Adjunct Professor
Vivienne Tippett
Faculty of Health,
School of Clinical Sciences
Biography
Professor Tippett is the Director of Research for QUT's School of Clinical Science. Professor Tippett has worked for nearly 20 years as a clinical researcher in emergency pre-hospital care, including seven years as Director of the Australian Centre for Pre-hospital Care Research at University of Queensland and Queensland Ambulance Service. In recognition of this work she was awarded the Distinguished Services Medal by the Queensland Ambulance Service in 2011. In 2014 she was achnowledged as one of 125 Women in Leadership awardees by the YWCA. Professor Tippett is currently leading a Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC consortium on emergency warnings and crisis communication. She was awarded the OAM for services to medical education in 2018.
Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Clinical Sciences
Keywords
ambulance, cardiac outcomes, emergency health, emergency services demand, paramedic, performance measurement, trauma outcomes
Research field
Other biomedical and clinical sciences, Public health
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Queensland)
- Master Public Health (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
Publications
- Fitzgerald, G., Toloo, S., Rego, J., Ting, J., Aitken, P. & Tippett, V. (2012). Demand for public hospital emergency department services in Australia: 2000-2001 to 2009-2010. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 24(1), 72–78. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/47990
- Coory, M., Kelly, H. & Tippett, V. (2009). Assessment of ambulance dispatch data for surveillance of influenza-like illness in Melbourne, Australia. Public Health, 123(2), 163–168. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/47378
- Watt, K., Tippett, V., Raven, S., Jamrozik, K., Coory, M., Archer, F. & Kelly, H. (2010). Attitudes to living and working in pandemic conditions among emergency prehospital medical care personnel. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 25(1), 13–19. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41222
- Tippett, V., Watt, K., Raven, S., Kelly, H., Coory, M., Archer, F. & Jamrozik, K. (2010). Anticipated behaviors of emergency prehospital medical care providers during an influenza pandemic. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 25(1), 20–25. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41221
- Hitchcock, M., Crilly, J., Gillespie, B., Chaboyer, W., Tippett, V. & Lind, J. (2010). The effects of ambulance ramping on Emergency Department length of stay and in-patient mortality. Australasian Emergency Care, 13(1 - 2), 17–24. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41220
- Woodall, J., Watt, K., Walker, D., Tippett, V., Enraght-Moony, E., Bertolo, C. & Mildwaters, B. (2010). Planning volunteer responses to low-volume mass gatherings: Do event characteristics predict patient workload? Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 25(5), 442–448. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/46479
- Crilly, J., O'Dwyer, J., O'Dwyer, M., Lind, J., Peters, J., Tippett, V., Wallis, M., Bost, N. & Keijzers, G. (2011). Linking ambulance, emergency department and hospital admissions data: understanding the emergency journey. Medical Journal Of Australia, 194(4). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41216
- Wang, X., Barnett, A., Yu, V., Fitzgerald, G., Tippett, V., Aitken, P., Neville, G., McRae, D., Verrall, K. & Tong, S. (2012). The impact of heatwaves on mortality and emergency hospital admissions from non-external causes in Brisbane, Australia. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 69(3), 163–169. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/66931
- Vaneckova, P., Neville, G., Tippett, V., Aitken, P., Fitzgerald, G. & Tong, S. (2011). Do biometeorological indices improve modeling outcomes of heat-related mortality? Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 50(6), 1165–1176. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52085
- Rowell, D., Connelly, L., Webber, J., Tippett, V., Thiele, D. & Schuetz, M. (2011). What are the true costs of major trauma? Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 70(5), 1086–1095. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41219
QUT ePrints
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Supervision
Current supervisions
- Determinants and Outcomes of Dysnatraemia in Adult Neurotrauma and Other Critical Illnesses
PhD, Mentoring Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Kevin Laupland
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- No ordinary moments: Improving the response to disasters by enhancing the incident command system (2023)
- Occupational violence against paramedics: Hostility, mitigation practices and the insight of practice theory (2023)
- Towards an understanding of women's roles and resilience in natural hazards (2023)
- An Investigation of the Prehospital Diagnosis and Triage of Ischaemic Hyper-Acute Stroke to Recommended Reperfusion Therapies (2022)
- Effects of Adolescent Sucrose Overconsumption on Serotonin and Dopamine Signalling and Associated Maladaptive Effects in Adulthood (2022)
- The Role of Universities in Disaster Management (2022)
- A Prospective Study of the Impact of Deployment on the Intimate Relationships of Australian Army Personnel and Their Loved Ones (2020)
- Ankle Ligament Thickness in Acute Ankle Sprain: An Ultrasound-based Study (2020)
- Australian Pharmacists' Preparedness to Fulfil Roles in Disasters and Emergencies (2019)
- Paramedics and Children Exposed to Domestic Violence (2019)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
- Exploration of Developing Mass Violence Paramedicine as a Sub-Specialty of Paramedicine: Identifying the Core Competency for Specialist Trained High-Risk Area Paramedics in Australia (2026)
- Opinions of Radiographer Abnormality Detection Systems in the Paediatric Setting (2022)
- An Exploration of How LGBTQ+ Paramedic Experiences of Exclusion and Inclusion Can Inform Policy and Cultural Safety in a State Funded Ambulance Service (2021)
- Preparing Australian Paramedics for Effective Health Disaster Response: Identifying Core Competency and a Phenomenographic Examination of Current Disaster Response Education (2020)
- Australasian Paramedic Attitudes and Perceptions about Continuing Professional Development (2019)
- Does the Attendance of a Critical Care Paramedic at an Adult Cardiac Arrest in Queensland Improve Patient Outcomes? (2016)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.