Dr Thomas Locker MBChB, MRCS, MD, FCEM
Director of Clinical Academic Research Training
Address:
Health Services Research
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 2967
Fax: (+44) (0)114 222 0749
Email: tlocker@sheffield.ac.uk
Room: 3032
Biography
I graduated from the University of Sheffield medical school in 1996. I undertook my emergency medicine training in South Yorkshire and during this time worked as a research fellow at ScHARR where I complete my MD thesis. I was appointed as a Consultant in Emergency at Barnsley hospital NHS Foundation Trust in 2008 and returned to work part-time at ScHARR in 2011.
Research Interests
My research interests are emergency department informatics and point of care ultrasound.
Teaching Interests
- Teaching of trainees in Emergency medicine
- Level 1 ultrasound
- ATLS
Professional Activities
Reviewer for: European Journal of Emergency Medicine, Emergency medicine journal and Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Undeserved.
Current Projects
- Intravenous regional anaesthesia vs. Ultrasound guided brachial plexus block for the manipulation of distal radial fractures- a randomised controlled trial
- The effect of consultants working nights- a natural experiment
- Outcome of children discharged following minor head injury- a ten year observational study
Key Publications
- Hemaya S.A.K., Locker, T.E. (2011) How accurate are predicted waiting times, determined upon a patient's arrival in the Emergency Department? Emerg Med J ;emj.2010.106534Published Online First: 22 March 2011 doi:10.1136/emj.2010.106534
- Mason, S., Nicholl, J., & Locker, T. (2010). Targets still lead care in emergency departments. BMJ, 341(7763), 61
- Locker, T. E., Baston, S., Mason, S. M., & Nicholl, J. (2007, June). Defining frequent use of an urban emergency department.. Emerg Med J, 24(6), 398-401. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.043844
- Locker, T. E., & Mason, S. M. (2006, July). Are these emergency department performance data real?. Emerg Med J, 23(7), 558-559. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.032748
- Locker, T. E., Thompson, C., Rylance, J., & Mason, S. M. (2006, June). The utility of clinical features in patients presenting with nontraumatic headache: an investigation of adult patients attending an emergency department. Headache, 46(6), 954-961. doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00448.x
- Locker, T. E., & Mason, S. M. (2006, April). Digit preference bias in the recording of emergency department times. Eur J Emerg Med, 13(2), 99-101. doi:10.1097/01.mej.0000195677.23780.fa
- Locker, T., Goodacre, S., Sampson, F., Webster, A., & Sutton, A. J. (2006, August). Meta-analysis of plethysmography and rheography in the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis. Emerg Med J, 23(8), 630-635. doi:10.1136/emj.2005.033381
- Goodacre, S., Locker, T., Arnold, J., Angelini, K., & Morris, F. (2005, August 25). Which diagnostic tests are most useful in a chest pain unit protocol?. BMC Emerg Med, 5, 6. doi:10.1186/1471-227X-5-6
- Locker, T. E., & Mason, S. M. (2005, May 21). Analysis of the distribution of time that patients spend in emergency departments. BMJ, 330(7501), 1188-1189. doi:10.1136/bmj.38440.588449.AE
- Locker, T., Chan, D., & Cross, S. (2004, December). Factors predicting serious injury in rock-climbing and non-rock-climbing falls. J Trauma, 57(6), 1321-1323
Section
Tom is based in the section of Health Services Research