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
This study aims to determine emergency department (ED) physicians’ perceptions/beliefs towards neuropathic medication prescriptions to prevent…
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Children frequently present to the emergency department with forearm injuries and often have an x-ray to assess if there is a fracture. Bedside…
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Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a collapsed lung with air in the pleural cavity that occurs without a clinically apparent underlying…
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Publications
Effect of the Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention on outcomes of care for residents of aged care facilities: A non‐randomised trial. Emergency Medi
Marsden, E., Taylor, A., Wallis, M., Craswell, A., Broadbent, M., Barnett, A. and Crilly, J., 2019. Effect of the Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention on outcomes of care for residents of aged care facilities: A non‐randomised trial. Emergency Medicine Australasia
Bell’s Palsy in Children (BellPIC): protocol for a multicentre, placebo-controlled randomized trial.
Babl, F.E., Mackay, M.T., Borland, M.L., Herd, D.W., Kochar, A., Hort, J., Rao, A., Cheek, J.A., Furyk, J., Barrow, L. and George, S., 2017. Bell’s Palsy in Children (BellPIC): protocol for a multicentre, placebo-controlled randomized trial. BMC paediatrics, 17(1), p.53.
Chronic disease management in emergency department patients presenting with dyspnoea
Jones, P., Kelly, A.M., Keijzers, G., Klim, S., Holdgate, A., Graham, C.A., Craig, S., Kuan, W.S., Laribi, S., AANZDEM Study Group and McNulty, R., Sept 2020. Chronic disease management in emergency department patients presenting with dyspnoea. Emergency Medicine Australasia.
