Professor Michael Ardagh, Our people, University of Otago, Christchurch, University of Otago, New Zealand

Professor of Emergency Medicine

ONZM MB ChB PhD DCH(Otago) FACEM

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

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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

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

Horspool, N., Elwood, K., Johnston, D., Deely, J., & Ardagh, M. (2020). Factors influencing casualty risk in the 14th November 2016 M_W7.8 Kaikōura, New Zealand earthquake. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 51, 101917. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101917

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

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

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

Ardagh, M. W. (2004). Ethics of resuscitation. In P. Cameron, G. Jelinek, A.-M. Kelly, L. Murray, A. F. T. Brown & J. Heyworth (Eds.), Textbook of adult emergency medicine. (2nd ed.) (pp. 33-37). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Hogg, D., Kingham, S., Wilson, T. M., & Ardagh, M. (2016). The effects of relocation and level of affectedness on mood and anxiety symptom treatments after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Social Science & Medicine, 152, 18-26. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.025

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Hogg, D., Kingham, S., Wilson, T. M., & Ardagh, M. (2016). The effects of spatially varying earthquake impacts on mood and anxiety symptom treatments among long-term Christchurch residents following the 2010/11 Canterbury earthquakes, New Zealand. Health & Place, 41, 78-88. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.08.002

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Schluter, P. J., Hamilton, G. J., Deely, J. M., & Ardagh, M. W. (2016). Impact of integrated health system changes, accelerated due to an earthquake, on emergency department attendances and acute admissions: A Bayesian change-point analysis. BMJ Open, 6(5), e010709. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010709

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Than, M. P., Pickering, J. W., Aldous, S. J., Cullen, L., Frampton, C. M. A., Peacock, W. F., … Richards, A. M., Ardagh, M. W., Deely, J. M., Florkowski, C. M., George, P., Hamilton, G. J., Jardine, D. L., Troughton, R. W., … Lord, S. J. (2016). Effectiveness of EDACS versus ADAPT accelerated diagnostic pathways for chest pain: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial embedded within practice. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 68(1), 93-102. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.01.001

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Le Fevre, J., Ardagh, M., Mountain, D., Parke, T., & Geelhoed, G. (2015). Perspectives on the evolution of time-based targets and their impact on emergency medicine training. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 27(4), 351-354. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12437

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Pickering, J. W., Young, J. M., George, P., Aldous, S., Cullen, L., Greenslade, J. H., Richards, A. M., Troughton, R., Ardagh, M., Frampton, C. M., & Than, M. P. (2015). The utility of presentation and 4-hour high sensitivity troponin I to rule-out acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department. Clinical Biochemistry, 48(18), 1219-1224. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2015.07.033

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Das, M., Stewart, R., Ardagh, M., Deely, J. M., Dodd, S., Bartholomew, N. V., … Spearing, R., … Than, M. (2014). Patterns and sources of alcohol consumption preceding alcohol-affected attendances to a New Zealand hospital emergency department. New Zealand Medical Journal, 127(1401). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Hogg, D., Kingham, S., Wilson, T. M., Griffin, E., & Ardagh, M. (2014). Geographic variation of clinically diagnosed mood and anxiety disorders in Christchurch after the 2010/11 earthquakes. Health & Place, 30, 270-278. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.10.003

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Johnston, D., Standring, S., Ronan, K., Lindell, M., Wilson, T., Cousins, J., … Ardagh, M. W., Deely, J. M., … Bissell, R. (2014). The 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes: Context and cause of injury. Natural Hazards, 73(2), 627-637. doi: 10.1007/s11069-014-1094-7

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Stewart, R., Das, M., Ardagh, M., Deely, J. M., Dodd, S., Bartholomew, N., … Spearing, R., … Than, M. (2014). The impact of alcohol-related presentations on a New Zealand hospital emergency department. New Zealand Medical Journal, 127(1401). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Than, M., Aldous, S., Lord, S. J., Goodacre, S., Frampton, C. M. A., Troughton, R., George, P., Florkowski, C. M., Ardagh, M., Smyth, D., Jardine, D. L., … Young, J., Hamilton, G., Deely, J. M., … Richards, A. M. (2014). A 2-hour diagnostic protocol for possible cardiac chest pain in the emergency department: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Internal Medicine, 174(1), 51-58. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.11362

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Than, M., Flaws, D., Sanders, S., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., Kline, J., Aldous, S., Troughton, R., … Frampton, C., … Ardagh, M., … Cullen, L. (2014). Development and validation of the Emergency Department Assessment of Chest pain Score and 2 h accelerated diagnostic protocol. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 26, 34-44. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12164

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Richardson, S., & Ardagh, M. (2013). Innovations and lessons learned from the Canterbury earthquakes: Emergency department staff narratives. Disaster Prevention & Management, 22(5), 405-414. doi: 10.1108/DPM-09-2013-0167

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Richardson, S., Ardagh, M., & Than, M. (2013). Emergency department patient presentations: How accurately do we record ethnicity data? Emergency Nurse New Zealand, Winter, 10-15.

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Ardagh, M. W., Richardson, S. K., Robinson, V., Than, M., Gee, P., Henderson, S., … McKie, J., Robertson, G., … Deely, J. M. (2012). The initial health-system response to the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, in February, 2011. Lancet, 379, 2109-2115. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(12)60313-4

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Campbell, R., Ardagh, M. W., & Than, M. (2012). Validation of the pulse rate over pressure evaluation index as a detector of early occult hemorrhage: A prospective observational study. Journal of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery, 73(1), 286-288. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318253b52e

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Than, M., Cullen, L., Aldous, S., Parsonage, W. A., Reid, C. M., Greenslade, J., … Ardagh, M. W., Troughton, R., … Richards, A. M. (2012). 2-Hour accelerated diagnostic protocol to assess patients with chest pain symptoms using contemporary troponins as the only biomarker: The ADAPT trial. JACC, 59(23), 2091-2098. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.02.035

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Ardagh, M. W., Pitchford, A. M., Esson, A., Manson, H., & Dolan, B. (2011). Project RED: A successful methodology for improving emergency department performance. New Zealand Medical Journal, 124(1344). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/124-1344/4905/content.pdf

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Ardagh, M., Tonkin, G., & Possenniskie, C. (2011). Improving acute patient flow and resolving emergency department overcrowding in New Zealand hospitals: The major challenges and the promising initiatives. New Zealand Medical Journal, 124(1344). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/124-1344/4904/content.pdf

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Dolan, B., Esson, A., Grainger, P., Richardson, S., & Ardagh, M. (2011). Earthquake disaster response in Christchurch, New Zealand. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 37(5), 506-509. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2011.06.009

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Peddie, S., Richardson, S., Salt, L., & Ardagh, M. (2011). Frequent attenders at emergency departments: Research regarding the utility of management plans fails to take into account the natural attrition of attendance. New Zealand Medical Journal, 124(1331). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/124-1331/4581/content.pdf

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Than, M., Cullen, L., Reid, C. M., Lim, S. H., Aldous, S., Ardagh, M. W., … George, P. M., & Richards, A. M. (2011). A 2-h diagnostic protocol to assess patients with chest pain symptoms in the Asia-Pacific region (ASPECT): A prospective observational validation study. Lancet, 377(9771), 1077-1084. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60310-3

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Ardagh, M. (2010). How to achieve New Zealand's shorter stays in emergency departments health target [Viewpoint]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 123(1316). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/123-1316/4152/content.pdf

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Simpson, J. C., Turnbull, B. L., Ardagh, M., & Richardson, S. (2009). Child home injury prevention: Understanding the context of unintentional injuries to preschool children. International Journal of Injury Control & Safety Promotion, 16(3), 159-167. doi: 10.1080/17457300903135636

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Than, M. P., Helm, J., Calder, K., Ardagh, M. W., Smith, M., Flaws, D. F., & Beckert, L. (2009). Comparison of high specificity with standard versions of a quantative latex D-dimer test in the assessment of community pulmonary embolism HaemosIL D-dimer HS and Pulmonary Embolism. Thrombosis Research, 124, 230-235. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2008.10.018

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