Professor of Emergency Medicine
Mike is Professor of Emergency Medicine and a specialist in the Emergency Department of Christchurch Hospital.
He has a PhD in Bioethics, with his thesis exploring decision making in resuscitation.
He convenes the Emergency Medicine teaching thread, and the 4th year undergraduate medical student attachment to surgery.
He chairs the Rhise Group (researching the health implications of seismic events), the Emergency Medicine and Nursing Research Group and is a trustee of the Emergency Care Foundation (a charitable trust which funds Emergency Medicine research).
Research interests
- Earthquake injuries and health system response
- Emergency Department crowding and systems
- Diagnostic decision tools
- The ethics of Emergency Medicine
Publications
Bothara, R. K., Raina, A., Carne, B., Walls, T., McCombie, A., Ardagh, M. W., & Joyce, L. R. (2021). Paediatric presentations to Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department during COVID-19 lockdown. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 57, 877-882. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15347
Journal - Research Article
Joyce, L. R., Richardson, S. K., McCombie, A., Hamilton, G. J., & Ardagh, M. W. (2021). Mental health presentations to Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department during COVID-19 lockdown. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33, 324-330. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13667
Journal - Research Article
Horspool, N., Elwood, K., Johnston, D., Deely, J., & Ardagh, M. (2020). Factors influencing casualty risk in the 14th November 2016 MW7.8 Kaikōura, New Zealand earthquake. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 51, 101917. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101917
Journal - Research Article
Basharati, S., Ardagh, M., Deely, J., Horspool, N., Johnston, D., Feldmann-Jensen, S., … Than, M. (2020). A research update on the demography and injury burden of victims of New Zealand earthquakes between 2010 and 2014. Australasian Journal of Disaster & Trauma Studies, 24(1), 65-73. Retrieved from http://trauma.massey.ac.nz/issues/2020-1/AJDTS_24_1_Basharati.pdf
Journal - Research Other
Yeow, T., Baird, A., Ferner, H., Ardagh, M., Deely, J., & Johnston, D. (2020). Cause and level of treatment of injuries from earthquake damage to commercial buildings in New Zealand. Earthquake Spectra, 36(3), 1254-1270. doi: 10.1177/8755293019900775
Journal - Research Article
National Ethics Advisory Committee, including Moore, A., Fougere, G., Ardagh, M., Findlay, M., Paul, C., Richardson, A., & McDonald, G. (2009). Ethical guidelines for intervention studies. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health, 37p.
Authored Book - Research
National Ethics Advisory Committee, including Moore, A., Ardagh, M., Paul, C., & McDonald, G. (2008). Ethics of intervention studies: Discussion document and draft ethical guidelines for intervention studies. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health, 91p.
Authored Book - Research
National Ethics Advisory Committee, including Moore, A., Ardagh, M., & Paul, C. (2007). Getting through together: Ethical values for a pandemic. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health, 61p.
Authored Book - Research
National Ethics Advisory Committee, including Moore, A., Paul, C., & Ardagh, M. (2006). Ethical guidelines for observational studies: Observational research, audits and related activities. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health, 29p.
Authored Book - Research
Beard, M. E. J., Town, G. I., Ardagh, M. W., Begg, E. J., Chambers, S., Jeffery, G. M., & Laing, R. T. R. (2000). Management Guidelines for Common Medical Conditions (8th ed.). Christchurch, New Zealand: Internal Medicine Services, Canterbury Health, 284p.
Authored Book - Other
Beard, M. E. J., Begg, E. J., Ardagh, M. W., Chambers, S. T., Fink, J. N., Lim, V., & Town, G. I. (1996). Management Guidelines for Common Medical Conditions. (6th ed.). Christchurch: Internal Medicine Services, Canterbury Health Ltd.
Authored Book - Other
Ardagh, M. W., & Gee, P. (2004). Lacerations and minor emergency department surgery. In G. W. O. Fulde (Ed.), Emergency medicine: The principles of practice. (4th ed.) (pp. 222-228). Sydney, Australia: Churchill Livingstone.
Chapter in Book - Research
Ardagh, M. W. (2000). Common emergency presentations. In M. E. J. Beard, G. I. Town, M. W. Ardagh, E. J. Begg, S. Chambers, M. Jeffrey & R. T. R. Laing (Eds.), Management Guidelines for Common Medical Conditions, 8th edition. (pp. 15-33). Christchurch: Canterbury Health Limited.
Chapter in Book - Research
Ardagh, M. W. (2000). Resuscitation ethics. In P. Cameron, G. Jelinek, A. M. Kelly, L. Murray & J. Heyworth (Eds.), Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine. (pp. 33-37). London: Churchill Livingston.
Chapter in Book - Research
Ardagh, M. W. (1998). Common Emergency Presentations. In M. E. Beard (Ed.), Guidelines for Common Medical Conditions. Department of Medicine, Christchurch Hospital.
Chapter in Book - Research
Ardagh, M. W. (1998). Lymphomas in Emergency Medicine. In R. V. Aghababian (Ed.), The Core Curriculum. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven.
Chapter in Book - Research
Bothara, R. K., Raina, A., Carne, B., Walls, T., McCombie, A., Ardagh, M. W., & Joyce, L. R. (2021). Paediatric presentations to Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department during COVID-19 lockdown. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 57, 877-882. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15347
Journal - Research Article
Joyce, L. R., Richardson, S. K., McCombie, A., Hamilton, G. J., & Ardagh, M. W. (2021). Mental health presentations to Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department during COVID-19 lockdown. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33, 324-330. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13667
Journal - Research Article
Horspool, N., Elwood, K., Johnston, D., Deely, J., & Ardagh, M. (2020). Factors influencing casualty risk in the 14th November 2016 MW7.8 Kaikōura, New Zealand earthquake. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 51, 101917. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101917
Journal - Research Article
Yeow, T., Baird, A., Ferner, H., Ardagh, M., Deely, J., & Johnston, D. (2020). Cause and level of treatment of injuries from earthquake damage to commercial buildings in New Zealand. Earthquake Spectra, 36(3), 1254-1270. doi: 10.1177/8755293019900775
Journal - Research Article
Cooper Maidlow, S., Ardagh, M., Callender, R., & Thomas, O. (2019). Addition of explicit guidance to acute pancreatitis guidlines increases compliance with amylase measurement recommendations. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1489), 81-88. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Raina, A., Ardagh, M., & Loring, B. (2019). What influences clinicians to choose wisely? New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1502), 16-24. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Ford, K., Foulds, J., Coleman, O., Ardagh, M., Pearson, S., Droste, N., Newton-Howes, G., & Sellman, J. D. (2018). Alcohol-related emergency department attendances after the introduction of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1483), 40-49. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Richardson, S. K., Grainger, P. C., Ardagh, M. W., & Morrison, R. (2018). Violence and aggression in the emergency department is under-reported and under-appreciated. New Zealand Medical Journal, 1476(131), 50-58. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Roffe, L., Pearson, S., Sharr, J., & Ardagh, M. (2018). The effect of trampoline parks on presentations to the Christchurch Emergency Department. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1468), 43-53. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Than, M. P., Pickering, J. W., Dryden, J. M., Lord, S. J., Aitken, S. A., Aldous, S. J., … Ardagh, M. W., … Callender, R., … Deely, J. M., … Ferrier, K. A., … Frampton, C. M. A., George, P. M., … Matthews, T. J. E., … Peckler, B. F., … Richards, A. M., … Simmonds, M. B., … Troughton, R. W., … on behalf of the ICare-ACS Implementation Group. (2018). ICare-ACS (improving care processes for patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome): A study of cross-system implementation of a national clinical pathway. Circulation, 137(4), 354-363. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.117.031984
Journal - Research Article
Lambie, E. S., Wilson, T. M., Brogt, E., Johnston, D. M., Ardagh, M., Deely, J., … Feldmann-Jensen, S. (2017). Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Earthquake Behaviour Coding Methodology: Analysis of Christchurch Public Hospital video data from the 22 February Christchurch earthquake event. Natural Hazards, 86(3), 1175-1192. doi: 10.1007/s11069-016-2735-9
Journal - Research Article
Ardagh, M., Standring, S., Deely, J. M., Johnston, D., Robinson, V., Gulliver, P., Richardson, S., … Than, M. (2016). A sex disparity among earthquake victims. Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness, 10(1), 67-73. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2015.81
Journal - Research Article
Hogg, D., Kingham, S., Wilson, T. M., & Ardagh, M. (2016). Spatio-temporal variation of mood and anxiety symptom treatments in Christchurch in the context of the 2010/11 Canterbury earthquake sequence. Spatial & Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 19, 91-102. doi: 10.1016/j.sste.2016.08.001
Journal - Research Article