Emergency Department Collaborative Research Group
We are the overarching group for research conducted in the Emergency Department. Our vision is to embed research in clinical practice and education and inform new guidelines and policy.
In 2020, our group published more than 68 articles in peer-reviewed journals, contributed to more than 60 research projects, and were part of successful grant submissions totalling more than $6.38…
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Latest Emergency Department Research News
The Fibrinogen Early In Severe Trauma Study II, known as FEISTY II has begun at Gold Coast Health.
FEISTY II represents a vital step…
Gold Coast Health will host the first ever Emergency Care Research Symposium, continuing to harness innovation to drive the best possible care for…
Violence and threatening behaviour occur regularly in our Emergency Departments with as many as 10 Code Black activations per day, which are often…
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Current projects
In the emergency department (ED), deciding who does and who does not need antibiotics can be difficult. An emergency doctor cannot perform a test…
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Several medical treatment methods to improve care of patients with ureteric colic have been studied overseas, some of which appear promising.…
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Publications
Snelling, P.J., Keijzers, G., Byrnes, J., Bade, D., George, S., Moore, M., Jones, P., Davison, M., Roan, R. and Ware, R.S., 2021. Bedside Ultrasound Conducted in Kids with distal upper Limb fractures in the Emergency Department (BUCKLED): a protocol for an open-label non-inferiority diagnostic randomised controlled trial. Trials, 22(1), pp.1-12.
Kusakabe, A., Sweeny, A. and Keijzers, G. 2021. Early compared to later commencement of vasopressors in the management of Emergency Department patients with sepsis and hypotension, a multi-centre observational study. Archives of Medical Research.
Samy, L. and Snelling, P.J., 2021. You are what you eat: The diagnosis of recurrent intussusception in the emergency department. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health.