Tasmanian Emergency Medicine Research Group (TASER)
Our aim is to support and promote research relating to Emergency Medicine and Trauma in Tasmania and Internationally.
As the overarching group for research conducted to improve Emergency and Trauma care in Tasmania, our vision is to embed research in clinical practice and education and inform future practice.
Expertise
- Clinical Emergency Medicine
- Clinical Trauma
- Trauma Systems
- Health Systems
- Primary Care
- Critical Care
- Low Value Care
- Resource Stewardship
- Medical Education
- Toxicology
- Gerontology
Projects
Mental Health Presentations to Emergency Departments
Assessment of trends in mental health presentations to Australian Emergency Departments over time.
Predicting Severe Pneumonia in Emergency Departments
An international study coordinated by the Paediatric Emergency Research Network to identify factors that
Low Value Care in ED
A variety of clinical audits to assess translation of evidence-based care and over-investigating. Current projects include the use of coagulation testing, urine drug screens and requesting behaviour with protocolisation of CTPAs.
The Kids Aren’t OK
A mixed methods study of emergency department management of adolescent mental health patients.
Analgesia in Burns
Prescribing behaviour for analgesia in burns in Tasmania
Emergency Medicine Weekend Effect
Understanding patterns of patient presentations on weekdays and weekends Opiate Prescribing A descriptive study looking at prescriber characteristics for opiates in patients discharged from the Emergency Department
Group Leader(s)
Affiliation
Emergency Department, Royal Hobart Hospital
Tasmanian Health Service
Contact
Group members
Dr Juan Carlos Ascencio-Lane
Dr Nicholas Watkins
Dr Eleanor Loughhead
Dr Laura Pulbrook
Mr Michael Jacques