Staff Profile

I am the Director of Undergraduate Medical Education at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHSFT and Course Director for the year 5 Acute and Critical Care Course in the 2017 curriculum.

Background:

After Undergraduate studies in Edinburgh I trained in Medicine, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine in the Northeast, East Midlands and New Zealand.  In addition to my undergraduate role I am a consultant in Intensive Care Medicine in Sunderland

Qualifications:

BSc (hons) Bacteriology, 1988

MB,ChB, 1991

MRCP (UK), 1994

FRCA, 2000

FFICM (Foundation Fellowship), 2012

PGCert, 2019

I teach across years 3-5 in Sunderland and South Tyneside

My teaching interests include recognition and care of the critically ill, practical procedures, and prescribing.

Cannulation YouTube

• Bonner s, Carpenter M, Garcia E. Care of the Critically Ill Medical Patient. Churchill Livingstone, 2007.
• Carpenter MR. Post-operative complications related to Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. In: Leaper,D; Peel,A, ed. A Handbook of post-operative complication. Oxford University Press, 2003. In Preparation.
• McIntosh D, Carpenter M. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and post-resuscitation care. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine 2006, 8, 24-8. In Preparation.
• Cooper DW, Carpenter M, Mowbray P, Desira DW, Ryall DM, Kokri MS. Fetal and maternal effects of phenylephrine and ephedrine during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery. Anesthesiology 2002, 97, 1582-90.
• Carpenter MR, Cooper DW. Fetal acidosis during spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean Section. CPD Anaesthesia 2001, 3, 128.
• Carpenter MR, Cooper DW. Fetal acidosis, spinal anaesthesia and phenylephrine. Anaesthesia 2001, 56, 920-1.