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, assisting to further support patient safety…
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…
Our research pillars
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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We propose to conduct a multi-centre blinded cluster cross over randomised clinical trial (RCT) of plasmalyte (PL), a balanced salt solution…
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Publications
Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing in the Emergency Department
Denny, K. J., Gartside, J. G., Alcorn, K., Cross, J. W., Maloney, S., & Keijzers, G. (2018). Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dky447
Too clot or not too clot? The influence of travel, marathon running and compression socks on blood clot risk
Zadow, E., Adams, M., Wu, S., Kitic, C., Singh, I., Kundur, A., ... & Halson, S. (2018). Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 21, S31.
Patients admitted via the emergency department to the intensive care unit: an observational cohort study
Crilly J, Sweeny A, O’Dwyer J, Richards B, Green D, Marshall A. (2019). Emergency Medicine Australasia 31 (2): 225-233
