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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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Paracetamol pain relief same from IV and tablets
A Townsville Hospital research team has shown that paracetamol tablets are just as good at relieving pain as the more…
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Reducing emergency department demand focus for latest EMF grant recipients
EMF has awarded seven new grants worth $347,538 to fund emergency medicine research projects led by Queensland doctors, thanks to…
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Plan to translate your research
Not sure how to translate your emergency medicine research? EMF is here to help. We’ve engaged Dr Tamika Heiden to…
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Headache for emergency doctors
Queenslanders with severe headaches are making more than 13,000 visits to the emergency department each year. With new data revealing…
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NHMRC grant for EMF-funded pilot study
Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital (LCCH) Paediatric Intensive Care Specialist and University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine intensive care specialist, Associate…
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Emergency ready for mass disasters
A simulation exercise helped prepare staff in the Gold Coast University Hospital Emergency Department for a mass disaster. EMF Research Support…
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