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Leading emergency medicine researchers
Who is the best emergency medicine researcher in Australia? Australia has an extraordinary output of world-class research in the emergency…
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Vote for best emergency medicine researcher: People’s choice award
In partnership with Virgin Australia, EMF is seeking nominations for an individual who has done the most to advance emergency…
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Professor credits EMF for career progression
In 2008, Professor Julia Crilly was a member of one the first research teams to secure an EMF grant. Since…
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Software tool predicts patient arrivals in emergency departments
EMF awarded a $100,000 grant in 2008 to Gold Coast University Hospital Emergency Department Director, Dr David Green for the trial…
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IV drips don’t sober drunks
Despite the popularity of using IV drips to sober drunken patients, EMF-funded researchers found the standard treatment makes no difference…
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Improving care for the elderly in a medical emergency
Australians over 65 years of age account for one in five presentations to an emergency department. To improve the care…
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Australia-first ED social work service helping domestic violence victims
With an Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) grant, researchers are studying an Australian first 24/7 social work service at the Royal…
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Helicopters key to retrieving trauma victims
On average, seven Queenslanders are airlifted daily to hospital suffering from a traumatic injury, according to the Emergency Medicine Foundation…
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Improving recognition of heart failure in elderly patients
Queensland Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Cameron Dick recently promoted the clinical trial of lung ultrasound as a diagnostic for…
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Best way to diagnose head injuries in children and minimise CT scans
Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital (LCCH) researchers took part in a large Australasian clinical trial, which could see clinicians using fewer…
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