Emergency Research Unit

The Emergency Research Unit (ERU) operates across Alfred Health Emergency (AHE) and the Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM).

AHE is made up of two emergency departments: The Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre (E&TC), and the Sandringham Hospital Emergency Department (SH ED).

The Alfred E&TC is a tertiary referral centre and one of the state’s busiest emergency departments, providing timely quality care to acutely unwell and injured patients from metropolitan and regional Victoria. SH ED is community-focused, offers paediatric clinical services, and also has an integrated Urgent Care Centre in the department.

The ERU is focused on helping people avoid the need for emergency care, and to improve clinical care in pre-hospital and emergency department settings, when it cannot be avoided. Key research themes include concussion, pre-hospital care, emergency medicine, and preventive care. There is an emphasis on improving the safety and quality of emergency care delivery and patient satisfaction. Operating across AHE and SPHPM, the team integrates research expertise with access to an outstanding clinical service. This ensures research projects are grounded in real-world challenges, facilitating recruitment, and allowing the team to rapidly translate findings for both the local community and more broadly (nationally and internationally).

Publications

An Analysis of 30-Day in-Hospital Trauma Mortality in Four Urban University Hospitals Using the Australia India Trauma Registry

Bhandarkar P, Patil P, Soni KD, O'Reilly GM, Dharap S, Mathew J, Sharma N, Sarang B, Gadgil A, Roy N; Australia-India Trauma System Collaboration

(2021), World J Surg, 45(2), 380-9

DOI: 10.1007/s00268-020-05805-7

Predicting fracture outcomes from clinical registry data using artificial intelligence supplemented models for evidence-informed treatment (PRAISE) study protocol

Dipnall JF, Page R, Du L, Costa M, Lyons RA, Cameron P, de Steiger R, Hau R, Bucknill A, Oppy A, Edwards E, Varma D, Jung MC, Gabbe BJ

(2021), PLoS One, 16(9), e0257361

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257361. eCollection 2021

Hypocalcemia in trauma patients: A systematic review

Vasudeva M, Mathew JK, Groombridge C, Tee JW, Johnny CS, Maini A, Fitzgerald MC

(2021), J TRAUMA ACUTE CARE, 90(2), 396-402

DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003027

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