Staff involved in the ED Research Unit at Royal North Shore Hospital
RNSH Emergency Department Research Unit The emergency department (ED) at Royal North Shore Hospital is one of the busiest EDs in NSW, seeing more than 90,000 patients per year.
The RNSH ED Research Unit is tasked with performing medical research on the wide spectrum of patients who walk through its doors. It is headed by Associate Professor Mark Gillett who oversees a research team including a project support officer, 20 research volunteers and doctors, nurses, medical students, PhD students from the ED, many other disciplines at RNSH and researchers from other hospitals, interstate and overseas. “Our team of 20 to 25 research volunteers are a varied group of students and retirees who generously give their time to both recruit and
provide follow up for our studies,” Mark said. “Many areas of emergency medicine
has published over 20 scientific journal papers. “The ED is a difficult area of the hospital in which to perform research due to the large patient numbers, their high medical acuity and the need for research funding,” Mark said. “We are always looking for support in order to carry on the research we are currently conducting.” To find out more, or to find out how to donate to ED research, contact Associate Professor Mark Gillett at mgillett@med.usyd.edu.au
still remain under-researched. However, the ED is an area of
medicine that demands high quality medical research in order to provide better treatment for the patients who attend there.” RNSH ED is running more than 20 research projects in areas such as bicycle injuries; musculoskeletal injuries including back, neck, knee pain; pain relief in fractures; use of diagnostic ultrasound in EDs and many other areas. In the past three years, the research group
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