Luke, Jenny, Franklin, Richard C., Dyson, Joanne, and Aitken, Peter (2023) Building Toward a Disaster Resilient Health System: A Study of Hospital Resilience. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 17. E219.

Franklin, Richard C., King, Jemma C., Aitken, Peter J., Elcock, Mark S., Lawton, Luke, Robertson, Anita, Mazur, Stefan M., Edwards, Kristin, and Leggat, Peter A. (2021) Aeromedical retrievals in Queensland: a five-year review. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33 (1). pp. 33-44.

Burns, Penelope L., FitzGerald, Gerard J., Hu, Wendy C., Aitken, Peter, and Douglas, Kirsty A. (2021) General practitioners' roles in disaster health management: perspectives of disaster managers. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 37 (1). pp. 124-131.

Luke, Jenny, Franklin, Richard, Aitken, Peter, and Dyson, Joanne (2021) Safer hospital infrastructure assessments for socio-natural disaster - a scoping review. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 36 (5). pp. 627-635.

Franklin, Richard C., Watt, Kerrianne, Aitken, Peter, Brown, Lawrence H., and Leggat, Peter A. (2019) Characteristics associated with first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and use in Queensland, Australia. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 34 (2). pp. 155-160.

Ryan, Benjamin J., Franklin, Richard C., Burkle, Frederick M., Smith, Erin C., Aitken, Peter, and Leggat, Peter A. (2019) Determining key influences on patient ability to successfully manage noncommunicable disease after natural disaster. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 34 (3). pp. 241-250.

King, Jemma C., Franklin, Richard C., Robertson, Anita, Aitken, Peter, Elcock, Mark, Gibbs, Clinton, Lawton, Luke, Mazur, Stefan M., Edwards, Kristin H., and Leggat, Peter A. (2019) Primary aeromedical retrievals in Australia: an interrogation and search for context. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31 (6). pp. 916-929.

Edwards, Kristin H., Franklin, Richard C., Aitken, Peter, Elcock, Mark, and Edwards, Mark Terrell (2019) A program profile of air medical transport in regional Central Queensland, Australia. Air Medical Journal, 38 (6). pp. 431-436.

Ryan, Benjamin J., Franklin, Richard C., Burkle, Frederick M., Smith, Erin C., Aitken, Peter, Watt, Kerrianne, and Leggat, Peter A. (2018) Ranking and prioritizing strategies for reducing mortality and morbidity from noncommunicable diseases post disaster: an Australian perspective. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 27. pp. 223-238.

Smith, Erin C., Burkle, Frederick M., Aitken, Peter, and Leggat, Peter (2018) Seven decades of disasters: a systematic review of the literature. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 33 (4). pp. 418-423.

Blake, Denise F., Crowe, Melissa, Mitchell, Simon J., Aitken, Peter, and Pollock, Neal W. (2018) Vibration and bubbles: a systematic review of the effects of helicopter retrieval on injured divers. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, 48 (4). pp. 241-251.

Peden, Amy E., Franklin, Richard C., Leggat, Peter, and Aitken, Peter (2017) Causal pathways of flood related river drowning deaths in Australia. PLoS Currents Disasters, 1. pp. 1-24.

Ryan, Benjamin J., Franklin, Richard C., Burkle, Frederick M., Smith, Erin C., Aitken, Peter, and Leggat, Peter A. (2017) The role of environmental health in understanding and mitigating postdisaster noncommunicable diseases: the critical need for improved interdisciplinary solutions. Journal of Environmental Health, 80. pp. 38-48.

Ryan, Benjamin J., Franklin, Richard C., Burkle, Frederick M., Watt, Kerrianne, Aitken, Peter, Smith, Erin C., and Leggat, Peter (2016) Defining, describing, and categorizing public health infrastructure priorities for tropical cyclone, flood, storm, tornado, and tsunami-related disasters. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 10 (4). pp. 598-610.

Toloo, Ghasem-Sam, Aitken, Peter, Crilly, Julia, and FitzGerald, Gerry (2016) Agreement between triage category and patient's perception of priority in emergency departments. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 24. 126. pp. 1-8.

Tong, Shilu, Fitzgerald, Gerry, Wang, Xiao-Yu, Aitken, Peter, Tippett, Vivienne, Chen, Dong, Wang, Xiaoming, and Guo, Yuming (2015) Exploration of the health risk-based definition for heatwave: a multi-city study. Environmental Research, 142. pp. 696-702.

Ryan, Benjamin, Franklin, Richard C., Burkle, Frederick M., Aitken, Peter, Smith, Erin, Watt, Kerrianne, and Leggat, Peter (2015) Identifying and describing the impact of cyclone, storm and flood related disasters on treatment management, care and exacerbations of non-communicable diseases and the implications for public health. PLoS Currents Disasters, 28 September 2015.

Toloo, Ghasem (Sam), Hu, Wenbiao, Fitzgerald, Gerry, Aitken, Peter, and Tong, Shilu (2015) Projecting excess emergency department visits and associated costs in Brisbane, Australia, under population growth and climate change scenarios. Scientific Reports, 5. 12860 . pp. 1-9.

Fitzgerald, Gerry, Toloo, Ghasem (Sam), Aitken, Peter, Keijzers, Gerben, and Scuffham, Paul (2015) Public use and perceptions of emergency departments: a population survey. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 27 (4). pp. 336-342.

Wang, Xiao Yu, Guo, Yuming, Fitzgerald, Gerry, Aitken, Peter, Tippett, Vivienne, Chen, Dong, Wang, Xiaoming, and Tong, Shilu (2015) The impacts of heatwaves on mortality differ with different study periods: a multi-city time series investigation. PLoS ONE, 10 (7). e0134233. pp. 1-11.

Aitken, Peter, Franklin, Richard Charles, Lawlor, Jenine, Mitchell, Rob, Watt, Kerrianne, Furyk, Jeremy, Small, Niall, Lovegrove, Leone, and Leggat, Peter (2015) Emergency department presentations following tropical cyclone Yasi. PLoS ONE, 10 (6). e0131196. pp. 1-12.

Burns, Penelope L., Aitken, Peter J., and Raphael, Beverley (2015) Where are general practitioners when disaster strikes? Medical Journal of Australia, 202 (7). pp. 356-358.

Ryan, Benjamin J., Franklin, Richard C., Burkle, Frederick M., Watt, Kerrianne, Aitken, Peter, Smith, Erin C., and Leggat, Peter (2015) Analyzing the impact of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi on public health infrastructure and the management of noncommunicable Diseases. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 30 (1). pp. 28-37.

Egerton-Warburton, Diana, Hutton, Jennie, Aitken, Peter, and Tyler, Hilary (2015) Public health and emergency medicine. In: Cameron, Peter, Jelinek, George, Kelly, Anne-Maree, Brown, Anthony, and Little, Mark, (eds.) Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine. Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 881-884.

Aitken, Peter (2015) Developing disaster health preparedness in Australia. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Sabesan, Sabe, Roberts, Lynden J., Aitken, Peter, Joshi, Abhishek, and Larkins, Sarah (2014) Timely access to specialist medical oncology services closer to home for rural patients: experience from the Townsville Teleoncology Model. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 22 (4). pp. 156-159.

Franklin, Richard Charles, King, Jemma C., Watt, Kerrianne, Aitken, Peter J., and Leggat, Peter A. (2014) Media, risk, and prevention: lessons for aquatic safety from newsworthy deaths: precipice for prevention or just good tales? International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 8 (2). pp. 182-194.

Mitchell, Rob D., Aitken, Peter, and Franklin, Richard C. (2014) The physical health impacts of tropical cyclones. Annals of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, 15 (1). pp. 2-8.

Tong, Shilu, Wang, Xiao Yu, Fitzgerald, Gerry, McRae, David, Neville, Gerard, Tippett, Vivienne, Aitken, Peter, and Verrall, Ken (2014) Development of health risk-based metrics for defining a heatwave: a time series study in Brisbane, Australia. BMC Public Health, 14. 435. pp. 1-10.

Lawlor, Jenine, Franklin, Richard C., Aitken, Peter, Hooke, Bethany, Furyk, Jeremy, and Johnson, Andrew (2014) Perceptions of the utility and acceptability of an emergency child minding service for health staff. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 8 (6). pp. 485-488.

Toloo, Ghasem (Sam), Guo, Yuming, Turner, Lyle, Qi, Xin, Aitken, Peter, and Tong, Shilu (2014) Socio-demographic vulnerability to heatwave impacts in Brisbane, Australia: a time series analysis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38 (5). pp. 430-435.

Franklin, Richard C., King, Jemma C., Aitken, Peter J., and Leggat, Peter A. (2014) "Washed away" - assessing community perceptions of flooding and prevention strategies: a North Queensland example. Natural Hazards, 73 (3). pp. 1977-1998.

Toloo, Ghasem (Sam), Fitzgerald, Gerry, Aitken, Peter, Ting, Joseph Y.S., McKenzie, Kirsten, Rego, Joanna, and Enraght-Moony, Emma (2013) Ambulance use is associated with higher self-rated illness seriousness: user attitudes and perceptions. Academic Emergency Medicine , 20 (6). pp. 576-583.

Toloo, Ghasem (Sam), FitzGerald, Gerard, Aitken, Peter, Verrall, Kenneth, and Tong, Shilu (2013) Are heat warning systems effective? Environmental Health, 12 (1). 27. pp. 1-4.

Aitken, Peter, Little, Mark, Norton, Ian, and Pearce, Andrew (2013) Environmental injuries. In: Nutbeam, Tim, and Boylan, Matthew, (eds.) ABC of Prehospital Emergency Medicine. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK, pp. 134-140.

Toloo, Ghasem, Fitzgerald, Gerald, Aitken, Peter, Verrall, Kenneth, and Tong, Shilu (2013) Evaluating the effectiveness of heat warning systems: systematic review of epidemiological evidence. International Journal of Public Health, 58 (5). pp. 667-681.

Aitken, Peter, Elcock, Mark, Ballard, Neil, and Hooper, Matt (2013) Retrieval and transport. In: Nutbeam, Tim, and Boylan, Matthew, (eds.) ABC of Prehospital Emergency Medicine. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK, pp. 172-178.

Tippett, Vivienne C., Toloo, Ghasem (Sam), Eeles, David, Ting, Joseph Y.S., Aitken, Peter H., and Fitzgerald, Gerald J. (2013) Universal access to ambulance does not increase overall demand for ambulance services in Queensland, Australia. Australian Health Review, 37 (1). pp. 121-126.

Furyk, Jeremy S., Lawlor, Jenine, Franklin, Richard, O'Kane, Carl, Kault, David, Banks, Colin, and Aitken, Peter (2012) Emergency department presentations during the State of Origin rugby league series: a retrospective statewide analysis. Medical Journal of Australia, 197 (11). pp. 663-666.

Aitken, Peter, Leggat, Peter, Harley, Hazel, Speare, Richard, and Leclercq, Muriel (2012) Human resources issues and Australian disaster medical assistance teams: results of a national survey of team members. Emerging Health Threats Journal, 5. 18147. pp. 1-7.

Aitken, Peter, Leggat, Peter A., Robertson, Andrew G., Harley, Hazel, Speare, Richard, and Leclercq, Muriel (2012) Leadership and use of standards by Australian disaster medical assistance teams: results of a national survey of team members. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 27 (2). pp. 142-147.

Fitzgerald, Gerry, Toloo, Sam, Rego, Joanna, Ting, Joseph, Aitken, Peter, and Tippett, Vivienne (2012) Demand for public hospital emergency department services in Australia: 2000–2001 to 2009–2010. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 24 (1). pp. 72-78.

Aitken, Peter, Leggat, Peter, Speare, Richard, and Leclercq, Muriel (2012) Logistic support provided to Australian disaster medical assistance teams: results of a national survey of team members. Emerging Health Threats Journal, 5. 9750. pp. 1-9.

Aitken, Peter, and Leggat, Peter (2012) Considerations in mass casualty and disaster management. In: Blaivas, Michael, (ed.) Emergency Medicine: an international perspective. InTech, Rijeka, Croatia, pp. 143-182.

Rotheray, K.R., Aitken, P., Goggins, W.B., Rainer, T.H., and Graham, C.A. (2012) Epidemiology of injuries due to tropical cyclones in Hong Kong: a retrospective observational study. Injury, 43 (12). pp. 2055-2059.

Fitzgerald, Gerry, Aitken, Peter, Shaban, Ramon Z., Patrick, Jennifer, Arbon, Paul, McCarthy, Sally, Clark, Michele, Considine, Julie, Finucane, Julie, Holzhauser, Kerri, and Fielding, Elaine (2012) Pandemic (H1N1) Influenza 2009 and Australian emergency departments: implications for policy, practice and pandemic preparedness. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 24 (2). pp. 159-165.

Fitzgerald, Gerry, Codd, Catrina, Aitken, Peter, and Sinnott, Michael (2012) Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation: special report. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 24 (1). pp. 37-42.

Kyle, Elizabeth, Aitken, Peter, Elcock, Mark, and Barneveld, Matthew (2012) Use of telehealth for patients referred to a retrieval service: timing, destination, mode of transport, escort level and patient care. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 18 (3). pp. 147-150.

Little, Mark, Stone, Theona, Stone, Richard, Burns, Jan, Reeves, Jim, Cullen, Paul, Humble, Ian, Finn, Emmeline, Aitken, Peter, Elcock, Mark, and Gillard, Noel (2012) The evacuation of Cairns hospitals due to Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi. Academic Emergency Medicine, 19 (9). E1088-E1098.

Wang, Xiao Yu, Barnett, Adrian Gerard, Yu, Weiwei, Fitzgerald, Gerry, Tippett, Vivienne, Aitken, Peter, Neville, Gerard, McRae, David, Verrall, Ken, and Tong, Shilu (2012) The impact of heatwaves on mortality and emergency hospital admissions from non-external causes in Brisbane, Australia. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 69 (3). pp. 163-169.

Sharpe, Kate, Elcock, Mark, Aitken, Peter, and Furyk, Jeremy (2012) The use of telehealth to assist remote hospital resuscitation and aeromedical retrieval tasking: a 12-month case review. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 18 (5). pp. 260-266.

Considine, Julie, Shaban, Ramon Z., Patrick, Jennifer, Holzhauser, Kerri, Aitken, Peter, Clark, Michele, Fielding, Elaine, and FitzGerald, Gerry (2011) Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza in Australia: absenteeism and redeployment of emergency medicine and nursing staff. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 23 (5). pp. 615-623.

Aitken, Peter (2011) Don't fade away. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 23 (3). pp. 379-380.

Vaneckova, P, Neville, G, Tippett, V, Aitken, Peter, Fitzgerald, Gerry, and Tong, Shilu (2011) Do biometeorological indices improve modeling outcomes of heat-related mortality? Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 50 (6). pp. 1165-1176.

Aitken, Peter (2011) Making a difference: pregnant again. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 23 (2). pp. 228-229.

Leggat, Peter A., Brown, Lawrence H., Aitken, Peter, and Speare, Richard (2011) Response to letter. Journal of Travel Medicine, 18 (1). p. 70.

Aitken, Peter, Leggat, Peter A., Robertson, Andrew G., Harley, Hazel, Speare, Richard, and Leclercq, Muriel G. (2011) Education and training of Australian Disaster Medical Assistance Team members: results of a national survey. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 26 (1). pp. 41-48.

Seidl, Isaac A., Daly, Michael P., Johnson, Andrew J., and Aitken, Peter (2011) A tale of two cities: responses to the Eyjafjallajökull eruption and lessons for health disaster management. Australian Health Review, 35 (3). pp. 294-296.

Bradt, David A., and Aitken, Peter (2010) Disaster medicine reporting: the need for new guidelines and the CONFIDE statement. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 22 (6). pp. 483-487.

Seidl, Isaac A., Johnson, Andrew J., Mantel, Peta, and Aitken, Peter (2010) A strategy for real time improvement (RTI) in communication during the H1N1 emergency response. Australian Health Review, 34 (4). pp. 493-498.

Aitken, Peter, Leggat, Peter A., Brown, Lawrence H., and Speare, Richard (2010) Preparedness for short-term isolation among Queensland residents: implications for pandemic and disaster planning. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 22 (5). pp. 435-441.

Leggat, Peter A., Brown, Lawrence H., Aitken, Peter, and Speare, Richard (2010) Level of concern and precaution taking among Australians regarding travel during pandemic (H1N1) 2009: results from the 2009 Queensland social survey. Journal of Travel Medicine, 17 (5). pp. 291-295.

Brown, Lawrence H., Aitken, Peter, Leggat, Peter A., and Speare, Richard (2010) Self-reported anticipated compliance with physician advice to stay home during pandemic (H1N1) 2009: Results from the 2009 Queensland Social Survey. BMC Public Health, 10. 138. pp. 1-6.

FitzGerald, Gerard J., Aitken, Peter, Arbon, Paul, Archer, Frank, Cooper, David, Leggat, Peter, Myers, Colin, Robertson, Andrew, Tarrant, Michael, and Davis, Eleanor R. (2010) A National Framework for Disaster Health Education in Australia. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 25 (1). pp. 4-11.

Aitken, Peter (2010) Scenario based disaster health education: "war stories" as vicarious experience. In: Errington, Edward Peter, (ed.) Preparing Graduates for the Professions Using Scenario-Based Learning. Post Pressed, Mt Gravatt, QLD, Australia, pp. 75-84.

Bradt, David A., Aitken, Peter, FitzGerald, Gerry, Swift, Roger, O'Reilly, Gerard, and Bartley, Bruce (2009) Emergency department surge capacity: recommendations of the Australasian Surge Strategy Working Group. Academic Emergency Medicine , 16 (12). pp. 1350-1358.

Furyk, Jeremy S., O'Kane, Carl J., Aitken, Peter J., Banks, Colin J., and Kault, David A. (2009) Fast versus slow bandaid removal: a randomised trial. Medical Journal of Australia, 191 (11). pp. 682-683.

Leggat, Peter A., Speare, Richard, and Aitken, Peter (2009) Swine Flu and travelers: an Australian perspective. Journal of Travel Medicine, 16 (6). pp. 373-376.

Leggat, Peter, Aitken, Peter, and Seidl, Isaac (2009) Postgraduate education for health professionals working in Defence. Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health, 17 (4). pp. 4-7.

Aitken, Peter, Leggat, Peter, Robertson, Andrew, Harley, Hazel, Speare, Richard, and Leclerq, Muriel (2009) Health and safety aspects of deployment of Australian disaster medical assistance team members: results of a national survey. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7 (5). pp. 284-290.

Aitken, Peter, Leggat, Peter, Robertson, Andrew, Harley, Hazel, Speare, Richard, and Le Clerq, Muriel (2009) Pre- and post-deployment health support provided to Australian disaster medical assistance team members: results of a national survey. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7 (5). pp. 305-311.

Robb, Megan, Close, Benjamin, Furyk, Jeremy, and Aitken, Peter (2009) Review article: Emergency department implications of the TASER. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 21 (4). pp. 250-258.

McDonell, Angus C., Veitch, Craig, Aitken, Peter, and Elcock, Mark (2009) The organisation of trauma services for rural Australia. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care, 7 (2 ). 990308.

Edwards, Nicholas A., Caldicott, David G.E., Aitken, Peter, Lee, Christine C., and Eliseo, Tony (2008) Terror Australis 2004: preparedness of Australian hospitals for disasters and incidents involving chemical, biological and radiological agents. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 10 (2). pp. 125-136.

Leggat, Peter, and Aitken, Peter (2007) Ensuring the health and safety of civilian disaster medical assistance teams. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 5 (6). pp. 324-326.

Canyon, D.V., Speare, R., Aitken, P., Leggat, P., Melrose, W., Robertson, A., and Hodge, J. (2007) PROBE: preparedness and response - online bioterrorism education: foundation knowledge training. Ilxir Publications, Perth, WA, Australia.

Leggat, Peter, and Aitken, Peter (2006) Travel insurance and aeromedical retrieval. In: Wilks, Jeff, Pendergast, Donna, and Leggat, Peter, (eds.) Tourism in Turbulent Times: towards safe experiences for visitors. Advances in Tourism Research . Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 37-52.

Leggat, Peter A., Hodge, Jonathan V., and Aitken, Peter (2005) Disaster response and prepardness: invited editorial. Annals of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, 6 (2). pp. 17-18.

Aitken, Peter , Annerud, Carolyn, Galvin, M, Symmons, David, and Curry, Chris (2003) Emergency medicine in PNG : beginning of a specialty in a true area of need. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 15 (2). pp. 176-182.

Maw, Graeme, and Aitken, Peter (2003) Isoniazid Overdose – A Case Series, Literature Review and Review of Antidote Availability. Clinical Drug Investigations , 23 (7). pp. 479-485.