Skip to main content

Emergency Department Collaborative Research Group

We are the overarching group for research conducted in the Emergency Department. Our vision is to integrate research seamlessly into clinical practice and education while shaping new guidelines and policy.

In 2024, our group achieved significant milestones, including the publication of over 91 articles in peer-reviewed journals, involvement in more than 150 research projects, and…

Learn More >

Latest Emergency Department Research News

Dr Gerben Keijzers is a Senior Staff Specialist Emergency Physician at the Gold Coast University Hospital Emergency Department.

Dr Keijzers…

Dr Richard Pellatt has successfully secured over $27,000 in funding from the Emergency Medicine Foundation to work on the new project "Drug…

Embedding research into clinical practice was the theme of the second Gold Coast Health Emergency Care Research Symposium held on Thursday 23rd…


Current projects

Pneumonia is one of the most common serious bacterial infections in children worldwide, an important case of childhood morbidity and mortality…

Find out more >>

Cellulitis is an infection of the skin and underlying soft tissues and leads to redness, pain and sometimes fever. Once diagnosed, the emergency…

Find out more >>

Children may present to an emergency department or be admitted to an intensive care unit with life threatening conditions to support their…

Find out more >>


Publications

Targeted cryoprecipitate transfusion in severe traumatic haemorrhage

Ho, D., Chan, E., Campbell, D., Wake, E., Walters, K., Bulmer, A.C., Wullschleger, M. and Winearls, J., 2020. Targeted cryoprecipitate transfusion in severe traumatic haemorrhage. Injury.


Vulnerability: A concept synthesis and its application to the Emergency Department

Wardrop, R., Crilly, J., Ranse, J., & Chaboyer, W. 2020. Vulnerability: A concept synthesis and its application to the Emergency Department (ED). International Emergency Nursing, 54, 100936.
 


Undergraduate nursing student academic resilience during medical surgical clinical practicum: A constructivist analysis of Taiwanese experience

Wang, L., Lin, C., Han, C., Huang, Y., Hsiao, P. and Chen, L., 2021. Undergraduate nursing student academic resilience during medical surgical clinical practicum: A constructivist analysis of Taiwanese experience. Journal of Professional Nursing.
 



Last updated 29 Nov 2019