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…
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Current projects
Headache is a common reason for patients to present to the Emergency Department.
Large variation exists in what medications patients…
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Children frequently present to the emergency department with forearm injuries and often have an x-ray to assess if there is a fracture. Bedside…
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Publications
Interventions for people presenting to emergency departments with a mental health problem: A systematic scoping review
Crilly, J., Johnston, A.N., Spencer, M., Wallis, M., Kinner, S.A., Broadbent, M., Young, J.T., Heffernan, E., Fitzgerald, G., Bosley, E., Keijzers, G. and Scuffham, P., 2019. Interventions for people presenting to emergency departments with a mental health problem: A systematic scoping review. Emergency Medicine Australasia.
Using clinical based vignettes to further develop a mass gathering event triage tool. Australasian Emergency Care.
Ranse, J., Cannon, M., Roitman, R. and Morphet, J., 2020. Using clinical based vignettes to further develop a mass gathering event triage tool. Australasian Emergency Care.
A multicentre randomised controlled trial of levetiracetam versus phenytoin for convulsive status epilepticus in children (protocol): Convulsive Status Epilepticus Paediatric Trial (ConSEPT)-a PREDICT study.
Dalziel S.R., Furyk J., Bonisch M., Oakley E., Borland M.; Neutze J., Donath S., Sharpe C., Harvey S., Davidson A., Craig S., Phillips N., George S.A., Rao A., Cheng N., Zhang M., Sinn K., Kochar A., Brabyn C., Babl F.E. (2017) A multicentre randomised controlled trial of levetiracetam versus phenytoin for convulsive status epilepticus in children (protocol): Convulsive Status Epilepticus Paediatric Trial (ConSEPT). A PREDICT study. BMC Paediatrics.
