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…
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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…
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Current projects
Pneumonia is one of the most common serious bacterial infections in children worldwide, an important case of childhood morbidity and mortality…
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Cellulitis is an infection of the skin and underlying soft tissues and leads to redness, pain and sometimes fever. Once diagnosed, the emergency…
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Children may present to an emergency department or be admitted to an intensive care unit with life threatening conditions to support their…
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Publications
Accuracy and Interrater Reliability of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Image Interpretation for Intussusception
Bergmann, K.R., Khant, M., Lammers, S., Arroyo, A.C., Avendano, P., Chaudoin, L., Cohen, S.G., Deanehan, J.K., Kornblith, A.E., Lam, S.H., Snelling, P. and Lin-Martore, M., Accuracy and Interrater Reliability of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Image Interpretation for Intussusception. Pediatric Emergency Care, pp.10-1097.
A relational approach to improving interprofessional teamwork in post-partum haemorrhage
Brazil, V., McLean, D., Lowe, B., Kordich, L., Cullen, D., De Araujo, V., Eldridge, T. and Purdy, E., 2022. A relational approach to improving interprofessional teamwork in post-partum haemorrhage (PPH). BMC Health Services Research, 22(1), pp.1-12.
Transnasal Humidified Rapid Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange in children requiring emergent intubation (Kids THRIVE): a statistical analysis plan for a randomised controlled trial. Trials,
George, S., Gibbons, K., Williams, T., Humphreys, S., Gelbart, B., Le Marsney, R., Craig, S., Tingay, D., Chavan, A. and Schibler, A., 2023. Transnasal Humidified Rapid Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange in children requiring emergent intubation (Kids THRIVE): a statistical analysis plan for a randomised controlled trial.
