Accident & Emergency Care Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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How to break bad news to patients 12/3/2014

Breaking bad news to patients and families is an essential, unavoidable part of clinical practice, with most doctors involved from a very early stage in their career.

Night-time nap 'safety risk' for nightshift workers 12/1/2014

Sleeping on the job is a necessary reality for many nightshift workers, but a new study suggests instead of providing an energy boost, a night-time nap might put workers at risk.

MPs all at sea over GP co-payment 'barnacle' 12/1/2014

The federal government labelled their much maligned $7 GP fee a "barnacle" that would be removed, according to reports last week based on briefings from the Prime Minister's office. ...

Contact precautions 'can put patients at risk' 11/27/2014

Contact precautions may not always work – and could even harm patients, new research has shown.

Emergency in the emergency room – moving on out 11/27/2014

Because of its negative health effects, one of the most frequently discussed issues related to emergency room (ER) crowding is patient boarding.

Emergency in the emergency room – going with the flow 11/24/2014

Once patients have been admitted for acute care in the emergency department, a timely diagnosis is vital. Each individual's disposition must be established, and consequently, the ...

Antibiotic Awareness Week 2014: "Imagine a world without antibiotics" 11/17/2014

Antibiotic Awareness Week 2014 is being held across Australia (17-23 November), and NPS MedicineWise is asking all Australians to imagine a world without antibiotics and join the ...

G20 response to Ebola crisis 'dangerously inadequate' 11/17/2014

The G20's promise to pursue inclusive and sustainable growth is welcome, but its response to the Ebola crisis is dangerously inadequate, Oxfam Australia said in a recent statement.

Improving emergency department efficiency: a case study 11/13/2014

New evidence shows hospitals can significantly improve efficiency and even bring down hospital mortality by refining their emergency department (ED) processes.

eHealth 'threatened by self-interested doctors' 11/5/2014

The full potential of electronic health records is being threatened by self-interested doctors who wrongly claim they are putting patients' interests first, lobby group Consumers ...

Emergency in the emergency room – solutions to system overload 11/5/2014

Despite persistent media coverage revealing shocking circumstances in hospital emergency departments, long waiting times – which are detrimental to patients, medical staff and health ...

Lifeless hearts restarted and transplanted successfully 10/29/2014

In a world first, an Australian specialist performed two successful heart transplants using organs that had stopped beating, been re-animated inside a novel carrier box, and then ...

Govt appoints expert to aid Australia's Ebola response 10/27/2014

The federal government has appointed Professor Lyn Gilbert to advise hospital-based clinicians and infectious disease experts on how best to prevent and control the spread of the ...

More emergency department patients 'seen on time' 10/27/2014

The proportion of emergency department patients who were 'seen on time' for their urgency (triage) category rose from 70 per cent to 75 per cent between 2009-10 and 2013-14, according ...

Govt's $538m medical research fund provides critical boost 10/22/2014

Funding worth more than $538 million to help researchers find cures, treatments and medical devices of the future has been announced by the federal government.

How to reduce infection spreading in a clinic or hospital 10/21/2014

Infections acquired in acute healthcare facilities are the most common complication to affect Australian patients, with over 200,000 infections every year.

Timing 'key' for traumatic brain injury treatment 10/15/2014

Two potential treatments have been discovered for traumatic brain injury which are most effective when given at different stages after the injury has occurred.

Aust Ebola aid workers putting nation 'at risk': MP 10/14/2014

Larger-than-life political figure Bob Katter has drawn the ire of key health leaders by claiming the Cairns woman suspected of having been infected by the Ebola virus – and others ...

GP co-payment plan about to bite the dust? 10/8/2014

In a telltale sign the policy could be all but dead and buried, Minister for Health Peter Dutton unexpectedly made an 11th-hour decision to hold back from introducing legislation ...

"Shoctober": defibrillator awareness month for silent killer 10/2/2014