Dale Gedge is a PhD candidate in Paramedic Science with the University of Hertfordshire (UoH). Dale was awarded a studentship, jointly sponsored by UoH and the College of Paramedics, in 2021.
Dale’s current research focuses on clinical aerosol generating procedures and coughing, investigating risk and mitigation strategies to reduce airborne transmission of infection. Working as part of a small research group, the research has been conducted during cardiopulmonary reuscitation in both the pre-hospital and in-hospital environment. Dale’s PhD programme also consists of laboratory-based studies.
Dale also works part-time as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in the older people’s emergency department (OPED) at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH), having completed his MSc in Advanced Professional Practice with the University of East Anglia (UEA) in 2020. Dale hope to complete his PhD in 2024 and his research interests include frailty, public health and emergency care.
Contact: d.a.gedge@herts.ac.uk