Emergency Medicine Australasia

Papers
(The TQCC of Emergency Medicine Australasia is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
But what do I say? What an elective in palliative care can offer an emergency trainee51
In this April issue44
Resuscitating the morbidity and mortality meeting29
Modelling a two‐stream emergency department segregation and admission system from COVID‐19 early rapid antigen testing: A pilot study27
Derivation of a clinical decision rule to exclude cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in emergency department patients: A retrospective cohort study22
Impact of lockdowns on critical care service demand in a metropolitan hospital in Melbourne, Australia21
Response to Re: Outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest patients who underwent advanced life support19
Pre‐hospital emergency anaesthesia in trauma patients: An observational study from a state‐wide Australian pre‐hospital and retrieval service17
Guanfacine exposure in paediatric and adolescent patients: A multicentre retrospective review16
Triage gap? Analysis of admission rates, service utilisation and mortality for First Nations patients compared to non‐First Nations patients, stratified by ED triage category16
Somatic symptom and related disorders in a tertiary paediatric hospital: Characteristics of ED use prior to admission15
A three‐step programme to treat locum addiction14
Introduction of the Broset Violence Checklist in the emergency department: A retrospective cohort study12
Pre‐hospital ‘dirty adrenaline’: A descriptive case series of patients receiving peripheral dilute adrenaline infusions in Central Australian remote nurse‐led clinics prior to aeromedical r12
Hospitalisations for non‐specific low back pain in people presenting to South Australian public hospital emergency departments12
Adverse events and paramedic interventions during extended ground transport in a rural pharmaco‐invasive STEMI program11
What can be done to improve diagnosis of aortic dissection?11
Review article: Accuracy of emergency physician performed point‐of‐care ultrasound of the thoracic aorta: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of the literature11
Learning from the first 12 months of the Tasmanian Trauma Registry11
From Other Journals February 202210
DIDO: Dubious (weight‐estimation) data in, dubious (dosing) data out10
Effect of computed tomography scanner location on time‐to‐computed tomography in the emergency department: A before and after study10
Review article: Ankle intra‐articular haematoma block for reduction of unstable ankle fractures in the emergency department: An integrative review10
A lump on my arm: A rare complication of radial artery catheterisation10
Review article: Roles of activities of daily living and frailty assessments for residents of residential aged care services in emergency department transfers: A scoping review9
In this August issue9
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From Other Journals9
Epidemiology, clinical presentations and outcome of patients presenting to the emergency department after a COVID‐19 vaccination: An observational study9
Impact of COVID‐19 vaccinations on emergency department presentations9
Documentation of paediatric head injuries in a mixed metropolitan emergency department9
‘Better Care for a Better World’: Conference summary of the 21st International Conference on Emergency Medicine9
Preventable presentations of older adults to emergency departments: General practitioners' perspectives8
Issue Information8
Retrospective study of the prevalence and characteristics of adverse drug events in adults who present to an Australian emergency department8
Prevalence of psychoactive drugs in injured patients presenting to an emergency department8
Prehospital canthotomy: A sight‐saving procedure in case series8
What factors help and hinder efforts to address incivility in Australasian emergency departments? A modified Delphi study of FACEM perspectives8
Calling an ambulance for non‐emergency medical situations: Results of a cross‐sectional online survey from an Australian nationally representative sample8
Anti‐racism in the emergency department: Past time to tackle racism in our health systems8
Modelled economic evaluation of a virtual emergency department in Victoria7
Utility of NT‐proBNP monitoring in prolonged coma following massive baclofen exposure7
Making clear and effective communication SOuND BETTeR for patients with communication barriers7
Does compassion matter in the fast‐paced environment of emergency medicine?7
Issue Information7
Posterior hip dislocation reduction revisited7
Analysis of the Australia and New Zealand referral criteria for transfer to a liver unit for paracetamol overdose7
Overuse of opioids for acute migraine in an Australian emergency department7
Are emergency department nurse practitioners homeless?7
From Other Journals December 20217
We must not sacrifice anaesthesia rotations as part of emergency medicine training7
Debriefing in the emergency department6
Is it time for mandatory airway assessments for emergency medicine trainees?6
Death rates following emergency department chest pain assessment6
Issue Information ‐ JEB6
Paediatric fever management practices and antipyretic use among doctors and nurses in New Zealand emergency departments6
The Pediatric Emergency Research Network (PERN): A decade of global research cooperation in paediatric emergency care6
Impact of art and reflective practice on medical education in the emergency department6
Power and politics of leading change in emergency departments: A qualitative study of Australasian emergency physicians6
Opioid poisoning in Newcastle over the last three decades: From heroin to prescription opioids6
The Emerging Drugs Network of Australia – Victoria Clinical Registry: A state‐wide illicit substance surveillance and alert network6
Re: Redback spider bites in children in South Australia: A 10‐year review of antivenom effectiveness6
Review article: Non‐penetrating neck artery dissection in young adults: Not to be missed!6
Miscommunication and language‐discordant care in Australian healthcare settings6
Profile and outcomes of emergency department presentations based on mode of arrival: A state‐wide retrospective cohort study6
From Other Journals5
Thirteen toxicology tidbits for the emergency clinician5
Exploring a hospital's response to children who have no fixed address5
Is the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition a useful concussion assessment tool in head‐injured patients presenting to the emergency department?5
Determination of emergency nurse practitioner and plastic surgery trainee disposition decision agreement for plastic surgery emergency department presentations: A prospective study5
Review article: A primer for clinical researchers in the emergency department: Part XII. Sustainability of improvements in care: An introduction5
Efficacy and safety of ketamine alone and ketamine‐dexmedetomidine combination for sedation for brain computed tomography in paediatric patients with head injuries: A retrospective study5
Trainee Focus debate: Artificial intelligence will have a positive impact on emergency medicine5
Epidemiology, outcomes and predictors of mortality in patients transported by ambulance for dyspnoea: A population‐based cohort study5
Sydney ‘lockout’ liquor licensing law restrictions have been associated with a sustained reduction in emergency department presentations from assaults over 5 years5
In this August issue5
Rotational thromboelastometry in children presenting to an Australian major trauma centre: A retrospective cohort study5
Outcomes for emergency department patients with suspected and confirmed COVID‐19: An analysis of the Australian experience in 2020 (COVED‐5)5
Re: Magnetic resonance imaging cervical spine in trauma: A retrospective single‐centre audit of patient outcomes5
Virtual emergency department: It is not all in the name5
Behavioural drivers influencing emergency department attendance in Victoria during the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic: A mixed methods investigation5
In this August issue5
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Management and outcomes with 5‐year mortality of patients with mildly elevated high‐sensitivity troponin T levels not meeting criteria for myocardial infarction5
Understanding experiences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander patients at the emergency departments in Australia5
Mental health emergency presentations across the Barwon South West region in Victoria, Australia: An epidemiological investigation5
Temporal changes in the epidemiology of sepsis‐related intensive care admissions from the emergency department in Australia and New Zealand5
Examining food insecurity in a regional New Zealand emergency department: A cross‐sectional study5
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Establishing determinants and quality indicators for getting home alive following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: the Australian Traumatic Brain Injury National Data Project5
Safety of pre‐hospital peripheral vasopressors: The SPOTLESS study (Safety of PrehOspiTaL pEripheral vaSopreSsors)4
Anti‐racism in the emergency department: Navigating clinician experiences of racism4
Syndromic surveillance to detect disease outbreaks using time between emergency department presentations4
Cellulitis in the Emergency Department: A prospective cohort study with patient‐centred follow‐up4
Sports‐related ocular injuries at a tertiary eye hospital in Australia: A 5‐year retrospective descriptive study4
Review article: Strategies to improve emergency department care for adults living with disability: A systematic review4
Raising the D‐dimer threshold for ruling out pulmonary embolism: A single‐site, observational study with a historical comparison4
Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest outcomes, end‐tidal carbon dioxide and extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation eligibility: New South Wales pilot data4
Hyperkalaemia in the emergency department: Epidemiology, management and monitoring of treatment outcomes4
Preventing selfie‐related incidents: Taking a public health approach to reduce unnecessary burden on emergency medicine services4
Daily reality of violence in a rural emergency department: Is violence becoming the new normal?4
In this December issue4
Optimising POCUS programs: A summary of EMUG's recommendations for the development and maintenance of ED POCUS programs4
Aussie KIDS SAVE LIVES: A position statement from the Australian Resuscitation Council and supported by stakeholders4
Review article: A comprehensive review of unusual causes of acute limb compartment syndrome4
‘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 pain4
Alcohol‐related trauma presentations among older teenagers4
Review article: Acute superior mesenteric vessel ischaemia: A review of clinical practice and biomarkers4
Response to ‘Racism is healthcare: We need to talk’4
Artificial intelligence‐enhanced echocardiography in the emergency department4
Impact of socioeconomic status on utilisation of a Virtual Emergency Department: An exploratory analysis3
EVESTA: EmergencyVESTibularAlgorithm and its impact on the acute management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo3
Review article: Scoping review of the characteristics and outcomes of adults presenting to the emergency department during heatwaves3
First rib fracture: Still a marker of trauma severity?3
Evaluating the effectiveness of the maximum permitted dose of midazolam in seizure termination: Insights from New South Wales, Australia3
An introduction to functional neurological disorders in the emergency department3
The burden and prognostic significance of suspected sepsis in the prehospital setting: A state‐wide population‐based cohort study3
A voice for Indigenous people: A clear and welcome path to self‐determination and reconciliation3
Effectiveness of a Disability Liaison Officer service in a metropolitan emergency department3
Low‐acuity emergency department presentation characteristics and their association with Medicare‐subsidised general practitioner services across New South Wales: A data linkage s3
Response to letter regarding “A pilot trial exploring the use of music in the emergency department and its association with delirium and other clinical outcomes”3
Post‐exertional syncope as the first symptom of critical valvular cardiac disease: A cautionary tale for evaluating syncope in the emergency department3
Increased paediatric emergency mental health and suicidality presentations duringCOVID‐19 stay at home restrictions3
From little things, big things grow: An exploratory analysis of the national cost of peripheral intravenous catheter insertion in Australian adult emergency care3
Machine learning in clinical practice: Evaluation of an artificial intelligence tool after implementation3
Practical strategies for caring for patients with functional neurological disorder in the ED3
Antivenom surveillance: An audit of antivenom stock within South Australia3
Quality improvement: A core skill for the next generation of emergency physicians3
Gender equity in authorship of emergency medicine publications in Australasia3
Review article: Primer for clinical researchers on innovative trial designs for emergency medicine3
What they did next: Using follow‐up phone calls to investigate health care access patterns of patients who take their own leave3
Impact of time of intensive care unit transfer and outcomes in patients with septic shock: An observational study3
Accuracy of colour Doppler ultrasound for nasogastric tube placement in emergency department: A prospective observational study3
Telehealth consultation before inter‐hospital transfer after falls in a subacute hospital (the PREVENT‐2 study)3
Exploring the use of virtual reality to manage distress in adolescent patients in emergency departments: A feasibility study3
Enough is enough: Alcohol‐related occupational violence and aggression in emergency departments in Australia and New Zealand3
Short waits, happy patients and expert care, moving basic musculoskeletal care from the emergency department to a physiotherapist‐led diversion pathway3
Effect of a simplified billing form and the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic on compensable billings in an Australian metropolitan emergency department: An interrupted time series analysis3
Response to Re: Implementation of an integrated emergency department acute atrial fibrillation pathway safely reduces cardioversions and hospitalisations: A comparative pre–post study3
Learning from the lived experiences of medical women working and studying at the national hospital in Fiji: A mixed methods study3
Prevalence of clinical deterioration in the pre‐hospital setting3
Arteriovenous blood gas agreement for intensive care unit patients with COVID‐192
Superior efficacy of intramuscular diclofenac compared to intravenous tramadol for acute renal colic in northern Thai patients: A randomised double‐blind, sham‐controlled trial2
Naloxone use by Aotearoa New Zealand emergency medical services, 2017–20212
Frequent attendees to the emergency department: Perspectives for trainee preparedness2
Issue information2
STRETCH: Stinging tree exposures to Cairns Hospital2
Implementing the electronic HEEADSSS screening tool in a paediatric emergency department2
LGBTQIA+ patients who present to the emergency department with mental health concerns2
Personal protective equipment for COVID‐19 among healthcare workers in an emergency department: An exploratory survey of workload, thermal discomfort and symptoms of heat strain2
Criteria for early discharge of drowning patients from the emergency department2
Planning for the next pandemic: Reflections on lessons from the uncontained transmission phases of the COVID‐19 pandemic and their impacts on emergency departments in Australia2
Telehealth training: Interprofessional mixed reality simulation in a retrieval service setting2
COVID‐19 and involuntary detention: An emergency medicine or emergency management responsibility?2
Learning means changing: What's changed?2
Improving the safety of anticoagulation initiation in patients discharged from the emergency department2
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Is headache during pregnancy a higher risk for serious secondary headache cause? A HEAD study report2
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: A 6‐year audit of adult presentations to an urban district hospital2
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Impact of the XVII Pacific Games on the National Referral Hospital Emergency Department, Solomon Islands2
Factors contributing to death of major trauma victims with haemorrhage: A retrospective case–control study2
Take‐home naloxone and paramedicine: An opportunity for harm minimisation2
Using network analyses to characterise Australian and Canadian frequent attenders to the emergency department2
Review article: Back to life from being declared dead in the Resus Bay: An integrative review of the phenomenon of autoresuscitation and learning for ED2
Utility of computed tomography brain scans in intubated patients with overdose2
Recommendations for developing a comprehensive point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) program in the emergency department: an Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Group advocacy statement2
Increased distance or time from a major trauma centre in South Australia is not associated with worse outcomes after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury2
Understanding emergency department frequent attenders2
Choosing Wisely audit: CT KUB ordering in emergency department renal colic presentations2
Rational clinical approach to transient ischaemic attack, stroke and associated mimics: A retrospective cohort study2
Issue Information2
2.8% is the answer. What is the question and what is the question behind the question?2
Outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest patients who underwent advanced life support2
What is the prevalence of orthostatic hypotension in an Australasian emergency department population?2
Issue Information2
Patterns of emergency department use in rural and metropolitan New South Wales by socioeconomic status: A population‐based study2
Blood alcohol screening and outcomes in trauma team activation patients at a level 1 trauma centre in New Zealand2
Issue Information2
From other journals2
Status Epilepticus Australasian Registry for Children: A pilot prospective, observational, cohort study of paediatric status epilepticus2
Issue Information2
The Emerging Drugs Network of Australia: A toxicosurveillance system of illicit and emerging drugs in the emergency department2
Interface of sport and emergency medicine: Match day doctor duties and managing elite athletes2
Emergency department in perspective: How emergency department culture drives over‐investigation2
Growing burden of gamma‐hydroxybutyrate intoxication on emergency department resource utilisation2
What proportion of women presenting to the emergency department with early pregnancy bleeding receive appropriate care?2
Ocular trauma in badminton: A 5‐year review of badminton‐related eye injury emergency department presentations2
Supporting clinicians post exposure to potentially traumatic events: Emergency department peer support program evaluation2
Developing a clamshell thoracotomy training model to support hybrid teaching in simulation‐based education2
A pilot trial exploring the use of music in the emergency department and its association with delirium and other clinical outcomes2
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Wrist, hand and finger injuries in Australian football: A prospective observational study of emergency department presentations2
Emergency department care: It really is in the name2
Randomised controlled trial in cadavers investigating methods for intubation via a supraglottic airway device: Comparison of flexible airway scope guided versus a retrograde technique2
Survival with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation following cardiac arrest due to nortriptyline overdose2
Re: Measuring emergency physician productivity and work patterns2
Poster Presentations2
Rocuronium ≤1.5 mg/kg versus >1.5 mg/kg and inadequate paralysis in prehospital and retrieval intubation: A retrospective study2
Just because we can, does not mean we should: Over investigation and low‐value care in our emergency departments2
Reflections on the practice of paediatric emergency medicine today2
Intubation for patients with overdose: Time to move on from the Glasgow Coma Scale2
Unusual 2020 respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis season in Western Australia: Not explained by weather2
From Other Journals April 20222
In this April issue2
Forearmed is forewarned: A prospective intervention observational time‐series study of patient empowerment for ultrasound‐guided peripheral intravenous access2
In this June issue2
Response to Re: Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: A 6‐year audit of adult presentations to an urban district hospital2
Association between timing and adequacy of antibiotics and adverse outcomes in patients with sepsis and septic shock: A multicentre retrospective cohort study2
Response to Re: Measuring emergency physician productivity and work patterns2
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RE: The use and impact of pathology tests in emergency department patients with mental health‐related complaints: A cross sectional study2
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