Mr Martin Gallagher

Mr Martin Gallagher

Lecturer - Paramedic Science

  • Email address Martin.Gallagher@wlv.ac.uk
  • Phone number 01902 321000 ext. 3074
  • Location WA113
  • Faculty Faculty of Education Health & Wellbeing
  • Institute School of Medicine and Clinical Practice
  • Areas of expertise

    As an emergency nurse practitioner my clinical expertise became focussed on the management of minor injuries and illnesses that present to the emergency department.  As well expanding my clinical expertise, diagnostic practice, treatment and discharge planning I worked with senior ENP colleagues to promote the work of the minors team within the wider emergency department, and hospital community.  This included educating medical and nursing staff on the role of the minors tea, the patient presentations that we see and the treatments we are trained to provide, as well as the volume of patients we see that present to the ED as a whole, national standards targets that we meet and often exceed and a brief comparison of the service offered by my team with that of other MIUs and ENP led services locally and nationally.

     

    I am also very active in the pre-hospital community, providing event medical services in both a clinical and managerial capacity, and volunteer with the West Midlands CARE team, a critical care response team who work alongside West Midlands Ambulance Service. I maintain my skills in trauma, resus and sepsis through these activities.

     

     

     

After an 8 year career in retail management I took the decision to pursue a career in healthcare.  

I completed my Undergraduate Degree in Adult Nursing at the University of Wolverhampton, graduating and registering with the NMC in January 2015.

Since registration I have worked as a RN exclusively in emergency medicine.  My career in emergency medicine progressed form registered nurse, to charge nurse, senior charge nurse and most recently emergency nurse practitioner, after further study.  I took several formal and CPD courses throughout my career to allow me to take lead for the emergency department in trauma, resus and sepsis.  I was also lead nurse for medical device training.

After returning to university to complete the emergency practitioner course I secured a position of emergency nurse practitioner within the ED I have worked in since registration, and that was the last position I held before leaving to pursue a career in higher education.

Throughout my initial undergraduate training, and throughout my career I have volunteered with first aid organisations, and worked for event medical companies providing both clinical and managerial skills at both small and large events.  I was fortunate enough to work with the medical team providing event cover at the World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester 2019.

In February 2020 I started my new position at the University of Wolverhampton as clinical skills lecturer for paramedic science.

 

I have a keen interest in students of health sciences being taught clinical skills and practicing them at undergraduate level, and the benefits that has on student education and practice, the health service and ultimately to patient care.  I wrote my dissertation for my undergraduate degree in nursing in this topic, and actively worked to improve the training offered to student nurses whilst working as a registered nurse.

 

Post registration my interest centred around emergency medicine, focussing on resuscitation, trauma and sepsis management in the emergency department.

 

RN registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Member or Royal College of Nurses (RCN)

Member of Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)

West Midlands Central Accident, Resuscitation and Emergency Team (CARE Team)

 

BNurse (Hons) 1st Class Adult Nursing

Emergency Practitioner (Level 6) Minor injuries and illnesses

Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)

Advanced Life Support (ALS)

 

 

2018 Advanced life support (ALS)

2018 Wound closure study day

2018 Limb immobilisation and splinting refresher

2018 UK Sepsis Trust local MDT conference attendee

2018 Radiological imaging interpretation online CPD modules

2017 Trauma Nursing core course (TNCC)

2017 Cardio-Respiratory assessment CPD session

2017 Arterial blood gas collection and interpretation

2017 Blood transfusion safety

2016 Medical devices link work for high and medium risk medical devices

2016 Acute illness management (AIM)

2016 Sepsis lead nurse for the emergency department

2015 Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

2015 Immediate life support

2015 Paediatric immediate life support

2015 Medical devices (for use in hospital) training

2015 IV medications administration, cannulation and venepuncture

2015 12 lead ECG recording

2015 Cardiac rhythm recognition, heart and lung auscultation, manual defibrillation and arterial blood gas sampling information sessions (not certified)

2015 Male catheterisation

2015 Diabetes management

2014 Wound care and management study day

2014 Emergency Transport Attendant, St John Ambulance (Inc. Oxygen and analgesic gas therapy)

2013 Preparing to teach in the lifelong sector (PTLLS) Level 3 Edexcel

2012 First Person on scene intermediate, West Midlands Ambulance Service

2012 Conflict resolution training, West Midlands Ambulance Service

2012 – 2015 CPD events including, trauma management, patient assessment skills, spinal immobilisation techniques, airway management (including assisting with endotracheal intubation), safe medications administration, transfusion medicine,  ECG interpretation, paediatric assessment including recognising the sick child, health and safety, safeguarding and keeping people safe.