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
Most children with asthma presenting to an emergency department (ED) are managed with inhaled medications and oral steroids. Infrequently, some…
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Children sometimes present to an emergency department with severe illness which requires the insertion of a breathing tube into their windpipe and…
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Bronchiolitis, a lower respiratory tract infection which causes inflammation of the small airways in infants, imposes the largest health care…
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Publications
Environmental Influences on Patient Presentations: Considerations for Research and Evaluation at Mass-Gathering Events.
Hutton, A., Ranse, J., Gray, K.L., Turris, S.A., Lund, A. and Munn, M.B., 2019. Environmental Influences on Patient Presentations: Considerations for Research and Evaluation at Mass-Gathering Events. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 34(5), pp.552-556.
Core components of a staff wellness strategy in emergency departments: A clinician‐informed nominal group study.
Elder, E., Johnston, A.N., Byrne, J.H., Wallis, M. and Crilly, J., 2020. Core components of a staff wellness strategy in emergency departments: A clinician‐informed nominal group study. Emergency Medicine Australasia.
Longitudinal description and evaluation of an ED avoidance strategy for a youth mass gathering (Schoolies) in Australia
Johnston, A., Byrne, J., Bost, N., Aitken, M., Wadham, J., Timms, J., Crilly, J., Sept 2020. Longitudinal description and evaluation of an ED avoidance strategy for a youth mass gathering (Schoolies) in Australia. Emergency Medicine Australasia.
