Emergency Medicine Australasia

Article	Citations
CLUE: COVID‐19 lung ultrasound in emergency department	67
Impact of COVID‐19 State of Emergency restrictions on presentations to two Victorian emergency departments	51
Impact of national lockdown towards emergency department visits and admission rates during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Thailand: A hospital‐based study	47
Emergency department utilisation by vulnerable paediatric populations during the COVID‐19 pandemic	41
Temperature screening has negligible value for control of COVID‐19	35
Mental health presentations to Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department during COVID‐19 lockdown	30
Is COVID‐19 the straw that broke the back of the emergency nursing workforce?	29
SARS‐CoV‐2 testing and outcomes in the first 30 days after the first case of COVID‐19 at an Australian children's hospital	26
Impact of COVID‐19 social restrictions on trauma presentations in South Australia	23
Advanced natural language processing technique to predict patient disposition based on emergency triage notes	22
Increased paediatric emergency mental health and suicidality presentations during COVID‐19 stay at home restrictions	21
Clinical and ethical challenges for emergency departments during communicable disease outbreaks: Can lessons from Ebola Virus Disease be applied to the COVID‐19 pandemic?	20
Epidemiology and clinical features of emergency department patients with suspected COVID‐19: Initial results from the COVID‐19 Emergency Department Quality Improvement Project (COVED	19
Evaluating an emergency department‐based mental health liaison nurse service: A multi‐site translational research project	19
Review article: Clinical manifestations and outcomes of chronic nitrous oxide misuse: A systematic review	19
Insights into the epidemiology of cardiopulmonary resuscitation‐induced consciousness in out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest	19
Review article: Emergency department crowding measures associations with quality of care: A systematic review	18
Finger thoracostomy in patients with chest trauma performed by paramedics on a helicopter emergency medical service	17
Informing emergency care for COVID‐19 patients: The COVID‐19 Emergency Department Quality Improvement Project protocol	17
Impact of patient isolation on emergency department length of stay: A retrospective cohort study using the Registry for Emergency Care	17
Emergency department crowding and mortality for patients presenting to emergency departments in New Zealand	17
Early lessons from COVID‐19 that may reduce future emergency department crowding	15
Impact of COVID‐19 ‘circuit‐breaker’ measures on emergency medical services utilisation and out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest outcomes in Singapore	14
Managing healthcare worker well‐being in an Australian emergency department during the COVID‐19 pandemic	14
Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Mild to Moderate Head Injuries in Children	14

Workplace violence in emergency departments: The health professionals and security personnel alliance	13
Review article: Peripheral intravenous catheter insertion in adult patients with difficult intravenous access: A systematic review of assessment instruments, clinical practice guidelines and escalatio	13
Effect of simulation training on nurse leadership in a shared leadership model for cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the emergency department	13
The Emerging Drugs Network of Australia: A toxicosurveillance system of illicit and emerging drugs in the emergency department	13
Review article: Systematic literature review of leadership in emergency departments	12
Presentations of stroke and acute myocardial infarction in the first 28 days following the introduction of State of Emergency restrictions for COVID‐19	12
Neurologic outcomes following the introduction of a policy for using soft cervical collars in suspected traumatic cervical spine injury: A retrospective chart review	12
Using non‐mydriatic fundus photography to detect fundus pathology in Australian metropolitan emergency departments: A prospective prevalence and diagnostic accuracy study	12
Review article: Management of hyperemesis gravidarum and nausea and vomiting in pregnancy	11
Characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples attending Australian emergency departments	11
Overcrowding kills: How COVID‐19 could reshape emergency department patient flow in the new normal	11
Development of an emergency medical services system in Thailand: Roles of the universal health coverage and the national lead agency	11
Review article: Implicit bias towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients within Australian emergency departments	11
The Emerging Drugs Network of Australia – Victoria Clinical Registry: A state‐wide illicit substance surveillance and alert network	11
Regional anaesthesia for rib fractures: A pilot study of serratus anterior plane block	11
Epidemiology and clinical features of emergency department patients with suspected and confirmed COVID‐19: A multisite report from the COVID‐19 Emergency Department Quality Impro	11
Multi‐site study exploring the experiences of security staff responding to mental health, drug health and behavioural challenges in the emergency department	10
Management of patients presenting with low back pain to a private hospital emergency department in Melbourne, Australia	10
Low back pain presentations to New South Wales emergency departments: Trends over time and geographical variation	10
Aeromedical retrievals in Queensland: A five‐year review	10
Generative artificial intelligence: Can ChatGPT write a quality abstract?	10
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in the emergency department: An observational study of an Australian regional hospital's acute clinical practice	10
Epidemiology and clinical features of emergency department patients with suspected COVID‐19: Results from the first month of the COVID‐19 Emergency Department Quality Improvement	10
Top 100 cited paramedicine papers: A bibliometric study	9
COVID‐19 and spinal cord injuries: The viewpoint from an emergency department resident with quadriplegia	9
What proportion of healthcare worker masks carry virus? A systematic review	9
Establishing the protocols for the South Australian Emergency Department Admission Blood Psychoactive Testing (EDABPT) programme for drug surveillance	9
Emergency medicine's COVID future: Facing the triple challenge after flattening the curve	9
Examining emergency department inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand: Findings from a national retrospective observational study examining Indigenous emergency care outcomes	9
Emergency department presentations in the Southern District of New Zealand during the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown	9
Understanding childhood injuries in rural areas: Using Rural Acute Hospital Data Register to address previous data deficiencies	9
Review article: DINED (Delivery‐related INjuries in the Emergency Department) part 1: A scoping review of risk factors and injuries affecting food delivery riders	9
Peer support work for people experiencing mental distress attending the emergency department: Exploring the potential	9
Artificial intelligence‐enhanced echocardiography in the emergency department	8
Perspectives of emergency department clinicians on the challenges of addressing low back pain in the emergency setting: A qualitative study	8
Children and adolescents with severe acute behavioural disturbance in the emergency department	8
Epidemiology and clinical features of emergency department patients with suspected COVID‐19: Insights from Australia's ‘second wave’ (COVED‐4)	8
Debriefing immediately after intubation in a children's emergency department is feasible and contributes to measurable improvements in patient safety	8
Oxycodone prescribing in the emergency department during the opioid crisis	8
Effects of mobile mindfulness on emergency department work stress: A randomised controlled trial	8
Fever phobia in caregivers presenting to New Zealand emergency departments	8
Adequacy of cool running water first aid by healthcare professionals in the treatment of paediatric burns: A cross‐sectional study of 4537 children	8
Access block in Australian emergency departments 2017–2020	8
Unintended consequences: The impact of airway management modifications introduced in response to COVID‐19 on intubations in a tertiary centre emergency department	8
Cognitive bias in emergency medicine	8
Planning for the next pandemic: Reflections on the early phase of the Australian COVID‐19 public health response from the emergency department	7
Does volume or occupancy influence emergency access block? A multivariate time series analysis from a single emergency department in Sydney, Australia during the COVID‐19 pandemic	7
Emergency department resuscitative thoracotomy at an adult major trauma centre: Outcomes following a training programme with standardised indications	7
Emergency department care for low back pain: Should we adopt recommendations from primary care guidelines?	7
COVID‐19 and medical litigation: More than just the obvious	7

Burnout is the canary in the coalmine; the solution is not stronger canaries	7
COVID‐19 and emergency care for adults experiencing homelessness	7
Use of intramuscular ketamine by paramedics in the management of severely agitated patients	7
Displaying emergency patient estimated wait times: A multi‐centre, qualitative study of patient, community, paramedic and health administrator perspectives	7
Validity and reliability of the Interagency Integrated Triage Tool in a regional emergency department in Papua New Guinea	7
Aussie KIDS SAVE LIVES: A position statement from the Australian Resuscitation Council and supported by stakeholders	7
Prehospital Resuscitation Decision Making: A model of ambulance personnel experiences, preparation and support	7
Development, implementation and evaluation of a process to recognise and reduce aggression and violence in an Australian emergency department	7
Bacterial infection secondary to Trimeresurus species bites: A retrospective cohort study in a university hospital in Bangkok	7
Emergency department pain management in older patients	7
‘I'm not in GP pain, I'm in hospital pain’: Qualitative study regarding patient decision‐making factors in seeking care in the emergency department with non‐specific low back pain	7
Ketamine as a rescue treatment for severe acute behavioural disturbance: A prospective prehospital study	7
COVID‐19 and toxicity from potential treatments: Panacea or poison	6
Identifying and quantifying general practice‐type emergency department presentations	6
Structured evaluation of a virtual emergency department triage model of care: A study protocol	6
Decision fatigue in the emergency department	6
Investigating the prevalence of intimate partner violence victimisation in women presenting to the emergency department in suicidal crisis	6
Implementation of point‐of‐care ROTEM® into a trauma major haemorrhage protocol: A before and after study	6
Examining the association between triage streamed treatment location and time to appropriate antibiotics in emergency department patients with septic shock	6
Establishing determinants and quality indicators for getting home alive following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: the Australian Traumatic Brain Injury National Data Project	6
Prospective study of the safety and effectiveness of droperidol in elderly patients for pre‐hospital acute behavioural disturbance	6
Review article: Paramedic pain management of femur fractures in the prehospital setting: A systematic review	6
Emergency department presentations and associated hospital admissions for low back pain in Australia	6
Hong Kong emergency department attendance plummets during COVID‐19	6
Retrospective validation of a risk stratification tool developed for the management of patients with blunt chest trauma (the STUMBL score)	6
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: A 6‐year audit of adult presentations to an urban district hospital	6
Effect of personalised, mobile‐accessible discharge instructions for patients leaving the emergency department: A randomised controlled trial	6
From signal to alert: A cluster of exposures to counterfeit alprazolam tablets containing five novel benzodiazepines	6
Viscoelastic haemostatic assays in aeromedical transport	6
Association between intravenous fluid resuscitation and outcome among patients with suspected infection and sepsis: A retrospective cohort study	6
Patients with mental health conditions in the emergency department: Why so long a wait?	6
Mapping haemodynamic changes with rapid sequence induction agents in the emergency department	6
Safety of rapid sequence intubation in an emergency training network	6
External validation of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score for patients presenting with undifferentiated syncope to the emergency department	6
An initial Glasgow Coma Scale score of 8 or less does not define severe brain injury	5
Preventing selfie‐related incidents: Taking a public health approach to reduce unnecessary burden on emergency medicine services	5
Domestic and family violence, non‐lethal strangulation and social work intervention in the emergency department	5
Is lactate lower in septic patients who are prescribed beta blockers? Retrospective cohort study of an intensive care population	5
Comparison of abusive head trauma versus non‐inflicted subdural haematoma in infants: A retrospective cohort study	5
Informing emergency care for all patients: The Registry for Emergency Care (REC) Project protocol	5
Examining emergency department inequities: Descriptive analysis of national data (2006–2012)	5
Snapshot of emergency departments in Jakarta, Indonesia	5
Overdose and take‐home naloxone in emergency settings: A pilot study examining feasibility of delivering brief interventions addressing overdose prevention with ‘take‐home naloxone’ in emergency depar	5
Emergency department utilisation by patients with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder: An acute response to a chronic disorder	5
Outcomes for out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest transported to emergency departments in Hanoi, Vietnam: A multi‐centre observational study	5
Mental health presentations to a paediatric emergency department	5
It's time: Delivering optimal emergency care of residents of aged care facilities in the era of COVID‐19	5
Overuse of opioids for acute migraine in an Australian emergency department	5
‘Dalarinji’: A flexible clinic, belonging to and for the Aboriginal people, in an Australian emergency department	5
Introduction of point‐of‐care ROTEM testing in the emergency department of an Australian level 1 trauma centre and its effect on blood product use	5
Potential role of general practice in reducing emergency department demand: A qualitative study	5
Does location of rapid influenza diagnostic testing influence treatment time and ancillary testing in a paediatric emergency department?	5
Review article: Has the implementation of time‐based targets for emergency department length of stay influenced the quality of care for patients? A systematic review of quantitative literature	5
Hyperkalaemia in the emergency department: Epidemiology, management and monitoring of treatment outcomes	5
Establishing a hospital‐based ultrasound‐guided peripheral intravenous catheter training programme: A narrative of a 5‐year experience	5
Propofol for migraine in the emergency department: A pilot randomised controlled trial	5
Protecting the health and safety of the paramedic workforce in Australia: The role of cohort studies with new recruits	5
Factors affecting the non‐urgent consultations in the emergency department of a tertiary hospital in the Philippines: A cross‐sectional study	5
Review article: E‐learning in emergency medicine: A systematic review	5
Where are children seen in Australian emergency departments? Implications for research efforts	5
Core components of a staff wellness strategy in emergency departments: A clinician‐informed nominal group study	5
Comparison of illicit drug‐related presentations to the emergency department: Pre‐COVID versus COVID	5
Alcohol and acute traumatic brain injury in the emergency department	5
Profile and outcomes of emergency department presentations based on mode of arrival: A state‐wide retrospective cohort study	5
Viscoelastic haemostatic assays and fibrinogen in paediatric acute traumatic coagulopathy: A comprehensive review	5
Syndromic surveillance to detect disease outbreaks using time between emergency department presentations	5
Association between shift work and cognitive performance on the Trail Making Test in emergency department health officers	5
To intubate or not to intubate? Predictors of inhalation injury in burn‐injured patients before arrival at the burn centre	5
Strategies to optimise health in transgender individuals	5
Reframing leadership: Leader identity challenges of the emergency physician	5
Specialised vestibular physiotherapy in the emergency department: A pilot safety and feasibility study	5
Disposition of patients utilising the virtual emergency department service in southeast region of Melbourne (SERVED‐1)	5
Consent and refusal of treatment by older children in emergency settings	5
Time to amiodarone administration and survival outcomes in refractory ventricular fibrillation	5
Impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on emergency department patient volume and flow: Two countries, two hospitals	4
Preparing for reopening: An emergency care perspective	4
What is a compassionate response in the emergency department? Learner evaluation of an End‐of‐Life Essentials online education module	4
Snapshot audit of illicit drug‐related presentations	4
Use of bone conduction headsets to improve communication during the COVID‐19 pandemic	4
‘I was prepared to become infected as a frontline medical staff’: A survey of Australian emergency department staff experiences during COVID‐19	4

Review article: Ketoacidosis in the emergency department	4
Falling methamphetamine‐related presentations to a clinical toxicology unit during the COVID‐19 pandemic	4
Comparing propofol with placebo for early resolution of acute migraine in adult emergency department patients: A double‐blind randomised controlled trial	4
Sports‐related ocular injuries at a tertiary eye hospital in Australia: A 5‐year retrospective descriptive study	4
Decompressive craniotomy	4
Review article: Rapid review of the emergency department‐initiated buprenorphine for opioid use disorder	4
Characteristics, presentation and outcomes of music festival patrons with stimulant drug‐induced serotonin toxicity	4
Eligibility criteria for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation at Auckland City Hospital: A retrospective cohort study	4
Battlefield acupuncture added no benefit as an adjunct analgesic in emergency department for abdominal, low back or limb trauma pain	4
Redback spider bites in children in South Australia: A 10‐year review of antivenom effectiveness	4
Bedside ultrasound in the emergency department for reduction and radial manipulation of distal radial fractures	4
Rocuronium ≤1.5 mg/kg versus >1.5 mg/kg and inadequate paralysis in prehospital and retrieval intubation: A retrospective study	4
Personal protective equipment for COVID‐19 among healthcare workers in an emergency department: An exploratory survey of workload, thermal discomfort and symptoms of heat strain	4
Paediatric fever management practices and antipyretic use among doctors and nurses in New Zealand emergency departments	4
Electronic medical record platform enhancements during COVID‐19 to support identify‐isolate‐inform strategy for initial detection and management of patients	4
Lung ultrasound in a respiratory pandemic	4
Massive gamma hydroxybutyrate overdose resulting in severe metabolic acidosis requiring continuous venovenous haemofiltration	4
Conservative management of traumatic pneumothoraces: A retrospective cohort study	4
The International Federation for Emergency Medicine report on emergency department crowding and access block: A brief summary	4
Impact of the modifiable areal unit problem in assessing determinants of emergency department demand	4
Directors of emergency medicine's beliefs about, barriers to, and enablers of solutions to emergency department crowding and access block	4
COVID toes in stay‐at‐home adolescents: An epiphenomenon?	4
Simulation in emergency medicine	4
Does wearing a surgical mask influence face touching by healthcare workers? A retrospective cohort study	4
Impact on the health service in the Top End, Northern Territory following the introduction of an electric scooter sharing service	4
The Pediatric Emergency Research Network (PERN): A decade of global research cooperation in paediatric emergency care	4
Review article: Have emergency department time‐based targets influenced patient care? A systematic review of qualitative literature	4
Spatiotemporal characteristics of asthma emergency department presentations in diverse geographical and climatic regions, Queensland, Australia	3
What can be done to improve diagnosis of aortic dissection?	3
Continued opioid use following an emergency department presentation for low back pain	3
Is it finally time we stick our neck out?	3
Innovative pathway for managing children and adolescents with mental health concerns in the emergency department: An intervention feasibility study	3
Exploring the use of virtual reality to manage distress in adolescent patients in emergency departments: A feasibility study	3
Prospective, multicentre observational study of point‐of‐care ultrasound practice in emergency departments across Australia and New Zealand: The POCUS‐ED Registry	3
Prevalence and predictors of poor outcome in children with febrile neutropaenia presenting to the emergency department	3
Evaluation of an augmented emergency department electronic medical record‐based sepsis alert	3
Diagnoses and trends in use of imaging for low back pain in four Australian emergency departments between 2012 and 2019	3
Longitudinal description and evaluation of an emergency department avoidance strategy for a youth mass gathering (Schoolies) in Australia	3
Profiling helicopter emergency medical service winch operations involving physicians in Queensland, Australia	3
Review article: Pre‐hospital provider clinical judgement upon arrival to the emergency department: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	3
Poster Presentations	3
Patients presenting for hospital‐based screening for the coronavirus disease 2019: Risk of disease, and healthcare access preferences	3
Vascular injury is an infrequent finding following non‐fatal strangulation in two Australian trauma centres	3
Informing the Alfred Registry for Emergency Care Project: An analysis of presenting complaint documentation in an emergency department	3
Case series and review of emergency front‐of‐neck surgical airways from The Australian and New Zealand Emergency Department Airway Registry	3
Factors associated with emergency medical service delays in suspected ST‐elevation myocardial infarction in Victoria, Australia: A retrospective study	3
Daily reality of violence in a rural emergency department: Is violence becoming the new normal?	3
Higher quality of care in emergency departments with physiotherapy service models	3
Prescription medication use by emergency department doctors to improve work and academic performance, and to manage stress and anxiety	3
Enquiries to the New Zealand National Poisons Centre in 2018	3
Time to antimicrobial therapy in septic shock patients treated with an early goal‐directed resuscitation protocol: A post‐hoc analysis of the ARISE trial	3
Research, kindness and the antifragility of emergency medicine	3
Measuring emergency physician productivity and work patterns	3
Addressing decision fatigue in the emergency department	3
Management and monitoring of large enoxaparin overdose treated with protamine	3
What is the distribution of Aortic Dissection Detection Risk Score in an undifferentiated emergency department chest pain population?	3
Psychological safety and emergency department team performance: A mixed‐methods study	3
Magnetic resonance imaging cervical spine in trauma: A retrospective single‐centre audit of patient outcomes	3
Forgotten first responders: Australian surf lifesavers and lifeguards	3
Assessing need for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest using Power BI for data visualisation	3
‘You can make change happen’: Experiences of emergency medicine leadership in the Pacific	3
Association of blood pressure changes with survival after paramedic rapid sequence intubation in out‐of‐hospital patients with stroke	3
Management of paediatric acute severe behavioural disturbance in emergency departments across Australia: A PREDICT survey of senior medical staff	3
Video versus direct laryngoscopy by specialist paramedics in New South Wales: Preliminary results from a new airway registry	3
From little things, big things grow: An exploratory analysis of the national cost of peripheral intravenous catheter insertion in Australian adult emergency care	3
Characteristics, clinical findings and outcomes of acute aortic dissection: A comparison between an Australian emergency department and the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection	3
Review article: Developing the Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Mild to Moderate Head Injuries in Children: An adoption/adaption approach	3
The rise and falls of electronic scooters: A Tasmanian perspective on electronic scooter injuries	3
Decision‐making in emergency medicine	3
Review article: Diagnosing acute pancreatitis in diabetes mellitus	3
Emergency physicians' role in telemedicine care during the coronavirus disease pandemic: Experiences from Taiwan	3
The long road to introduce drug checking as a harm reduction strategy in Australia	3
Continuing the ultrasound credentialing conversation	3
Interventions to support Choosing Wisely for coagulation studies in the emergency department	3
Advancing leadership in Australasian emergency medicine: Taking stock and looking ahead	3
Common cognitive pitfalls in emergency medicine	3
Association between timing and adequacy of antibiotics and adverse outcomes in patients with sepsis and septic shock: A multicentre retrospective cohort study	3
Current airway management practices after a failed intubation attempt in Australian and New Zealand emergency departments	3
Emergency Medicine Advanced Ultrasound Service: A new paradigm	3
Too much of a good thing: Bicarbonate toxicity following treatment of sodium channel blocker overdose	3
Assessment of the availability and utility of the paramedic record in the emergency department	3
Discordance between patient‐reported and actual emergency department pain management	3
Impact of a new specialist alcohol and drug brief intervention service model integrated into the emergency department: An interrupted time series analysis	3
Australasian emergency ultrasound: A survey on the current status	3
Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest outcomes, end‐tidal carbon dioxide and extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation eligibility: New South Wales pilot data	3
Are emergency department nurse practitioners homeless?	2
Effect of age and comorbidity on the ability of quick‐Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score to predict outcome in emergency department patients with suspected infection	2
Association between potential primary care emergency service and general practitioner care utilisation in New South Wales	2
Re: Redback spider bites in children in South Australia: A 10‐year review of antivenom effectiveness	2
After‐hours emergency department care: Does time or day of arrival affect survival?	2
Outcomes for emergency department patients with suspected and confirmed COVID‐19: An analysis of the Australian experience in 2020 (COVED‐5)	2
Review article: Accuracy of emergency physician performed point‐of‐care ultrasound of the thoracic aorta: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of the literature	2
Acute pre‐hospital medicine: Perspectives of an emergency medicine fellow and critical care paramedic	2
Practical palliative care for the emergency trainee	2
Prevalence of psychoactive drugs in injured patients presenting to an emergency department	2