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
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
Development of voluntary assisted dying training in Victoria, Australia: a model for consideration.
White, B.P., Willmott, L., Close, E., Hewitt, J., Meehan, R., Greaves, L.L., Parker, M.H. and Yates, P., 2021. Development of voluntary assisted dying training in Victoria, Australia: a model for consideration. Journal of Palliative Care, 36(3), pp.162-167.
Status Epilepticus Australasian Registry for Children: A pilot prospective, observational, cohort study of paediatric status epilepticus
Furyk, J.S., George, S., Phillips, N., Emeto, T.I., Watt, K., O'Brien, S., Riney, K., Wilson, C., Hearps, S.J., Borland, M.L. and Dalziel, S.R., 2022. Status Epilepticus Australasian Registry for Children: A pilot prospective, observational, cohort study of paediatric status epilepticus. Emergency Medicine Australasia.
PRE-scripted debriefing for Paediatric simulation Associated with Resuscitation EDucation (PREPARED): A multicentre, cluster randomised controlled trial
Snelling, P.J., Dodson, L., Monteagle, E., Ware, R.S., Acworth, J., Symon, B. and Lawton, B., 2022. PRE-scripted debriefing for Paediatric simulation Associated with Resuscitation EDucation (PREPARED): A multicentre, cluster randomised controlled trial. Resuscitation Plus, 11, p.100291.
