EMERGENCY RESEARCH TO BENEFIT QUEENSLAND
PATIENTS
Seventeen new research projects
into emergency medicine will be undertaken in Queensland to
improve patient care in the State’s emergency departments.
The latest round of grant awards:
September 2009
November 2009
The
Director-General of Queensland Health Mick Reid will present
$2.3 million in grants to researchers at the Queensland
Emergency Medicine Research Foundation (QEMRF) Grants Award
Ceremony to be held at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
Chair of the QEMRF Board Dr David Rosengren said “continued
research into emergency medicine was essential for the future
of Queensland’s health system and Queensland patients.”
“Clinical research based on patient outcomes as well as
patient treatment is essential to ensure the best quality
healthcare is delivered to patients,” Dr Rosengren said.
“Continued investment in emergency medicine research also has
long term benefits for Queensland – recognised best practice
on the international stage, greater financial returns,
improved patient outcomes and an international reputation of
high standing.”
“The projects are varied in topics but include research into
improving pain relief for children presenting to Emergency
Departments, reviewing current treatment protocols of box
jellyfish stings and reviewing current practices for the
retrieval of patients from rural and remote areas.”
“These 17 research projects will have significant beneficial
outcomes for emergency medicine and patients in Queensland
when they are completed,” he said.
Dr Rosengren said Queensland Health provided the grants to
support high quality research to improve the care of patients
in emergency departments and to develop emergency medicine
research capacity in Queensland.
For
further information, please contact:- Catrina Codd, Research
Manager, QEMRF on 0414 980 321.
Other relevant information:-
Organisations collaborating on research grants that have been
successful in this round include the Emergency Departments at
the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, the Princess
Alexandra Hospital, the Townsville Hospital, the Cairns
Hospital, the Royal Children’s Hospital, the Mater Children’s
Hospital, the Prince Charles Hospital, the Gold Coast
Hospital and the Logan Hospital. Other organisations include
the University of Queensland School of Medicine, James Cook
University, QUT School of Public Health, Griffith University
School of Health, Queensland Ambulance Service, Australian
Red Cross Blood Service, CSIRO, QIMR, Careflight Townsville
and the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
The QEMRF is a pioneering Foundation. Emergency Medicine
encompasses a varied area of medicine from treating a broken
leg, providing front line treatment during an influenza
pandemic, resuscitating road trauma victims to removing an
object lodged in the ear of a small
child.