National Trauma Research Institute

The National Trauma Research Institute’s goal is to reduce preventable deaths and permanent disability from injury through research, education, biomedical engineering and trauma systems development. Our research is driven by the needs of the injured and our solutions are a multidisciplinary effort.

The combined expertise of The Alfred and Monash University’s educators, clinicians, scientists and administrators ensure pragmatic programs for healthcare providers. We deliver medical and nursing staff training, improvements in workflow and systems as well as technological innovations for improved outcomes.

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Publications

2023-2024 FY

  1. O'Reilly GM, Curtis K, Mitra B, Kim Y, Afroz A, Hunter K, Ryder C, Hendrie DV, Rushworth N, Tee J, D'Angelo S. Hospitalisations and in‐hospital deaths following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury in Australia, 2015–20: a registry data analysis for the Australian Traumatic Brain Injury National Data (ATBIND) project. Medical journal of Australia. 2023 Oct 2;219(7):316-24
  2. Mitra B, Singh B, Mathew J, Stewart C, Koolstra C, Hendel S, Fitzgerald M. Timing and volume of transfusion for adult major trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock: a registry-based cohort study. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 2024 Feb 1;9(1):e001248
  3. Mathew J, Kavnoudias H, Zia A, Ban EJ, Skelley A, Koukounaras J. A retrospective observational study assessing mortality after pelvic trauma embolisation
  4. Ambesi V, Miller C, Fitzgerald MC, Mitra B. The GCS-Pupils (GCS-P) score to assess outcomes after traumatic brain injury: a retrospective study. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 2024 Jan 22:1-4
  5. Gelaw AY, Gabbe BJ, Arnup SJ, Reeder S, Fitzgerald M, Lyons RA, Ponsford JL, Collie A, Christie N, Nunn A, Harrison JE. The association between post-injury chronic physical health conditions, health status, and survival time in people with serious orthopaedic injuries. Trauma. 2024:14604086231216180
  6. Clements W, Fitzgerald M, Chennapragada SM, Mathew J, Groombridge C, Ban EJ, Lukies MW. A systematic review assessing incorporation of prophylactic splenic artery embolisation (pSAE) into trauma guidelines for the management of high-grade splenic injury. CVIR endovascular. 2023 Dec 16;6(1):62
  7. Green ML, Kim Y, Hendel S, Groombridge CJ, Fitzgerald M. Feasibility of brachiocephalic vein central venous access for the resuscitation of shocked adult trauma patients: A literature review. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2024 Feb;36(1):6-12
  8. Yao HH, Fletcher J, Grummet J, Royce PL, Fitzgerald M, Hanegbi U. A 12-year experience in the management of traumatic bladder rupture at an Australian level 1 trauma centre. Journal of Clinical Urology. 2023 Nov;16(6):596-603
  9. O'Reilly GM, Curtis K, Mitra B, Kim Y, Afroz A, Hunter K, Ryder C, Hendrie DV, Rushworth N, Tee J, D'Angelo S. Hospitalisations and in‐hospital deaths following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury in Australia, 2015–20: a registry data analysis for the Australian Traumatic Brain Injury National Data (ATBIND) project. Medical journal of Australia. 2023 Oct 2;219(7):316-24
  10. Mitra B, Meadley B, Bernard S, Maegele M, Gruen RL, Bradley O, Wood EM, McQuilten ZK, Fitzgerald M, St. Clair T, Webb A. Pre‐hospital freeze‐dried plasma for critical bleeding after trauma: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2023 Oct;30(10):1013-9
  11. Lipscombe C, Akhlaghi H, Groombridge C, Bernard S, Smith K, Olaussen A. Intubation rates following prehospital administration of ketamine for acute agitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2023 Nov 17;27(8):1016-30
  12. Green ML, Kim Y, Hendel S, Groombridge CJ, Fitzgerald M. Feasibility of brachiocephalic vein central venous access for the resuscitation of shocked adult trauma patients: A literature review. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2024 Feb;36(1):6-12
  13. Noonan M, Johnny C, Kim Y, O'Reilly G, Groombridge C, Mathew J, Fitzgerald M. Methods of Defining Major Haemorrhage After Injury: A Scoping Review. Health Sciences Review. 2024 Mar 24:100164
  14. Antonic-Baker, A., Auvrez, C., Tao, G., Bagg, M. K., Gadowski, A., McKimmie, A., Hicks, A. J., Hill, R., Romero, L., Ponsford, J. L., Lannin, N. A., Gabbe, B. J., Cameron, P. A., Cooper, D. J., Rushworth, N., Fitzgerald, M., O'Brien, T. J., Alexander, T., Anderson, V., Armstrong, E., Babl, F. E., Balogh, Z. J., Barlow, K. M., Bellapart, J., Bidargaddi, N., Bosio, E., Bragge, P., Bynevelt, M., Caeyenberghs, K., Capell, J., Chai, K. E. K., Collins-Praino, L. E., Cooper, D. J. J., Cowen, G., Crowe, L. M., Cudmore, T., Cullen, J., Curtis, K., Shoalhaven, I., Delaney, A., Dibdin, G., Eades, S., Egan, G. F., Ellis, D. Y., Ercole, A., Fatovich, D. M., Fisher, M. J., Fitzgerald, M., Fleming, J., Francis, R., Gilroy, J., Hansen, M. A., Harrison, J. E., Haseler, L. J., Hassett, L., Hellewell, S. C., Hill, A. F., Holland, A. J. A., Honeybul, S., Jeffree, R. L., Joyce, C., Kendall, E., King, K., Law, M., Maas, A. I. R., Mahoney, A., Makin, P., Mayhew, P., McDonald, A., McDonald, S., McDonald, S. J., McNamara, R., Meka, S., Menon, D. K., Mitchell, G., Mobbs, R., Nasrallah, F. A., Newcombe, V. F. J., Olver, J. H., O'Reilly, G. M., Ownsworth, T., Parizel, P. M., Parr, M., Powell, B., Ratajczak, P., Reade, M. C., Reid, C., Robertson, J., Robinson, S., Rose, S. E., Rosenfeld, J. V., Ross, J. P., Rowse, D., Scheinberg, A., Semple, B. D., Shultz, S. R., Simpson, G. K., Teague, W. J. & Togher, L. The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Systematic Review and Consensus Process to Determine the Predictive Value of Pre-existing Health Conditions for People with Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2024 Apr 15. doi: 10.1089/neu.2023.0462. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38450564
  15. Ponsford, J. L., Hicks, A. J., Bagg, M. K., Phyland, R., Carrier, S., James, A. C., Lannin, N. A., Rushworth, N., O’Brien, T. J., Cameron, P. A., Cooper, D. J., Hill, R., Gabbe, B. J., Fitzgerald, M., Alexander, T., Anderson, V., Antonic-Baker, A., Armstrong, E., Babl, F. E., Balogh, Z. J.,  Barlow, K. M., Bellapart, J., Bidargaddi, N., Bosio, E., Bragge, P., Bynevelt, M., Caeyenberghs, K., Capell, J., Chai, K. E. K., Collins-Praino, L. E., Cowen, G., Crowe, L. M., Cudmore, T., Cullen, J., Curtis, K., Delaney, A., Dibdin, G., Eades, S., Egan, G. F., Ellis, D. Y., Ercole, A., Fatovich, D. M., Fisher, M. J., Fitzgerald, M., Fleming, J., Francis, R., Gadowski, A., Gilroy, J., Hansen, M. A., Harrison, J. E., Haseler, L. J., Hassett, L., Hellewell, S. C., Hill, A. F., Holland, A. J. A., Honeybul, S., Jeffree, R. L., Joyce, C., Kendall, E., King, K., Law, M., Maas, A. I. R., Mahoney, A., Makin, P., Mayhew, P., McDonald, A., McDonald, S., McDonald, S. J., McKimmie, A., McNamara, R., Meka, S., Menon, D. K., Mitchell, G., Mobbs, R., Nasrallah, F. A., Newcombe, V. F. J., Olver, J. H., O'Reilly, G. M., Ownsworth, T., Parizel, P. M., Parr, M., Powell, B., Ratajczak, P., Rause, D., Reade, M. C., Reeder, S., Reid, C., Robertson, J., Robinson, S., Rose, S. E., Rosenfeld, J. V., Ross, J. P., Scheinberg, A., Semple, B. D., Shultz, S. R., Simpson, G. K., Teague, W. J., Togher, L., Udy, A. A. & Vallmuur, K., The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Review and Recommendations for Outcome Measures for Use With Adults and Children After Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma Reports. 1 Apr 2024, 5, 1, p. 387-408
  16. Savage, N., Abraham, V., Doi, A., Zimmet, A., Merry, C., Fitzgerald, M., Marasco, S. and Gooi, J. Major Airway Injury – Case Series and Review of the Literature. Heart, Lung and Circulation, Volume 33, S43. DOI 10.1026/j.hlc.2024.04.123
  17. Vivian Xiao, Yesul Kim, Gerard O’Reilly, Madeline Green, Ron Jithoo, Jin Tee, Noel Sceriha, Andrew Udy, Lara Kimmel, Christopher Buntting, Joseph Mathew, Mark Fitzgerald. POB.08.27 Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injuries Outcomes – A Twenty-Year Longitudinal Cohort Analysis. Abstracts Neurotrauma 2024 San Francisco, California: June 9–12, 2024 J Neurotrauma. https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2024.41112.abstracts

2024-2025 FY

  1. Batchelor, R. J., Dipnall, J. F., Read, D., Cameron, P., Fitzgerald, M., Stub, D., Lefkovits, J. Prevalence and Clinical Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients Presenting with Major Trauma. SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4834474
  2. Helsloot D, Fitzgerald M, Lefering R, Groombridge C, Becaus N, Verelst S, Missant C, TraumaRegister DGU. Calcium supplementation during trauma resuscitation: a propensity score-matched analysis from the TraumaRegister DGU®. Critical Care. 2024 Jul 5;28(1):222
  3. Mitra B, Bernard S, Yankoff C, Somesh A, Stewart C, Koolstra C, Talarico C, Nehme Z, Fitzgerald MC, Cameron PA. Change from semi‐rigid to soft collars for prehospital management of trauma patients: An observational study. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 2024 Aug;5(4):e13239
  4. Mark Fitzgerald, Tuan Phan, Sarah Fitzgerald, Yuewei Xiao, Madeline Green, Cecil Johnny, Joseph Mathew, Robert Gocentas, Warren Clements. Bladder inflation to reduce hemorrhage secondary to a pelvic fracture. Trauma Case Reports, 2024,101105. ISSN 2352-6440, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2024.101105
  5. Kimmel L, Webb M, McCaskie D, Maric V, Fitzgerald M, Gabbe B. Outcomes following intensive allied health therapy in the acute hospital for trauma patients. Injury. 2024 Oct 18:111942
  6. Calthorpe S, Webb MJ, Kimmel LA. The use of a decision-making tool to optimise physiotherapy practice for patients following chest trauma: Impact on patient and hospital outcomes. Trauma. 2025 Jan 9:14604086241293318
  7. Humar M, Meadley B, Groombridge C, Cresswell B, Anderson D, Nehme Z. Bag-valve-mask resuscitators fitted with pressure-limiting valves—Safety feature or potential hazard?. Resuscitation Plus. 2024 Sep 28;20:100789
  8. Touloumis Z, Chowdhury SM, Fitzgerald MC, Aljabri MI, Lodge ME, Ford JE, Mathew JK, Groombridge CJ. Comparison of the epidemiology of elderly trauma between major trauma centres in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Melbourne, Australia. Saudi Medical Journal. 2024 Oct;45(10):1080
  9. O'Rorke S, Tipping CJ, Lodge M, Mathew J, Kimmel L. Frailty across the adult age spectrum and its effects on outcomes: Experience from a level 1 trauma centre. Injury. 2025 Feb 1;56(2):112037
  10. Mitra B, Wake E, Talarico C, Czuchwicki S, Koolstra C, Campbell D, Hendel S, Winearls J. Resuscitation of adult shocked trauma patients using major haemorrhage protocol guided by viscoelastic haemostatic assays versus formulaic approach. Transfusion Medicine
  11. Mitra B, Wake E, Talarico C, Czuchwicki S, Koolstra C, Campbell D, Hendel S, Winearls J. Resuscitation of adult shocked trauma patients using major haemorrhage protocol guided by viscoelastic haemostatic assays versus formulaic approach. Transfusion Medicine. 2024 Dec;34(6):514-9
  12. Shahab J, Noonan M, Cox S, Nehme Z, Shepherd M, Meadley B, Mitra B, Olaussen A. The diagnostic utility of prehospital hyperglycaemia in major trauma patients: An observational study. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2024
  13. Webb M, Kimmel L, Johnny C, Holland A. RETROSPECTIVE VALIDATION OF THE STUMBL SCORE IN A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTRE. Injury. 2024 Dec 13:112088
  14. Humar M, Meadley B, Cresswell B, Nehme E, Groombridge C, Anderson D, Nehme Z. Cricothyroidotomy in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational study. Resuscitation Plus. 2024 Dec 1;20:100833
  15. Stanislaus V, Mitra B, Zhang WW, Richardson TE, Nico N, Picker B, Madan A, Mathew J, Fitzgerald M, Cloud G. The incidence and characteristics of clinically relevant blunt cerebrovascular injury at an adult level 1 trauma centre: A retrospective cohort study. Trauma. 2024;26(4):289-296. doi:10.1177/14604086231177124
  16. L Kimmel, M Webb, D McCaskie, V Maric, M Fitzgerald, B Gabbe, Outcomes following intensive allied health therapy in the acute hospital for trauma patients. Injury, 2024, 111942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2024.111942
  17. Zhou Q, Rose LRF, Ebeling P, Russ M, Fitzgerald M, Chiu WK. Harmonic Vibration Analysis in a Simplified Model for Monitoring Transfemoral Implant Loosening. Sensors. 2024; 24(19):6453. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24196453
  18. Calthorpe S, Webb MJ, Kimmel LA. The use of a decision-making tool to optimise physiotherapy practice for patients following chest trauma: Impact on patient and hospital outcomes. Trauma. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/14604086241293318
  19. Webb M, Kimmel L, Johnny C, Holland A. Retrospective validation of the STUMBL score in a Level 1 trauma centre. Injury. 2024 Dec 13:112088. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.112088. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39710520
  20. Naylor JM, Bùi TA, Frost, S, McEvoy L,, Harris IA, Lim D, Radhakrishnan S, Johns N, Brady B, Tcharkhedian E, Lieu D, Dickson H, Penm J, Kimmel LA, Sidhu B, and Ní Chróinín D. Foundations for Developing a Hospital in the Home Pathway Following Low Trauma Hip Fracture: Using Data to Inform the Path. Home Health Care Management & Practice. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/10848223241296871
  21. Kimmel LA, Kirk A, Broderick S, Liew S, Burchall G, Cameron P. Older adults with cervical spine fractures – Epidemiology, management and outcomes from a level 1 trauma centre. Trauma. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/14604086251313574
  22. O'Reilly GM, Afroz A, Curtis K, Mitra B, Kim Y, Solly E, Ryder C, Hunter K, Hendrie DV, Rushworth N, Tee J. The determinants for death in hospital following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury in Australia. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2025 Feb;37(1):e14562
  23. Groombridge C, Maini A, Helsloot D, Luckhoff C, Fitzgerald M. Emergency surgical airway experience from an Australian major trauma centre emergency department. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. 2025 Jun 12;33:104
  24. Stanislaus V, Zhang WW, Chen Z, Richardson TE, Ng N, Picker B, Madan A, Mathew J, Fitzgerald M, Cloud G. Inpatient stroke outcomes in patients with blunt cerebrovascular injuries according to risk factors and treatment. Trauma. 2025:14604086251333569
  25. Miletta S, Delport A, Weinrauch P, Hendel S, Hemingway L. Duration of the active threat phase of armed assault terrorist attacks and its relevance to the therapeutic vacuum: An analysis of the global terrorism database. Journal of High Threat & Austere Medicine. 2025 May;7(1):28-32

2025-2026 FY

  1. Muller K, Ridley EJ, Tatucu-Babet OA, Kimmel L, Groombridge C, Fitzgerald M, Elliott A, Lambell KJ. The Feasibility and Acceptability of Measuring Resting Energy Expenditure using Indirect Calorimetry in self-ventilating patients following Traumatic Injury: an observational study (The FAME Trauma study). Injury. 2025 Jul 12:112606
  2. Srinivas A, Ng N, Clements W, Goh G, Groombridge AP, Fitzgerald M, Mathew AP. A retrospective case control study of the impact of a dedicated service to increase retrieval rates of IVC filters in a Level 1 Trauma centre. Injury. 2025 Jul 22:112623

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