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
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
