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
More than $1.7 million in upgrades to Gold Coast University Hospital’s triage areas are now complete, further supporting patient safety and…
The motivation of our Emergency Department Collaborative Research Group remains the same with every study: Keep patient care at the centre of its…
Dr Gerben Keijzers is a Senior Staff Specialist Emergency Physician at the Gold Coast University Hospital Emergency Department.
Dr Keijzers…
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Current projects
Acute hypoxic respiratory distress (AHRF) such as pneumonia, caused by an infection imposes the greatest health care burden on non-elective…
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High quality healthcare research underpins quality patient care. It asks patient relevant questions and measures meaningful outcomes, uses…
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This multicenter study has two primary aims; (1) we will assess Emergency Department-level variation in the use of CT scanning of the brain (CTB)…
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Publications
Parental-reported allergic disorders and emergency department presentations for allergy in the first five years of life: A longitudinal birth cohort
Keijzers, G., Sweeny, A., Crilly, J., Good, N., Cameron, C. M., Mihala, G., ... & Scuffham, P. A. (2018). BMC pediatrics, 18(1), 169.
Third-year nursing students' lived experience of caring for the dying: a hermeneutic phenomenological approach
Ranse, K., Ranse, J., & Pelkowitz, M. (2018). Contemporary nurse, 1-11.
Retrospective descriptive observational study of patients who presented to an Australian hospital emergency department with neck soft tissue injury. Emergency Medicine Australasia.
Nikles, J., Khan, S., Leou, J., Keijzers, G., Ng, J., Bond, C., Nakamura, G., Le, R. and Sterling, M., 2019. Retrospective descriptive observational study of patients who presented to an Australian hospital emergency department with neck soft tissue injury. Emergency Medicine Australasia.
