Accident & Emergency Care Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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It's defibrillation awareness month! 10/2/2021

Do you know where your nearest AED is? This is the question we're asking businesses, clubs and individuals all month as we spread the word for Shocktober.

Do you know the difference between cardiac arrest and heart attack? 8/23/2021

Making sure you do, and knowing where the nearest AED is just might save a life.

Your hands can save a life – the importance of bystander CPR 8/3/2021

No one wants to be faced with the unthinkable, someone dropping to the ground and ceasing to breathe. Would you be prepared? Could you, as a bystander act quickly to administer CPR ...

How to respond to sudden cardiac arrest. 6/21/2021

Your heart is one of the most important muscles as it pumps oxygen carrying blood all around your body. Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart suddenly stops beating. It's a medical ...

Is your workplace heart safe? 6/21/2021

Sudden cardiac arrest can strike anywhere, including the workplace. While CPR can prolong life, defibrillation is the only way to actually restore a fatal heart rhythm back to normal. ...

Tackling ED overcrowding with point-of-care testing 12/21/2020

Point-of-care testing leads to faster diagnoses and improved patient experience at Queen’s Hospital Emergency Department (ED).

Pain groups welcome new rules for private health insurance reforms 10/22/2018

Pain management groups are welcoming private health insurance amendment rules tabled in this session of Parliament.

What are you waiting for? Register now to save lives 7/31/2018

This year’s DonateLife Week theme – Everyone is a potential donor. What are you waiting for? - is critical because we need many more registered organ and tissue donors.

‘Hello, my name is…’ should be the starting point of all healthcare 7/24/2018

‘Today is #hellomynameis day, which recognises, above all, that healthcare is an interaction between two human beings’, says Dr Linc Thurecht, Acting Chief Executive of the Australian ...

Benefits of My Health Record for healthcare professionals 7/17/2018

The public 3 month opt-out period for My Health Record is open until 15th October 2018. How will your patients embrace or refusal of the system effect your practice?

Immunisation in Australia – filling the vaccine gaps 6/12/2018

Immunisation through vaccines is one of the simplest and most effective ways to prevent infectious disease yet too many Australians are still missing out on routine vaccinations, ...

Flu campaign support presents supply challenge 6/12/2018

Supplies of influenza vaccines are becoming short across Australian States and Territories, following unprecedented demand this year.

Falls most common cause of hospitalised injury—with numbers rising 5/18/2018

More Australians are being hospitalised for injuries, with falls and transport crashes remaining the leading cause of injuries, according to a new report by the Australian Institute ...

HIV testing key to ending transmission 12/12/2017

New data shows that almost half of all people diagnosed with HIV are in the late stage of infection, prompting NSW Health to urge anyone at risk to be regularly tested.

National report shows increase on private health insurance use 12/11/2017

A report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) presents new information about the use of private health insurance to fund patients’ admissions to public and ...

Emergency dept waiting times stable, despite increased presentations 11/22/2016

In 2015-16, there were 7.5 million presentations to public hospital emergency departments across Australia (excluding the Australian Capital Territory), or more than 20,000 presentations ...

How to manage a medical emergency 10/25/2016

Whether you run a hospital, medical practice or dental clinic, the normal flow of patients will occasionally be interrupted by a sudden and unexpected emergency.

New pathway empowers patients facing end-of-life in SA 10/18/2016

South Australians can have greater confidence about how end-of-life care is delivered to them under a new SA Health framework announced recently.

How clues in our genes could help prevent osteoporotic fracture 10/18/2016

$How clues in our genes could help prevent osteoporotic fracture$

In a world first, new Australian research has revealed that genetic profiling can help predict whether an individual will break a bone through osteoporosis.

One-third of emergency patients need help with drug & alcohol problems 10/11/2016

One-third of people presenting to NSW emergency departments have underlying drug and alcohol problems, yet only a small number get appropriate treatment, UNSW research has found.

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