Associate Investigators # Full Name Address Telephone Prof. RNSH, Reserve Rd., St. Leonards, 0417 985 214 1 Margaret Fry NSW 2065 Dr Sarah Emergency Department, RNSH, 0419 492 531 2 Wilks Reserve Rd., St. Leonards, NSW 2065 Ms Lesley Emergency Department, RNSH, 0438474171 3 Fitzpatrick Reserve Rd., St. Leonards, NSW 2065 Dr John Director, Sydney Medical Simulation 0412 022 912 4 Vassiliadis Centre, Kolling Institute, Reserve Rd., St. Leonards, NSW 2065 Director of Emergency Medicine Dr Chris 0437678153 5 Research, Gosford Hospital, Central Trethewy Coast LHD Statistician Ms Emma Gibbs K25 - Medical Foundation Building The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia 8036 5235 Funding and resources This research project is being funded by NSW Health under the Translational Research Grants Scheme. In-kind support is being provided by the Emergency Departments at RNSH and Gosford Hospitals. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Background Information Approximately 17,000 predominantly older Australians sustain a fractured hip/neck of femur every year (ANZHFR 2014), a substantial proportion of whom also carry some degree of cognitive impairment. Fractured neck of femur (#NOF) is a very painful condition. The NSW ACI Minimum Standards for the management of hip fracture in the older person (2014) state that “Pain should be presumed to be severe and ongoing following hip fracture. Effective pain management is a primary goal….” (p9) Although pain is the commonest presenting feature to EDs (Cordell et al. 2002), there is evidence that pain is inadequately treated in EDs (Rupp &Delaney 2004), particularly so in elderly patients and the cognitively impaired.
Associate Investigators # Full Name Address Telephone 1 Prof. Margaret Fry RNSH, Reserve Rd., St. Leonards, NSW 2065 0417 985 214 2 Dr Sarah Wilks Emergency Department, RNSH, Reserve Rd., St. Leonards, NSW 2065 0419 492 531 3 Ms Lesley Fitzpatrick Emergency Department, RNSH, Reserve Rd., St. Leonards, NSW 2065 0438474171 4 Dr John Vassiliadis Director, Sydney Medical Simulation Centre, Kolling Institute, Reserve Rd., St. Leonards, NSW 2065 0412 022 912 5 Dr Chris Trethewy Director of Emergency Medicine Research, Gosford Hospital, Central Coast LHD 0437678153 Statistician Ms Emma Gibbs K25 - Medical Foundation Building The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia 8036 5235 Funding and resources This research project is being funded by NSW Health under the Translational Research Grants Scheme. In-kind support is being provided by the Emergency Departments at RNSH and Gosford Hospitals. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Background Information Approximately 17,000 predominantly older Australians sustain a fractured hip/neck of femur every year (ANZHFR 2014), a substantial proportion of whom also carry some degree of cognitive impairment. Fractured neck of femur (#NOF) is a very painful condition. The NSW ACI Minimum Standards for the management of hip fracture in the older person (2014) state that “Pain should be presumed to be severe and ongoing following hip fracture. Effective pain management is a primary goal….” (p9) Although pain is the commonest presenting feature to EDs (Cordell et al. 2002), there is evidence that pain is inadequately treated in EDs (Rupp &Delaney 2004), particularly so in elderly patients and the cognitively impaired.