News & events
New drug calms violent patients
Queensland paramedics are leading the world by introducing a new drug, droperidol, to quickly and safely calm violent patients fuelled…
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Elderly benefit from EMF-funded research
EMF has produced an animation to help promote the outcomes from research designed to improve the care of elderly Australians…
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Bronchiolitis treatment set to change following new study
A landmark EMF and NHMRC-funded study into the emergency care and management of infants with bronchiolitis is set to change…
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2018 Grants Award Ceremony
EMF celebrated its grant recipients for 2017-18, with an award ceremony on Tuesday 13 March, in Brisbane. The event was an…
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Podcasts: EMF Research Symposium
Listen to some of the most popular talks from the 2017 EMF Research Symposium. Opening address by EMF Chair,…
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Better diagnostic tool for fainting patients
Redcliffe Hospital Staff Specialists Dr Jason Chan (Emergency physician) and Dr Jonathan Hunter (General Medical physician) are leading a trial…
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Mackay grant to review x-ray use
Mackay Base Hospital’s Emergency Department has been awarded a research grant to help guide doctors’ decision making when ordering x-rays.…
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Fewer needles in emergency thanks to new program
Australian hospital emergency departments are introducing a new program to reduce the unnecessary use of cannulas in patients, in a…
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Workplace stress in the ED
Workplace stress is prevalent in hospital emergency departments despite nursing and medical staff, who use a range of coping strategies, generally…
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New emergency nurse training model
Redcliffe Hospital Emergency Department Nurse Practitioners, Sharyn Plath and Mary Wright (pictured below), have developed a successful in-house model for…
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