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Last published 2025
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W. Andrew Smedley

Researcher

Also affiliated: Griffith University (2023); University of Maryland, Baltimore (2021); Apple (Israel) (2020); University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital (2020); University of Alabama (2020); University of Mobile (2019); Somali National University (2020); University of Alabama at Birmingham (2013–2020); Institute of Polymers (2021); Center Point (2021); J.P. Morgan (2021); Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Norte de Minas Gerais (2016); University of Pennsylvania (2021)

Faculty Researcher

7 h-index 16 pubs 287 cited

  • Humans
  • Wounds and Injuries
  • Alabama
  • Trauma Centers
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Air Ambulances
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Triage
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Spatial Analysis
  • Resuscitation

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

W. Andrew Smedley's research focuses on trauma and emergency care, with a specific interest in prehospital triage and resuscitation strategies. His work investigates advanced prehospital resuscitative care to identify trauma patients who may benefit from specific interventions. Smedley also examines the accuracy of medical imaging techniques, such as chest radiographs and ultrasound, in predicting conditions like pneumothorax in trauma patients. His research includes geospatial analysis to understand patterns in prehospital triage and identify potentially preventable traumatic deaths. Additionally, Smedley has explored the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for sepsis in rural emergency departments and the accessibility of balanced blood products within rural trauma systems.

His publications also touch upon physiological responses to injury and shock, as well as novel approaches to managing specific injuries, such as an improvised shunt for combined radial and ulnar artery injuries. Smedley has a publication record of 16 total publications with 279 citations and an h-index of 7. He has collaborated with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Kyle J. Kalkwarf, Joseph P. DeLoach, Terry Collins, and Weston Andrew Smedley.

Metrics

  • h-index: 7
  • Publications: 16
  • Citations: 287

Selected Publications

  • Improvised shunt for combined ipsilateral traumatic radial and ulnar artery injury (2026)
    Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open DOI OpenAlex
  • Physiologic Response to Injury and Shock (2025)
    Contemporary surgical clerkships DOI OpenAlex
  • Are Chest Radiographs or Ultrasound More Accurate in Predicting a Pneumothorax or Need for a Thoracostomy Tube in Trauma Patients? (2023)
    The American Surgeon 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Access to Immediately Available Balanced Blood Products in a Rural State’s Trauma System (2023)
    The American Surgeon 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Geospatial Analysis of Prehospital Triage and Early Potential Preventable Traumatic Deaths (2023)
    The American Surgeon 2 citations DOI OpenAlex

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