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
Deliberate Clinical Inertia is the art of doing nothing as a positive response, focusing on avoiding harm. The concept aligns with…
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A small proportion of patients with a headache are diagnosed with serious conditions such as subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH).
About one in…
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Publications
Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing in the Emergency Department
Denny, K. J., Gartside, J. G., Alcorn, K., Cross, J. W., Maloney, S., & Keijzers, G. (2018). Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74(2), 515-520.
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dky447
Too clot or not too clot? The influence of travel, marathon running and compression socks on blood clot risk
Zadow, E., Adams, M., Wu, S., Kitic, C., Singh, I., Kundur, A., ... & Halson, S. (2018). Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 21, S31.
Patients admitted via the emergency department to the intensive care unit: an observational cohort study
Crilly J, Sweeny A, O’Dwyer J, Richards B, Green D, Marshall A. (2019). Emergency Medicine Australasia 31 (2): 225-233
