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Emergency & Trauma research
The Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre (E&TC) is a tertiary referral centre for Victoria and provides a statewide emergency medical service for adult trauma, hyperbaric medicine, burns, HIV medicine, cystic fibrosis, haemophilia, haematological malignancies, heart and lung transplant and critical neurosurgery.
Research is concentrated on pre-hospital care, emergency medicine (EM) and trauma resuscitation and focuses on improving safety, satisfaction and quality. There is an emphasis on research methods education, evidence-based medicine and international development of EM.
The E&TC is a participant in the Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre under the critical care, trauma and perioperative medicine theme. This involves working with national research networks including:
- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Clinical Trials Group
- ANZ College of Anaesthetists Clinical Trials Group
- National Trauma Research Institute
- Australasian Cochrane Centre
- Monash University School of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM)
Current research
The ARISE study
The ARISE study, a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (RCT) of Early Goal-Directed Therapy in patients (n = 1600) presenting to Australasian emergency departments (EDs) with severe sepsis, was completed in September 2014.
Find out moreNurse Practitioner effectiveness for timely analgesia
Find out morePATCH, RESPOND and POLAR studies
PATCH, RESPOND and POLAR studies all continue enrolment of patients.
Find out moreExamining novel biomarkers in brain injury
The BioBIT study, examining novel biomarkers in brain injury funded by The Alfred commenced enrolling patients.
Find out morePublications
A novel approach to improving the interpretation of CT brain in trauma
Evans LR, Fitzgerald MC, Varma D, Mitra B
(2018), Injury, 49(1),
Usefulness of laboratory and radiological investigations in the management of supraventricular tachycardia
Ashok A, Cabalag M, Taylor DM
(2017), Emerg Med Australas, 29(4), 394-9
Haemotherapy algorithm for the management of trauma-induced coagulopathy: an Australian perspective
Winearls J, Mitra B, Reade MC
(2017), Curr Opin Anaesthesiol, 30(2), 265-76
Latest news
Reality of Christmas in Emergency
Trauma specialists from The Alfred have spoken out about the reality of Christmas in the Emergency and Trauma Centre in an attempt to curb the ever-increasing number of people seriously injured over the festive season.
Be car seat safe
At a recent education event, our Emergency Department team learnt some important things about child car seat safety. We hope sharing these messages with you will help keep our community safe on the roads, especially as we head into the holiday season.