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Dr Peter Carr

M.Sc., PhD

Contact Details

SENIOR LECTURER
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Aras Moyola
NUI Galway
E: PETER.CARR@nuigalway.ie
 
researcher
 

Biography

Peter Carr is a Senior Lecturer with the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow with the AVATAR group, Menzies Health Institute at Griffith University, Queensland Australia. He is a vascular access clinician and clinical researcher. Dr. Carr completed his PhD with Griffith University the headquarters of the Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR) group. Dr. Carr is an experienced vascular access clinician and teacher and has developed and co-ordinated numerous vascular access workshops and courses. He is the lead author of a Cochrane review on vascular access specialist teams for device insertion and prevention of failure and he was a principal investigator in the one million global catheter study. He is steadily amassing a consistent publication output per year since 2014 and according to Google Scholar has a h-index of 12 and a citation record of 384. He has been invited to present his research in the USA; UK; Portugal; Germany; Denmark; Japan; Hong Kong; Holland; New Zealand and Ireland. He has been involved in grant success of over $600,000 (Australian Dollars).  Dr. Carr is Ireland’s WoCoVA’s global committee representative.  

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Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2019) 'Factors associated with peripheral intravenous cannulation first-time insertion success in the emergency department. A multicentre prospective cohort analysis of patient, clinician and product characteristics'
Carr, Peter J and Rippey, James CR and Cooke, Marie L and Trevenen, Michelle L and Higgins, Niall S and Foale, Aileen S and Rickard, Claire M (2019) 'Factors associated with peripheral intravenous cannulation first-time insertion success in the emergency department. A multicentre prospective cohort analysis of patient, clinician and product characteristics'. BMJ open, 9 (4) [Details]
(2019) 'Derivation of a clinical decision-making aid to improve the insertion of clinically indicated peripheral intravenous catheters and promote vessel health preservation. An observational study'
Carr, Peter J and Rippey, James CR and Cooke, Marie L and Higgins, Niall S and Trevenen, Michelle L and Foale, Aileen and Keijzers, Gerben and Rickard, Claire M (2019) 'Derivation of a clinical decision-making aid to improve the insertion of clinically indicated peripheral intravenous catheters and promote vessel health preservation. An observational study'. PloS one, 14 (3) [Details]
(2019) 'How do nurses use Early warning scoring systems to detect and act on patient deterioration to ensure patient safety? A scoping review'
Wood, Colin and Chaboyer, Wendy and Carr, Peter (2019) 'How do nurses use Early warning scoring systems to detect and act on patient deterioration to ensure patient safety? A scoping review'. International journal of nursing studies, [Details]
(2018) 'The mechanistic causes of peripheral intravenous catheter failure based on a parametric computational study'
Piper, Russell and Carr, Peter J and Kelsey, Lachlan J and Bulmer, Andrew C and Keogh, Samantha and Doyle, Barry J (2018) 'The mechanistic causes of peripheral intravenous catheter failure based on a parametric computational study'. Scientific reports, 8 (1) [Details]
(2018) 'Vascular access specialist teams for device insertion and prevention of failure'
Carr, Peter J and Higgins, Niall S and Cooke, Marie L and Mihala, Gabor and Rickard, Claire M (2018) 'Vascular access specialist teams for device insertion and prevention of failure'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (3) [Details]
(2018) 'From insertion to removal: A multicenter survival analysis of an admitted cohort with peripheral intravenous catheters inserted in the emergency department'
Carr, Peter J and Rippey, James CR and Cooke, Marie L and Higgins, Niall S and Trevenen, Michelle and Foale, Aileen and Rickard, Claire M (2018) 'From insertion to removal: A multicenter survival analysis of an admitted cohort with peripheral intravenous catheters inserted in the emergency department'. Infection Control \& Hospital Epidemiology, 39 (10):1216-1221 [Details]
(2018) 'Integrated versus nOn-integrated Peripheral inTravenous catheter. Which Is the most effective systeM for peripheral intravenoUs catheter Management?(The OPTIMUM study): a randomised controlled trial protocol'
Castillo, Maria Isabel and Larsen, Emily and Cooke, Marie and Marsh, Nicole M and Wallis, Marianne C and Finucane, Julie and Brown, Peter and Mihala, Gabor and Carr, Peter J and Byrnes, Joshua and others (2018) 'Integrated versus nOn-integrated Peripheral inTravenous catheter. Which Is the most effective systeM for peripheral intravenoUs catheter Management?(The OPTIMUM study): a randomised controlled trial protocol'. BMJ open, 8 (5) [Details]
(2018) 'Use of Short Peripheral Intravenous Catheters: Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes Worldwide'
Alexandrou, Evan and Ray-Barruel, Gillian and Carr, Peter J and Frost, SA and Inwood, Sheila and Higgins, Niall and Lin, Frances and Alberto, Laura and Mermel, Leonard and Rickard, Claire M (2018) 'Use of Short Peripheral Intravenous Catheters: Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes Worldwide'. Journal of hospital medicine, 13 (5) [Details]
(2017) 'Tools, Clinical Prediction Rules, and Algorithms for the Insertion of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters in Adult Hospitalized Patients: A Systematic Scoping Review of Literature'
Carr, Peter J and Higgins, Niall S and Cooke, Marie L and Rippey, James and Rickard, Claire M (2017) 'Tools, Clinical Prediction Rules, and Algorithms for the Insertion of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters in Adult Hospitalized Patients: A Systematic Scoping Review of Literature'. Journal of hospital medicine, 12 (10) [Details]
(2017) 'The state of the art of central venous catheter care in the intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital; A quality initiative and call to action'
Carr, Peter J and She, Grainne Ni and Pickersgill, Haley and Bessley, Tracey and Murray, Kevin and Jackson, Gavin and Ho, Kevin and Litton, Ed (2017) 'The state of the art of central venous catheter care in the intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital; A quality initiative and call to action'. Australian Critical Care, 30 (2) [Details]
(2017) 'Variation in use of technology among vascular access specialists: an analysis of the PICC1 survey'
Chopra, Vineet and Kuhn, Latoya and Ratz, David and Winter, Suzanne and Carr, Peter J and Paje, David and Krein, Sarah L (2017) 'Variation in use of technology among vascular access specialists: an analysis of the PICC1 survey'. The journal of vascular access, 18 (3):243-249 [Details]
(2017) 'Teaching medical students ultrasound-guided vascular access-which learning method is best?'
Lian, Alwin and Rippey, James CR and Carr, Peter J (2017) 'Teaching medical students ultrasound-guided vascular access-which learning method is best?'. The journal of vascular access, 18 (3):255-258 [Details]
(2017) '“iM Ready to Learn”: Undergraduate Nursing Students Knowledge, Preferences, and Practice of Mobile Technology and Social Media'
Hay, Benjamin and Carr, Peter J and Dawe, Lydia and Clark-Burg, Karen (2017) '“iM Ready to Learn”: Undergraduate Nursing Students Knowledge, Preferences, and Practice of Mobile Technology and Social Media'. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 35 (1):8-17 [Details]
(2016) 'Insertion of peripheral intravenous cannulae in the emergency department: factors associated with first-time insertion success'
Carr, Peter J and Rippey, James CR and Budgeon, Charley A and Cooke, Marie L and Higgins, Niall and Rickard, Claire M (2016) 'Insertion of peripheral intravenous cannulae in the emergency department: factors associated with first-time insertion success'. The journal of vascular access, 17 (2):182-190 [Details]
(2016) 'Development of a clinical prediction rule to improve peripheral intravenous cannulae first attempt success in the emergency department and reduce post insertion failure rates: the Vascular Access Decisions in the Emergency Room (VADER) study protocol'
Carr, Peter J and Rippey, James CR and Cooke, Marie L and Bharat, Chrianna and Murray, Kevin and Higgins, Niall S and Foale, Aileen and Rickard, Claire M (2016) 'Development of a clinical prediction rule to improve peripheral intravenous cannulae first attempt success in the emergency department and reduce post insertion failure rates: the Vascular Access Decisions in the Emergency Room (VADER) study protocol'. BMJ open, 6 (2) [Details]
(2016) 'Peripheral intravenous cannulation: complication rates in the neonatal population: a multicenter observational study'
Legemaat, Monique and Carr, Peter J and van Rens, Roland M and van Dijk, Monique and Poslawsky, Irina E and van den Hoogen, Agnes (2016) 'Peripheral intravenous cannulation: complication rates in the neonatal population: a multicenter observational study'. The journal of vascular access, 17 (4):360-365 [Details]
(2016) 'Predicting and preventing peripheral intravenous cannula insertion failure in the emergency department: Clinician ‘gestalt’wins again'
Rippey, James CR and Carr, Peter J and Cooke, Marie and Higgins, Niall and Rickard, Claire M (2016) 'Predicting and preventing peripheral intravenous cannula insertion failure in the emergency department: Clinician ‘gestalt’wins again'. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 28 (6):658-665 [Details]
(2016) 'Reasons for removal of emergency department--inserted peripheral intravenous cannulae in admitted patients: A retrospective medical chart audit in Australia'
Carr, Peter J and Rippey, James and Moore, Tim and Ngo, Hanh and Cooke, Marie L and Higgins, Niall S and Rickard, Claire M (2016) 'Reasons for removal of emergency department--inserted peripheral intravenous cannulae in admitted patients: A retrospective medical chart audit in Australia'. infection control \& hospital epidemiology, 37 (7):874-876 [Details]
(2015) 'An affordable and easily constructed model for training in ultrasound-guided vascular access'
Rippey, James CR and Blanco, Pablo and Carr, Peter J (2015) 'An affordable and easily constructed model for training in ultrasound-guided vascular access'. The journal of vascular access, 16 (5):422-427 [Details]
(2015) 'International prevalence of the use of peripheral intravenous catheters'
Alexandrou, Evan and Ray-Barruel, Gillian and Carr, Peter J and Frost, Steven and Inwood, Sheila and Higgins, Niall and Lin, Frances and Alberto, Laura and Mermel, Leonard and Rickard, Claire M (2015) 'International prevalence of the use of peripheral intravenous catheters'. Journal of hospital medicine, 10 (8):530-533 [Details]
(2015) 'Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis: a complication of an indwelling peripherally inserted central venous catheter'
Carr, Peter J and Rippey, James CR (2015) 'Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis: a complication of an indwelling peripherally inserted central venous catheter'. Clinical case reports, 3 (3) [Details]
(2015) 'Insertion of Peripheral Intravenous Cannulae in the Emergency Department: Factors Associated with First Attempt Success'
Carr, Peter (2015) 'Insertion of Peripheral Intravenous Cannulae in the Emergency Department: Factors Associated with First Attempt Success'. Journal of the Association for Vascular Access, 4 (20):256-257 [Details]
(2014) 'O-036: COCHRANE PROTOCOL: VASCULAR ACCESS SPECIALIST TEAMS FOR DEVICE INSERTION AND PREVENTION OF FAILURE'
Carr, P and Higgins, N and Cooke, M and Mihala, G and Rickard, C (2014) 'O-036: COCHRANE PROTOCOL: VASCULAR ACCESS SPECIALIST TEAMS FOR DEVICE INSERTION AND PREVENTION OF FAILURE'. The Journal of Vascular Access, 15 (3) [Details]
(2014) 'O-006'
Carr, P and Rippey, J and Rickard, C (2014) 'O-006'. The Journal of Vascular Access, 15 (3):194-195 [Details]
(2014) 'Evidence based practice'
Brown, K and Todd, Adam and O'Malley, Claire and Moore, Helen J and Husband, Andrew K and Bambra, Clare and Kasim, Adetayo and Sniehotta, Falko F and Steed, Liz and Smith, Sarah and others (2014) 'Evidence based practice'. Evidence-based nursing: The research-practice connection, :349-373 [Details]
(2013) 'The use of social media in undergraduate curriculum'
Clark-Burg, K and Carr, P and Hay, B and McNaught, K (2013) 'The use of social media in undergraduate curriculum'. The Hive, (4) [Details]
(2013) 'Assessing the quality of central venous catheter and peripherally inserted central catheter videos on the YouTube video-sharing web site'
Carr, Peter J and Alexandrou, Evan and Jackson, Gavin M and Spencer, Timothy R (2013) 'Assessing the quality of central venous catheter and peripherally inserted central catheter videos on the YouTube video-sharing web site'. Journal of the Association for Vascular Access, 18 (3):177-182 [Details]
(2011) 'IMPACT OF A PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CANNULATION TEAM: 15'
Carr, Peter and Glynn, Ronan and Kropmans, Thomas (2011) 'IMPACT OF A PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CANNULATION TEAM: 15'. The Journal of Vascular Access, 12 (1) [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2019) 'Training and Education'
Alexandrou, Evan and Mifflin, Nicholas and Carr, Peter J (2019) 'Training and Education' In: Springer, Cham. [Details]
(2019) 'Specialized Vascular Access Teams'
Carr, Peter J and Moureau, Nancy L (2019) 'Specialized Vascular Access Teams' In: Springer, Cham. [Details]