Dr Edward Baker
I am an experienced emergency nurse and nurse practitioner working primarily in a clinical-academic role split between King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London where I hold a lecturer position in Applied Technology for Clinical Care.
I have held an honorary lectureship in the Centre for Trauma Sciences since 2020 and have contributed to the MSc Trauma Science programme since 2019. I currently teach on the Research Methods module, and I am also a student research supervisor on the dissertation module, supporting students who are developing research projects and publications.
I have recently completed a 4-year clinical doctoral research fellowship funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and was awarded a PhD in Nursing Research by King’s College London in 2021. My PhD focused on the pathway-based care of major trauma patients, investigating the long-term outcomes of patients recovering from blunt mechanism chest wall injuries.
My main research interests are investigating long term outcomes in major trauma using Patient Reported Outcome Measures, applying mixed research methods. I have specialist knowledge in pathway development and evaluation and a clinical expertise in blunt mechanism chest wall injury management.
Key trauma publications:
Baker, E. & Lee, G. (2016) A retrospective observational study examining the effect of thoracic epidural and patient-controlled analgesia on short term outcomes in blunt thoracic trauma injuries. Medicine. 95(2) e2374 (doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002374)
Baker, E., Xyrichis, A., Norton, C., Hopkins, P. & Lee, G. (2018) The long-term outcomes and health related quality of life of patients following blunt thoracic injury: a narrative literature review. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. 26:67 (doi: 10.1186/s13049-018-0535-9)
Baker, E., Battle C., Banjeri, A., Carlton, E., Dixon, C., Ferry, J., Hopkins, P. Jones, R., Murrells, T., Norton, C., Patient, L, Rasheed, A., Skene, I., Tabner, A., Tunnicliff, M., Xyrichis, A., Young, L. & Lee, G. (2021) A prospective observational study to examine health-related quality of life and develop models to predict long-term patient reported outcomes six-months after hospital discharge with blunt thoracic injuries. BMJ Open. 11(7), e049292 (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049292)
Baker, E., Xyrichis, A., Norton, C., Hopkins, P. & Lee, G. (2021) Challenges associated with recovery from blunt thoracic injuries for hospital admission to six-months after discharge: A qualitative interview study. International Emergency Nursing Journal. 57, 101045 (doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2021.101045)
Baker, E., Xyrichis, A., Norton, C., Hopkins, P. & Lee, G. (2021) The processes of hospital discharge and recovery after blunt thoracic injuries: The patient’s perspective. Nursing Open; 00, 1-12 (doi: 10.1002/nop2.929)
Baker, E., Xyrichis, A., Norton, C., Hopkins, P. & Lee, G. (2021) Building consensus on inpatient discharge pathway components in the management of blunt thoracic injuries: an e-Delphi study amongst an international professional expert panel. Injury. (In Press) (doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.03.061)
Baker, E., Woolley, A., Xyrichis, A., Norton, C., Hopkins, P. & Lee, G. (2020) How does the implementation of a patient pathway-based intervention in the acute care of blunt thoracic injury impact on patient outcomes? A systematic review of the literature. Injury. 51(8), 1733-1743
(doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2020.06.002)
