The importance of developing global emergency medicine research network

Mahajan, Prashant; Visclosky, Timothy; Bhoi, Sanjeev; Galwankar, Sagar; Kuppermann, Nathan; Neumar, Robert W.

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2018.11.032

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“…4 Emergency Medicine Education & Research by Global Experts (EMERGE) is a newly developed network of 26 EDs across 17 countries and six continents whose goal is to improve the care of acutely ill and injured patients by garnering the collective experiences of its member EDs. 5,6 In this study we sought to leverage the EMERGE network and establish collaborations with non-EMERGE EDs to determine global ED preparedness for COVID-19 and, specifically, to identify successful processes and protocols that may be adopted and/or adapted by other EDs to improve patient outcomes.…”

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A Global Survey of Emergency Department Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mahajan

Chong

Gutierrez

et al. 2021

WestJEM

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Introduction: Emergency departments (ED) globally are addressing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with varying degrees of success. We leveraged the 17-country, Emergency Medicine Education & Research by Global Experts (EMERGE) network and non-EMERGE ED contacts to understand ED emergency preparedness and practices globally when combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We electronically surveyed EMERGE and non-EMERGE EDs from April 3–June 1, 2020 on ED capacity, pandemic preparedness plans, triage methods, staffing, supplies, and communication practices. The survey was available in English, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish to optimize participation. We analyzed survey responses using descriptive statistics. Results: 74/129 (57%) EDs from 28 countries in all six World Health Organization global regions responded. Most EDs were in Asia (49%), followed by North America (28%), and Europe (14%). Nearly all EDs (97%) developed and implemented protocols for screening, testing, and treating patients with suspected COVID-19 infections. Sixty percent responded that provider staffing/back-up plans were ineffective. Many sites (47/74, 64%) reported staff missing work due to possible illness with the highest provider proportion of COVID-19 exposures and infections among nurses. Conclusion: Despite having disaster plans in place, ED pandemic preparedness and response continue to be a challenge. Global emergency research networks are vital for generating and disseminating large-scale event data, which is particularly important during a pandemic.

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A Global Survey of Emergency Department Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mahajan

Chong

Gutierrez

et al. 2021

WestJEM

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“…This may be associated with work overload, shortage of basic research and lack of national emergency and critical disease cohort. In addition to increase funding for EM research, emergency research network should be established and national or local research engagement events for EM trainees should be held to improve research capacities [ 16 – 18 ]. Our survey revealed that there was a strong desire for research training focus on literature search, study design, data management and paper writing, especially in Level III hospitals.…”

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A national survey on current state and development needs of clinical and academic emergency medicine in China

du,

Li,

wang

et al. 2024

BMC Med Educ

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Background To characterize the current state of emergency medicine (EM) and the requirements for advancing EM clinical practice, education and research in China. Methods An anonymous electronic survey was conducted by Chinese Society of Emergency Medicine during September to October 2021. The survey contained 30 questions divided into 2 sections: the current state of EM development and the requirements for EM growth. Results 722 hospitals were included, of 487 were Level III and 235 were Level II hospitals. We found that after 40 years of development, EM had established a mature disciplinary system and refined sub-specialties including critical care, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, toxicology, disaster and emergency rescue. In Level III hospitals, 70.8% of EDs were standardized training centers for EM residents, but master’s degree program, Doctor Degree program and post-doctoral degree program was approved in only 37.8%, 8.4% and 2.9% of EDs respectively and postgraduate curriculum was available in 1/4 of EDs. Only 8% have national or provincial key laboratories. In addition to advance clinical practice, there was also a high demand to improve teaching and research capacities, mainly focusing on literature review, research design and delivery, paper writing, residency training. Conclusions EM has built a mature discipline system and refined sub-specialties in China. Teaching and research developed parallel with clinical practice. However, there was still a lack of EM master’s and doctoral programs and research capacities need to be improved. More outstanding clinical and academic training should be provided to promote the rapid growth of EM in China.

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“…It was only in 2016 that the Philippines Journal of Emergency Medicine was published, so the lack of a local journal to contribute to may have been an obstacle in previous years. There may also be time constraints and funding limitations 5,6 . The purpose of emergency medicine in stabilizing the patients before handoff to the appropriate departments for management may be another contributory factor.…”

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“…In the Philippines, collaborative research networks around resuscitation science and trauma care systems have emerged in recent years allowing Philippine emergency physicians to participate. Still, in lower‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), several factors can contribute to research limitations such as lack of personnel, time constraints, insufficient funds, non‐standardized data collection, and difficulty in obtaining informed consent 5,6 . The scarcity of updated research may lead to outdated practices and guidelines that may be applied to emergency care locally 6 .…”

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Emergency medicine research in the Philippines: A scoping review

Vista,

Alibin,

Arevalo

et al. 2023

JACEP Open

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ObjectivesIn this review, we aim to synthesize the current emergency medicine literature in the Philippines in order to determine the depth of research available in the country while delineating the gaps, helping to provide focus to future research in the field.MethodsA literature review was done using 4 databases to identify emergency medicine studies in the Philippines. To explore the research trends among eligible studies, data on study type, countries, and institutions involved as well as study themes were collected and described.ResultsA total of 845 studies were screened, and 43 were included in this review. Results show that only 25% of emergency medicine studies were published before 2015. Most studies were observational (37.2%) or descriptive (37.2%) in nature with the University of the Philippines/Philippine General Hospital being the most common contributing institution (17.4%). Metro Manila was the most common study site with more than half of studies conducted in the area. Lastly, among the variety of study disciplines, disaster medicine was the most frequent topic comprising 30.2% of studies reviewed.ConclusionsCompared to the global scene, Philippine emergency medicine research still has a long way to go. This study was able to provide a landscape of the current literature and highlight the study trends. Further, the findings here emphasize the need to expand the scope of emergency medicine studies in the country as it is still a young and growing field with studies tending to cluster around just a small number of institutions and regions.

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The importance of developing global emergency medicine research network

Cited by 7 publications

References 16 publications

A Global Survey of Emergency Department Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

A Global Survey of Emergency Department Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

A national survey on current state and development needs of clinical and academic emergency medicine in China

Emergency medicine research in the Philippines: A scoping review

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