The Challenges of Emergency Care Research & EDNA: Research in ED, not just for nerds
| Friday, October 6, 2023 |
| 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM |
| Meeting Room 1-3 |
Overview
Professor Daniel Fatovich & Dr Jess Soderstrom
Details
Session chair: Carrie Janerka
Speaker
Professor Daniel Fatovich
Royal Perth Hospital
The Challenges of Emergency Care Research
8:30 AM - 9:20 AMAbstract
I often challenge audiences with this question: what proportion of our emergency care practice is backed up by high level evidence? The answer may surprise you and is placed within the context of other disciplines. This talk addresses the reasons why we should do emergency care research, the inherent challenges of doing research in the emergency department, eg consent rituals, and challenges the outdated dichotomy of treatment vs research. It is often not appreciated that the National Statement on the ethical conduct of human research does not have any legislative force, so researchers constantly face challenges in relation to a widespread misunderstanding of contemporary research practice.
Biography
Prof Fatovich is a senior emergency physician and clinical researcher at Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department, with 30 years’ experience in the conduct of clinical trials in Emergency Medicine. He is Head of the Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine, Director of Research for East Metropolitan Health Service, and a member of the ACEM Research Committee and Clinical Trials Network, and has received $26 in competitive grant funding. In 2020 and 2023, he was the Ministerial adviser for the passage of the Guardianship and Administration (Medical Research) Act. He loves to challenge doctors to think, and to think differently.
Dr Jessamine Soderstrom
Deputy Head Of Department, Emergency Physician, Clinical Toxicologist
Royal Perth Hospital
EDNA: Research in ED, not just for nerds
8:30 AM - 9:20 AMAbstract
Emerging Drugs Network of Australia, a collaboration between Emergency Departments (ED) and Forensic laboratories. Recreational drug represents around 7% of ED presentations, however they are incredibly resource intensive. Traditional teaching has been to manage them supportively as there had not been the capacity to determine what was causing their poisoning. EDNA is a demonstration of research in the ED in determining what recreational drugs are causing harm in the community. This national registry provides real time information that extends beyond the walls of the ED, informing public health measures for harm minimisation and early warning systems
Biography
Jessamine Soderstrom is an Emergency Physician, Clinical Toxicologist at Royal Perth Hospital. A self-professed nerd with a desire for a sedate life in an adrenaline fuelled environment of an Emergency Department. As part of her ED portfolio, she is an advocate for the improvement of care for the mental health patients, working closely with the ED Mental Health team. Her area of research is in the area of recreational drug abuse. She has been involved in the development of EDNA (Emerging Drugs Network of Australia) which is a national registry for what recreational drugs are causing presentations to an Emergency Departments Australia. It is a lovely demonstration of how research complements clinical practice and informs it.
