Maconachie, S., Jansen, M., Cottle, E., Roy, J., Ross, B., Winearls, J. and George, S., 2020. Viscoelastic haemostatic assays and fibrinogen in paediatric acute traumatic coagulopathy: A comprehensive review. Emergency Medicine Australasia
Tobiano, G., Ting, C., Ryan, C., Jenkinson, K., Scott, L. and Marshall, A.P., 2020. Front‐line nurses’ perceptions of intra‐hospital handover. Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Balasundaram, N., Phan, D., Mazzoni, D., Duong, E., Sweeny, A., Del Mar, C. and Keijzers, G., Research Repository
Purdy, E.I., McLean, D., Alexander, C., Scott, M., Donohue, A., Campbell, D., Wullschleger, M., Berkowitz, G., Winearls, J., Henry, D. and Brazil, V., 2020. Doing our work better, together: a relationship-based approach to defining the quality improvement agenda in trauma care.
Keijzers, Gerben, Stephen PJ Macdonald, Andrew A. Udy, Glenn Arendts, Michael Bailey, May Katya, Rinaldo Bellomo, Gabriel E. Blecher et al. "The Australasian Resuscitation In Sepsis Evaluation: FLUid or vasopressors In Emergency Department Sepsis, a multicentre observational study (ARISE FLUIDS observational study): Rationale, methods and analysis plan." Emergency Medicine Australasia 31, no. 1 (2019): 90-96.
Mass gathering events occur frequently across Australia. The preparation of a mass gathering event from an emergency healthcare service perspective is conducted with limited evidence to support decision-making. Using routinely collected tourism, health, and meteorological data, this research aims to determine the impact on ambulance and emergency department services in the vicinity of 750 planned mass gathering events over a five year period (2015 – 2019). The expected outcome includes an enhanced ability to predict the required emergency healthcare services for a mass gathering event, therefore enhancing the planning and response, benefiting MGE attendees and the MGE host community.
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.
Brown, S.G., Ball, E.L., Perrin, K., Asha, S.E., Braithwaite, I., Egerton-Warburton, D., Jones, P.G., Keijzers, G., Kinnear, F.B., Kwan, B.C. and Lam, K.V., 2020. Conservative versus Interventional Treatment for Spontaneous Pneumothorax. New England Journal of Medicine, 382(5), pp.405-415.
Bull, C., Crilly, J., Chaboyer, W., Spain, D., Mulhern, B., Fitzgerald, G., Scuffham, P. and Byrnes, J., 2020. Does facility type and location impact upon patient experiences in emergency departments? Secondary analysis of a state‐wide, cross‐sectional survey. Emergency Medicine Australasia.
Prof Gerben Keijzers, A/Prof Shane George, Dr Stuart Watkins, Mr Michael Summers
Children frequently present to the emergency department with forearm injuries and often have an x-ray to assess if there is a fracture. Bedside ultrasound is a test that emergency practitioners can use to rapidly diagnose a fracture at the time of examination, without exposing children to ionising radiation. This trial will assess whether an x-ray is unnecessary when there is either a buckle fracture or no fracture seen on a portable ultrasound machine. We will also determine the time and cost implications of this new approach, which could enable families to go home earlier and could be more cost-effective, with less x-rays being ordered.