Alexander Croft

ORCID: 0000-0003-3439-7248
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Research Areas
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Travel-related health issues
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Educational Games and Gamification
  • Clinical practice guidelines implementation
  • Drug-Induced Ocular Toxicity
  • Occupational Health and Performance
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Communication in Education and Healthcare
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
  • Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
  • Facial Trauma and Fracture Management
  • Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units

Washington University in St. Louis
2023-2024

Grand Rapids Community College
2023

Michigan State University
2023

St. Louis Children's Hospital
2023

Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
2020-2021

Indiana University School of Medicine
2020-2021

Ulverscroft (United Kingdom)
2002

Ministry of Defence
1997-2001

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
2000

University College London
1998

In the past, high rates of cigarette smoking have been reported in British Armed Forces. We conducted an anonymous questionnaire survey 623 employees and attached staff 34 Field Hospital on their sixth week deployment to Iraq, course Gulf War II. Information was sought status before during deployment, self-declared reasons for smoking. 556 questionnaires were returned (response rate 89%). The median age respondents 33.3 SD 7.9 years (range 18-62) 61% male. Before number regular smokers 160...

10.1258/jrsm.97.1.20 article EN Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2003-12-31

Journal Article Side effects of mefloquine prophylaxis for malaria: an independent randomized controlled trial Get access A.M.J. Croft, Croft ⋆ 1Ministry Defence, Army Medical Directorate (AMD5), Building 21, Keogh Barracks, Ash Vale, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU12 5RR, UK ⋆Author correspondence. Search other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar T.C. Clayton, Clayton 2Department Epidemiology and Population Sciences, Statistics Unit, London School Hygiene Tropical...

10.1016/s0035-9203(97)90223-6 article EN Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1997-03-01

Abstract Background Patients with COVID‐19 can present to the emergency department (ED) at any point during spectrum of illness, making it difficult predict what level care patient will ultimately require. Admission a ward bed, which is subsequently upgraded within hours an intensive unit (ICU) represents inability appropriately patient's course illness. Predicting patients require ICU 24 would allow admissions be managed more appropriately. Methods This was retrospective study adults...

10.1111/acem.14245 article EN Academic Emergency Medicine 2021-03-06

In the past, high rates of cigarette smoking have been reported in British Armed Forces. We conducted an anonymous questionnaire survey 623 employees and attached staff 34 Field Hospital on their sixth week deployment to Iraq, course Gulf War II. Information was sought status before during deployment, self-declared reasons for smoking. 556 questionnaires were returned (response rate 89%). The median age respondents 33.3 SD 7.9 years (range 18-62) 61% male. Before number regular smokers 160...

10.1177/014107680409700104 article EN Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2004-01-01

10.1258/jrsm.100.4.170 article EN Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2007-04-01

The target audience for this small group session is post-graduate year (PGY) 1-4 emergency medicine (EM) residents, pediatric EM (PEM) fellows, and medical students.

10.21980/j89w70 article EN PubMed 2023-10-01

10.1001/jama.279.13.990 article EN JAMA 1998-04-01

An outbreak of rubella in April 1996 involved four male British soldiers deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina. All were helicopter ground crew who members the same unit and periodically travelled worked at forward air refuelling stations Bosnia. There was a potential for spread infection adjacent units, troops other nations peacekeeping force, also local civilian population. The force included 620 female personnel, some whom may have been non-immune rubella. One pregnant servicewoman repatriated...

10.1017/s0950268897007450 article EN Epidemiology and Infection 1997-06-01

As part of the Cochrane Collaboration's international research endeavour, authors carried out a handsearch Journal Royal Naval Medical Service from 1948 to 1998, searching for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and clinical (CCTs). Five were identified, which three RCTs two CCTs. The first trial was published in 1960. identified fields dentistry (two trials), gastroenterology, occupational medicine orthopaedic surgery. Of five trials, only had been located previously through rigorous...

10.1136/jrnms-85-108 article EN Journal of The Royal Naval Medical Service 1999-06-01

Emergency medicine (EM) residents. This simulation curriculum may also be utilized for senior medical students conducting EM rotations.

10.21980/j8n35d article EN PubMed 2024-10-01

Purpose: It is important for emergency physicians to be able evaluate and manage pediatric respiratory distress, which rare in general departments. Despite this importance, the departments show inconsistency readiness, while medicine (EM) residents express discomfort caring critically ill children due limited exposure during their residency training. The purpose of study was meet educational need by developing implementing a curriculum prepare EM provide safe care distress.Methods: We...

10.22470/pemj.2024.01109 article EN cc-by-nc Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal 2024-11-11

To develop evidence-based clinical guidelines on smoking cessation, for use throughout the British military.A ten-member, multiprofessional cessation working group met five times between October 2000 and July 2001 to targeted by military health professionals in setting. The were based best available scientific evidence at that time, mainly systematic review of controlled trials, individual randomised trials.The agreed promulgated 2001. Three tiers support defined. Military have a key role as...

10.1136/jramc-148-02-02 article EN Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 2002-06-01

Lyme disease is a tick-transmitted infection with disabling sequelae and important occupational health implications for military workforce. It likely that some patients typical clinical signs remain undiagnosed untreated. Prompt treatment an antibiotic essential, besides targeted education on preventing through avoiding exposure to tick bites. We describe four British Forces Germany personnel (two serving personnel, one adult civilian, child) who during 2002–2003 required hospital inpatient...

10.1136/jramc-150-03-05 article EN Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 2004-09-01
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