Research Studies

PRIEST

Start Date
2013 (Activated February 2020)
End Date
July 2020
Co-ordinated by
The University of Sheffield
Local PI
Proffessor Frank Coffey
Lead Research Practitioner
Megan Meredith

This study is known as a hibernation study. It was set up with all the appropriate approvals in 2013, in the case of a respiratory Pandemic. It has since sat on a shelf waiting. In early 2020 this study was “activated” meaning that the approvals were refreshed, and study centres prepared to start recruiting. It is looking to develop a triage tool to use in the emergency department to allow clinical staff to predict who would become Critically unwell as a result of the respiratory Pandemic.