Summary
- Dr Glenn Arnold is a Consultant Anaesthetist who provides anaesthesia for adults and children.
- His NHS practice is based at St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
- He has a special interest in paediatric anaesthesia and the management of major trauma, as well as interests in vascular, upper gastrointestinal, obstetric and orthopaedic anaesthesia.
- He designed, developed and maintains a perioperative clinical indicator quality improvement programme. This provides anaesthetists with continuous feedback about the quality of their anaesthesia from their patients perspective and enables them to improve.
- He is an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College as well as being an affiliate of the Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality. He is also the clinical lead for anaesthetic research and quality improvement at St Mary’s Hospital. He is currently funded by two grants from the National Institute of Health Research.
- His academic work includes:
- Use of industrial design principles to redesign the layout of anaesthetic rooms to improve patient safety and patient flow, while improving ergonomics for staff and reducing waste.
- The potential for xenon anaesthesia to reduce postoperative delirium.
- Development and design of perioperative clinical indicators to drive quality improvement.
- Improving perioperative outcomes for patients.
- He is heavily involved in developing the electronic patient record at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
- He is an educational supervisor and Advanced Paediatric Life Support Instructor.
Publications
Journals
Coburn M, Sanders RD, Maze M, et al., 2018, The hip fracture surgery in elderly patients (HIPELD) study to evaluate xenon anaesthesia for the prevention of postoperative delirium: a multicentre, randomized clinical trial, British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol:120, ISSN:0007-0912, Pages:127-137
D'Lima, Arnold G, Brett SJ, et al., 2017, Continuous monitoring and feedback of quality of recovery indicators for anaesthetists: A qualitative investigation of reported effects on professional behaviour, British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol:119, ISSN:1471-6771, Pages:115-124
Kemp H, Bantel C, Gordon F, et al., 2017, Pain Assessment in INTensive care (PAINT): an observational study of physician-documented pain assessment in 45 intensive care units in the United Kingdom, Anaesthesia, Vol:72, ISSN:1365-2044, Pages:737-748
D'Lima DM, Moore J, Bottle A, et al., 2015, Developing effective feedback on quality of anaesthetic care: what are its most valuable characteristics from a clinical perspective?, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, Vol:20, ISSN:1355-8196, Pages:26-34
Benn J, D'Lima D, Moore J, et al., 2014, ENHANCED FEEDBACK FROM PERIOPERATIVE QUALITY INDICATORS: STUDYING THE IMPACT OF A COMPLEX QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INTERVENTION, Bmj Quality & Safety, Vol:23, ISSN:2044-5415, Pages:351-U105