Dr Glenn Arendts

Phone: +61 8 9224 2662
Alternate Phone: +61 8 9224 0363
Email: glenn.arendts@uwa.edu.au

Glenn Arendts obtained specialist qualifications in Emergency Medicine in 1999 and took up his current position as Senior Lecturer in CCREM in 2008.

He has extensive experience in teaching evidence based medicine and clinical emergency medicine to undergraduate students at the Universities of Sydney, NSW and WA. Additionally, he has a long history of teaching research methods to ED trainees, having previously designed and taught modular courses for trainees across Australia. His major research interest resides with acute geriatric care in the ED.

He is a member of both the scientific committee and clinical trial group subcommittee of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and a reviewer for Australian and international emergency medicine journals.

His current projects include:

Emergency care of residential aged care facility (RACF) patients in ED - this multifaceted research includes the largest international epidemiological study of patients presenting to ED via RACF, intervention trials aiming to reduce RACF to ED transfer, and economic analysis of these programs.

Assessment of multidisciplinary care for older adults in ED - this prospective study has enrolled over 1500 patients and assesses the efficacy and cost effectiveness of programs aiming to discharge older patients from ED.

ED Delirium Identification (EDDI) - this multifaceted research includes trials of cognitive assessment tools in the ED and the development of predictive rules for ED delirium identification and intervention.

Heart Failure in the Elderly - several research projects have commenced or are being developed, examining the associations with decompensation in diastolic heart failure and the interaction between diastolic dysfunction and adverse outcome in elderly sepsis patients.

Qualifications

1992	MBBS - University of Western Australia, Australia
2005	MMed - University of Sydney, Australia

Current Projects

• Experiences of the emergency department for elderly people living in residential aged care: perceptions of patients, carers and care providers

Research Interests

• Critical Illness in the Elderly.
• Geriatric Emergency Medicine.

Recent Publications

1. Moore S, Dwyer D, Arendts G. 2009. Laryngoscope illumination grade does not influence time to successful manikin intubation. Emergency Medicine Australasia 21(2):131-5. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
2. Fineberg SL, Arendts G. 2008. Comparison of Two Methods of Pediatric Resuscitation and Critical Care Management. Annals of Emergency Medicine 52(1):35-40. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
3. Chan A, Arendts G, Wong S. 2008. Causes of constraints to patient flow in emergency departments: A comparison between staff perceptions and findings from the Patient Flow Study. Emergency Medicine Australasia 20(3):234-40. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
4. Arendts G, Stevens M, Fry M. 2008. Topical anaesthesia and intravenous cannulation success in paediatric patients: a randomized double-blind trial. British Journal of Anaesthesia 100(4):521-4. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
5. Chan T, Arendts G, Stevens M. 2008. Variables that predict admission to hospital from an emergency department observation unit. Emergency Medicine Australasia 20(3):216-20. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
6. Turner RM, Muscatello DJ, Zheng W, Willmore A, Arendts G. 2007. An outbreak of cardiovascular syndromes requiring urgent medical treatment and its association with environmental factors: an ecological study. Environmental Health 6:37. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
7. Arendts G, Fry M. 2006. Factors associated with delay to opiate analgesia in emergency departments. The Journal of Pain 7(9):682-6. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
8. Arendts G, Elgafi S. 2006. Announcing the emergent patient in the emergency department: a randomised trial. Emergency Medicine Journal (UK) 23(5):388-90. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
9. Arendts G, MacKenzie J, Lee JK. 2006. Discharge planning and patient satisfaction in an emergency short-stay unit. Emergency Medicine Australasia 18(1):7-14. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
10. Arendts G, Howard K. 2010. The interface between residential aged care and the emergency department: a systematic review. Age and Ageing 39(3):306-12. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
11. Arendts G, Dickson C, Howard K, Quine S. 2010. Transfer from residential aged care to emergency departments: an analysis of patient outcomes. Internal Medicine Journal Mar 18. [NCBI PubMed Entry]
12. Codde J, Frankel J, Arendts G et al. 2010. Quantification of the proportion of transfers from residential aged care facilities to the Emergency Department that could be avoided through improved primary care services. Australasian Journal on Ageing accepted for publication.
13. Arendts G, Reibel T, Codde J et al. 2010. Can transfers from residential aged care facilities to the Emergency Department be avoided through improved primary care services? Data from qualitative interviews. Australasian Journal on Ageing published online Jan 25.
14. Codde J, Arendts G, Frankel J et al. 2010. Transfers from residential aged care facilities to the Emergency Department are reduced through improved primary care services - an intervention study. Australasian Journal on Ageing published online Mar 1.