 May 2021
MATTS: MAjor trauma Triage Tool Study National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Nov 2018 31 May 2021
Survey and Analysis of the Restart a Heart Day Network Resuscitation Council (UK) 26 Nov 2019 26 Nov 2020

All authors for A randomised controlled trial of the Lucas Mechanical Device for out of hospital cardiac arrest

Gates, Simon, Lall, Ranjit, Quinn, T, Deakin, C. D., Cooke, Matthew, Horton, Jessica, Lamb, S. E. (Sallie E.), Slowther, Anne, Woollard, Malcolm, Carson, Andy, Smyth, Michael A., Wilson, Parcell G., Rosser, R, Whitfield, R, Williams, A, Jones, R, Pocock, H, Rooke, H, Brock, N, Black, J. M. J., Wright, J., Han, K., Shaw, G., Blair, L., Marti, J., Hulme, C., McCabe, C., Nikolova, S., Ferreira , Z, Perkins, G.

All authors for The effect of alternative methods of cardiopulmonary resuscitation ? Cough CPR, percussion pacing or precordial thump ? on outcomes following cardiac arrest. A systematic review

Dee, Ryan, Smith, Michael, Rajendran, Kausala, Perkins, Gavin D., Smith, Chris M., Vaillancourt, Christian, Avis, Suzanne, Brooks, Steven, Castren, Maaret, Chung, Sung Phil, Considine, Julie, Escalante, Raffo, Han, Lim Swee, Hatanaka, Tetsuo, Hazinski, Mary Fran, Hung, Kevin, Kudenchuk, Peter, Morley, Peter, Ng, Kee-Chong, Nishiyama, Chika, Semeraro, Federico, Smyth, Michael A., ,

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 2019 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations : summary from the basic life support; advanced life support; pediatric life support; neonatal life support; education, implementation, and teams; and first aid task forces

Soar, Jasmeet, Maconochie, Ian, Wyckoff, Myra H., Olasveengen, Theresa M., Singletary, Eunice M., Greif, Robert, Aickin, Richard, Bhanji, Farhan, Donnino, Michael W., Mancini, Mary E., Wyllie, Jonathan P., Zideman, David, Andersen, Lars W., Atkins, Dianne L., Aziz, Khalid, Bendall, Jason, Berg, Katherine M., Berry, David C., Bigham, Blair L, Bingham, Robert, Couto, Thomaz Bittencourt, Böttiger, Bernd W., Borra, Vere, Bray, Janet E., Breckwoldt, Jan, Brooks, Steven C., Buick, Jason, Callaway, Clifton W., Carlson, Jestin N., Cassan, Pascal, Castrén, Maaret, Chang, Wei-Tien, Charlton, Nathan P., Cheng, Adam, Chung, Sung Phil, Considine, Julie, Couper, Keith, Dainty, Katie N., Dawson, Jennifer Anne, de Almeida, Maria Fernanda, de Caen, Allan R., Deakin, Charles D., Drennan, Ian R., Duff, Jonathan P., Epstein, Jonathan L., Escalante, Raffo, Gazmuri, Raúl J., Gilfoyle, Elaine, Granfeldt, Asger, Guerguerian, Anne-Marie, Guinsburg, Ruth, Hatanaka, Tetsuo, Holmberg, Mathias J., Hood, Natalie, Hosono, Shigeharu, Hsieh, Ming-Ju, Isayama, Tetsuya, Iwami, Taku, Jensen, Jan L., Kapadia, Vishal, Kim, Han-Suk, Kleinman, Monica E., Kudenchuk, Peter J., Lang, Eddy, Lavonas, Eric, Liley, Helen, Lim, Swee Han, Lockey, Andrew, Lofgren, Bo, Ma, Matthew Huei-Ming, Markenson, David, Meaney, Peter A., Meyran, Daniel, Mildenhall, Lindsay, Monsieurs, Koenraad G., Montgomery, William, Morley, Peter T., Morrison, Laurie J., Nadkarni, Vinay M., Nation, Kevin, Neumar, Robert W., Ng, Kee-Chong, Nicholson, Tonia, Nikolaou, Nikolaos, Nishiyama, Chika, Nuthall, Gabrielle, Ohshimo, Shinichiro, Okamoto, Deems, O'Neil, Brian, Ong, Gene Yong-Kwang, Paiva, Edison F., Parr, Michael, Pellegrino, Jeffrey L., Perkins, Gavin D., Perlman, Jeffrey, Rabi, Yacov, Reis, Amelia, Reynolds, Joshua C., Ristagno, Giuseppe, Roehr, Charles C., Sakamoto, Tetsuya, Sandroni, Claudio, Schexnayder, Stephen M., Scholefield, Barnaby R., Shimizu, Naoki, Skrifvars, Markus B., Smyth, Michael A., Stanton, David, Swain, Janel, Szyld, Edgardo, Tijssen, Janice, Travers, Andrew, Trevisanuto, Daniele, Vaillancourt, Christian, Van de Voorde, Patrick, Velaphi, Sithembiso, Wang, Tzong-Luen, Weiner, Gary, Welsford, Michelle, Woodin, Jeff A., Yeung, Joyce, Nolan, Jerry P., Hazinski, Mary Fran

All authors for 2019 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations

Soar, Jasmeet, Maconochie, Ian, Wyckoff, Myra H., Olasveengen, Theresa M., Singletary, Eunice M., Greif, Robert, Aickin, Richard, Bhanji, Farhan, Donnino, Michael W., Mancini, Mary E., Wyllie, Jonathan P., Zideman, David, Andersen, Lars W., Atkins, Dianne L., Aziz, Khalid, Bendall, Jason, Berg, Katherine M., Berry, David C., Bigham, Blair L., Bingham, Robert, Couto, Thomaz Bittencourt, Böttiger, Bernd W., Borra, Vere, Bray, Janet E., Breckwoldt, Jan, Brooks, Steven C., Buick, Jason, Callaway, Clifton W., Carlson, Jestin N., Cassan, Pascal, Castrén, Maaret, Chang, Wei-Tien, Charlton, Nathan P., Cheng, Adam, Chung, Sung Phil, Considine, Julie, Couper, Keith, Dainty, Katie N., Dawson, Jennifer Anne, de Almeida, Maria Fernanda, de Caen, Allan R., Deakin, Charles D., Drennan, Ian R., Duff, Jonathan P., Epstein, Jonathan L., Escalante, Raffo, Gazmuri, Raúl J., Gilfoyle, Elaine, Granfeldt, Asger, Guerguerian, Anne-Marie, Guinsburg, Ruth, Hatanaka, Tetsuo, Holmberg, Mathias J., Hood, Natalie, Hosono, Shigeharu, Hsieh, Ming-Ju, Isayama, Tetsuya, Iwami, Taku, Jensen, Jan L., Kapadia, Vishal, Kim, Han-Suk, Kleinman, Monica E., Kudenchuk, Peter J., Lang, Eddy, Lavonas, Eric, Liley, Helen, Lim, Swee Han, Lockey, Andrew, Lofgren, Bo, Ma, Matthew Huei-Ming, Markenson, David, Meaney, Peter A., Meyran, Daniel, Mildenhall, Lindsay, Monsieurs, Koenraad G., Montgomery, William, Morley, Peter T., Morrison, Laurie J., Nadkarni, Vinay M., Nation, Kevin, Neumar, Robert W., Ng, Kee-Chong, Nicholson, Tonia, Nikolaou, Nikolaos, Nishiyama, Chika, Nuthall, Gabrielle, Ohshimo, Shinichiro, Okamoto, Deems, O'Neil, Brian, Ong, Gene Yong-Kwang, Paiva, Edison F., Parr, Michael, Pellegrino, Jeffrey L., Perkins, Gavin D., Perlman, Jeffrey, Rabi, Yacov, Reis, Amelia, Reynolds, Joshua C., Ristagno, Giuseppe, Roehr, Charles C., Sakamoto, Tetsuya, Sandroni, Claudio, Schexnayder, Stephen M., Scholefield, Barnaby R., Shimizu, Naoki, Skrifvars, Markus B., Smyth, Michael A., Stanton, David, Swain, Janel, Szyld, Edgardo, Tijssen, Janice, Travers, Andrew, Trevisanuto, Daniele, Vaillancourt, Christian, Van de Voorde, Patrick, Velaphi, Sithembiso, Wang, Tzong-Luen, Weiner, Gary, Welsford, Michelle, Woodin, Jeff A., Yeung, Joyce, Nolan, Jerry P., Hazinski, Mary Fran

All authors for COSCA (Core Outcome Set for Cardiac Arrest) in adults : an advisory statement from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation

Haywood, Kirstie L., Whitehead, Laura, Nadkarni, Vinay M., Achana, Felix A., Beesems, Stefanie, Böttiger, Bernd W., Brooks, Anne, Castrén, Maaret, Ong, Marcus E. H., Hazinski, Mary Fran, Koster, Rudolph W., Lilja, Gisela, Long, John, Monsieurs, Koenraad G., Morley, Peter T., Morrison, Laurie, Nichol, Graham, Oriolo, Valentino, Saposnik, Gustavo, Smyth, Michael A., Spearpoint, Ken, Williams, Barry, Perkins, Gavin D.

All authors for Prehospital recognition and antibiotics for 999 patients with sepsis : protocol for a feasibility study

Moore, Chris, Bulger, Jenna, Morgan, Matt, Driscoll, Timothy, Porter, Alison, Islam, Saiful, Smyth, Michael A., Perkins, Gavin D., Sewell, Bernadette, Rainer, Timothy, Nanayakkara, Prabath, Okolie, Chukwudi, Allen, Susan, Fegan, Greg, Davies, Jan, Foster, Theresa, Francis, Nick, Smith, Fang Gao, Ellis, Gemma, Shanahan, Tracy, Howe, Robin, Snooks, Helen

All authors for Core Outcome Set for Cardiac Arrest (COSCA) in adults : an advisory statement from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation

Haywood, Kirstie L., Whitehead, Laura, Nadkarni, Vinay M., Achana, Felix A., Beesems, Stefanie, Böttiger, Bernd W. B, Brooks, Anne, Castrén, Maaret, Ong, Marcus E.H., Hazinski, Mary Fran, Koster, Rudolph W., Lilja, Gisela, Long, John, Monsieurs, Koenraad G., Morley, Peter, Morrison, Laurie, Nichol, Graham, Oriolo, Valentino, Saposnik, Gustavo, Smyth, Mike, Spearpoint, Ken, Williams, Barry, Perkins, Gavin D.

All authors for Prehospital randomised assessment of a mechanical compression device in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (PARAMEDIC) : a pragmatic, cluster randomised trial and economic evaluation

Gates, Simon, Lall, Ranjit, Quinn, Tom, Deakin, Charles D., Cooke, Matthew, Horton, Jessica, Lamb, S. E. (Sallie E.), Slowther, Anne, Woollard, Malcolm, Carson, Andy, Smyth, Michael A., Wilson, Kate, Parcell, Garry, Rosser, Andrew, Whitfield, Richard, Williams, Amanda, Jones, Rebecca, Pocock, Helen, Brock, Nicola, Black, John J. M., Wright, John, Han, Kyee, Shaw, Gary, Blair, Laura, Marti, Joachim, Hulme, Claire, McCabe, Christopher, Nikolova, Silviya, Ferreira, Zenia, Perkins, Gavin D.

All authors for Pre-hospital assessment of the role of adrenaline : measuring the effectiveness of drug administration in cardiac arrest (PARAMEDIC-2) : Trial protocol

Perkins, Gavin D., Quinn, Tom, Deakin, Charles D., Nolan, Jerry, Lall, Ranjit, Slowther, Anne, Cooke, Matthew, Lamb, S. E. (Sallie E.), Petrou, Stavros, Achana, Felix A., Finn, Judith, Jacobs, Ian G., Carson, Andrew, Smyth, Michael A., Hann, Kyee, Byers, Sonia, Rees, Nigel, Whitfield, Richard, Moore, Fionna, Fothergill, Rachael, Stallard, Nigel, Long, John, Hennings, Susie, Horton, Jessica, Kaye, Charlotte, Gates, Simon

All authors for Part 3 : Adult basic life support and automated external defibrillation : 2015 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations

Perkins, Gavin D., Travers, Andrew H., Berg, Robert A., Castren, Maaret, Considine, Julie, Escalante, Raffo, Gazmuri, Raul J., Koster, Rudolph W., Lim, Swee Han, Nation, Kevin J., Olasveengen, Theresa M., Sakamoto, Tetsuya, Sayre, Michael R., Sierra, Alfredo, Smyth, Michael A., Stanton, David, Vaillancourt, Christian, Bierens, Joost J.L.M., Bourdon, Emmanuelle, Brugger, Hermann, Buick, Jason E., Charette, Manya L., Chung, Sung Phil, Couper, Keith, Daya, Mohamud R., Drennan, Ian R., Gräsner, Jan-Thorsten, Idris, Ahamed H., Lerner, E. Brooke, Lockhat, Husein, Løfgren, Bo, McQueen, Carl, Monsieurs, Koenraad G., Mpotos, Nicolas, Orkin, Aaron M., Quan, Linda, Raffay, Violetta, Reynolds, Joshua C., Ristagno, Giuseppe, Scapigliati, Andrea, Vadeboncoeur, Tyler F., Wenzel, Volker, Yeung, Joyce

All authors for European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2015

Perkins, Gavin D., Handley, Anthony J., Koster, Rudolph W., Castrén, Maaret, Smyth, Michael A., Olasveengen, Theresa, Monsieurs, Koenraad G., Raffay, Violetta, Gräsner, Jan-Thorsten, Wenzel, Volker, Ristagno, Giuseppe, Soar, Jasmeet, Bossaert, Leo L., Caballero, Antonio, Cassan, Pascal, Granja, Cristina, Sandroni, Claudio, Zideman, David A., Nolan, Jerry P., Maconochie, Ian, Greif, Robert

All authors for 2017 International consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care science with treatment recommendations summary

Olasveengen, Theresa M., de Caen, Allan R., Mancini, Mary E., Maconochie, Ian K., Aickin, Richard, Atkins, Dianne L., Berg, Robert A., Bingham, Robert M., Brooks, Steven C., Castrén, Maaret, Chung, Sung Phil, Considine, Julie, Couto, Thomaz Bittencourt, Escalante, Raffo, Gazmuri, Raúl J., Guerguerian, Anne-Marie, Hatanaka, Tetsuo, Koster, Rudolph W., Kudenchuk, Peter J., Lang, Eddy, Lim, Swee Han, Løfgren, Bo, Meaney, Peter A., Montgomery, William H., Morley, Peter T., Morrison, Laurie J., Nation, Kevin J., Ng, Kee-Chong, Nadkarni, Vinay M., Nishiyama, Chika, Nuthall, Gabrielle, Ong, Gene Yong-Kwang, Perkins, Gavin D., Reis, Amelia G., Ristagno, Giuseppe, Sakamoto, Tetsuya, Sayre, Michael R., Schexnayder, Stephen M., Sierra, Alfredo F., Singletary, Eunice M., Shimizu, Naoki, Smyth, Michael A., Stanton, David, Tijssen, Janice A., Travers, Andrew, Vaillancourt, Christian, Van de Voorde, Patrick, Hazinski, Mary Fran, Nolan, Jerry P.

All authors for 2017 International consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care science with treatment recommendations summary

Olasveengen, Theresa M., de Caen, Allan R., Mancini, Mary E., Maconochie, Ian K., Aickin, Richard, Atkins, Dianne L., Berg, Robert A., Bingham, Robert M., Brooks, Steven C., Castrén, Maaret, Chung, Sung Phil, Considine, Julie, Couto, Thomaz Bittencourt, Escalante, Raffo, Gazmuri, Raúl J., Guerguerian, Anne-Marie, Hatanaka, Tetsuo, Koster, Rudolph W., Kudenchuk, Peter J., Lang, Eddy, Lim, Swee Han, Løfgren, Bo, Meaney, Peter A., Montgomery, William H., Morley, Peter T., Morrison, Laurie J., Nation, Kevin J., Ng, Kee-Chong, Nadkarni, Vinay M., Nishiyama, Chika, Nuthall, Gabrielle, Ong, Gene Yong-Kwang, Perkins, Gavin D., Reis, Amelia G., Ristagno, Giuseppe, Sakamoto, Tetsuya, Sayre, Michael R., Schexnayder, Stephen M., Sierra, Alfredo F., Singletary, Eunice M., Shimizu, Naoki, Smyth, Michael A., Stanton, David, Tijssen, Janice A., Travers, Andrew, Vaillancourt, Christian, Van de Voorde, Patrick, Hazinski, Mary Fran, Nolan, Jerry P.