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
Prior research conducted by the PREDICT network has identified that there is substantial variation in practice patterns in Australasia in relation…
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This study is conducted in collaboration with the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC). It is endorsed by the…
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Shortness of breath (dyspnoea) is a common reason for presentation to Emergency Departments. The causes can include flare up due to chronic…
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Publications
REstricted Fluid REsuscitation in Sepsis-associated Hypotension (REFRESH): study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial
Macdonald, S. P., Taylor, D. M., Keijzers, G., Arendts, G., Fatovich, D. M., Kinnear, F. B., ... & Litton, E. (2017). Trials, 18(1), 399.
You can't put a value on that... Or can you? Economic evaluation in simulation based medical education
Nestel, D., Brazil, V., & Hay, M. (2018). Medical education, 52(2), 139-141.
DOI: 10.1111/medu.13505
Improving the relational aspects of trauma care through translational simulation.
Brazil, V., Purdy, E., Alexander, C. and Matulich, J., 2019. Improving the relational aspects of trauma care through translational simulation. Advances in Simulation, 4(1), p.10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41077-019-0100-2
