RNSH DoSA Research Activity Report 2023 - 2024

TRAUMA SERVICE Head of Department: Geoff Healy

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SUPERVISION

Brian Burns • 2 MD Programme Students, University of Sydney • 1 Honours Project, Notre Dame University • 2 MD Programme Students, Macquarie University

DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH RESOURCES

CLINICAL DATABASES TO SUPPORT OUTCOMES RESEARCH • NSW Trauma Registry • Agency of Clinical Innovation (ACI) - Institute of Trauma and Injure Management (ITIM) • Aeromedical Operations NSW Ambulance Air Maestro Database LINKS TO TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH PARTNERS OR UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS • Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC) • Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group (ANZICS-CTG) • Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Clinical Trials Network (ACEM-CTN) • Australian and New Zealand Trauma Society (ANZTS) • Australian and New Zealand Association for the Surgery of Trauma (ANZAST) • Blood Synergy Investigators • Intensive Care Foundation • Monash University • Agency for Clinical Innovation

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITY

• Clinical outcomes following emergent pleural decompression for traumatic pneumothorax • Ionised calcium levels in severe trauma-transfused versus not transfused • Systematic review prehospital fibrinogen concentrate and whole blood transfusion • Improving outcomes for patients with blunt chest injuries (BRAVE-CHIP-Pi) • Multicentre RCT investigating fibrinogen replacement in severely injured bleeding trauma patients (FEISTY 2) • Efficacy and safety of prehospital fibrinogen early in severe trauma (PRE-FEISTY-2)

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