Critical Care Teams (CCT) with Johannes von Vopelius-Feldt

In this interview I interview Johannes von Vopelius-Feldt, Johannes is an emergency physician currently working in South West England. He has written and undertaken extensive research into the utility and demographics of critical care teams. He has also empirically examined the impact of critical care within certain patient presentations to examine the benefit that these teams can bring. 

In the conversation we examine; the overall proven benefit of critical care versus standard care within pre-hospital care. We also examine skill mix versus intervention, intervention versus outcome, the wider utility to critical care outside of cardiac arrest and some of the prospective studies which may benefit transparency into the usefulness of CCTs. We also examine the shift in mindsets and underlying concepts that are now well known and accepted around human factors and mitigation strategies compared to 10 years ago. 

Johannes' research can be found below - please enjoy this conversation with an insightful and engaging guest as he brings an inquisitive and research based perspective to the domain of critical care. 

J von Vopelius-Feldt, JR Benger - European Journal of Emergency Medicine 20 (6), 382-386 45, 2013

Who does what in prehospital critical care? An analysis of competencies of paramedics, critical care paramedics and prehospital physicians

J von Vopelius-Feldt, J Benger - Emergency Medicine Journal 31 (12), 1009-1013 40, 2014

Critical care paramedics: where is the evidence? A systematic review

J von Vopelius-Feldt, J Wood, J Benger Emergency Medicine Journal 31 (12), 1016-1024, 18 2014

Systematic review of the effectiveness of prehospital critical care following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

J von Vopelius-Feldt, J Brandling, J Benger - Resuscitation 114, 40-46 17 2017

The impact of a pre-hospital critical care team on survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

J von Vopelius-Feldt, A Coulter, J Benger Resuscitation 96, 290-295 15 2015 

Critical care paramedics in England: a national survey of ambulance services

J von Vopelius-Feldt, J Benger - European Journal of Emergency Medicine 21 (4), 301-304 13 2014 

Prehospital critical care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational study examining survival and a stakeholder-focused cost analysis

J von Vopelius-Feldt, J Powell, R Morris, J Benger - BMC emergency medicine 16 (1), 1-7 11 2016

Should physicians attend out-of-hospital cardiac arrests?

J von Vopelius-Feldt, JR Benger - Resuscitation 108, A6-A7 4 2016 

Response to: influence of EMS-physician presence on survival after out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation