ACUTE AND CRITICAL CARE
Emergency Medicine research The emergency department (ED) at RNSH is one of the busiest EDs in NSW, seeing over 90,000 patients per year. The RNSH ED research unit has the task of undertaking medical research on the wide spectrum of patients who walk through its doors .
In 2020, the research team included a project support officer, 20 research volunteers and doctors, nurses, medical students, PhD students from the ED and many other disciplines at RNSH, as well as researchers from other hospitals, interstate and overseas. The ED is an area of medicine that demands high quality medical research so we can provide better treatment for patients, however it is a difficult area of the hospital in which to perform research due to the large patient numbers and their high medical acuity, and the need for research funding. Currently, the RNSH ED is conducting more than 20 research projects in areas including bicycle injuries; musculoskeletal injuries including back, neck and knee pain; pain relief in fractures and the use of diagnostic ultrasound in EDs. In the past three years, the research group has published more than 20 scientific journal papers.
Bicycle Injuries Study RNSH Emergency Department is undertaking one of the largest research projects on bicycle-related injuries. The study has been ongoing for the past two years and has already recruited over 400 participants. The study aims to provide an overview of the patterns of injuries to bicycle riders and look at associations of these injuries that may suggest changes to riding patterns, equipment and roadways which may help to improve health outcomes.
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RESEARCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020
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