@wrapemtweet talks with advocacy superstar and nurse Lita Olsson about the tricky and sometime harrowing topic of occupation violence in health care. Here’s her story of creating change in that space @CENAorg @acemonline @qldclinsenate How did you get to where you are – the journey from ED nurse to Occupational Violence Strategy Unit clinical lead? It… Continue reading Occupation violence in health care – one nurses’ story of creating change
1. What was your evolution into the defence service alongside your emergency medicine training? (which came first ? were they related in any way?) I have always dreamed of serving and contributing to my country and medicine on a larger scale so enlisting into the Defence Force seemed like a natural transition for me. I… Continue reading Q & A with Candice Norris – Army Medical Officer and ACEM trainee
Louise Welldon Clinical Nurse ConsultantQEII Hospital Emergency Department 1. Would you say you pay attention to your Wellness? I think I’m quite conscious of my personal Wellness these days and knowing how important it is. However, I think it’s an ongoing challenge for me to create and sustain good habits. I know what I should… Continue reading Q&A with Louise Welldon, Clinical Nurse Consultant
Dr Bethany Boulton - Emergency Physician Sunshine Coast Health Service @bethany_boulton; co-founder of WRaP EM. WRaP EM event leadDr Melanie Rule - Emergency Physician, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane @rulesrule1. WRaP EM event lead By Bethany Boulton and Melanie Rule WRaP EM was created 4 years ago with a coffee shop chat among a few… Continue reading Reflections of a Maiden Voyage
Janice Leaf - ED Social WorkerGold Coast University Hospital By Janice Leaf - ED social worker 1. Would you say you pay attention to your Wellness? Some days more than others! I do try to move through my day with a deliberate focus and awareness in the moment, bringing my attention to my feeling state,… Continue reading World Social Worker Day (March 16th) – A social worker’s perspective on wellness
By Tracy Churchill - Clinical nurse and founder - Nurse professional advancement Tracy Chuchill Many people think Nurses and Doctors are kind, compassionate and fair to ALL people. After 15 years of working in the emergency department, I believe that this claim of fairness could be a baseless myth. In the healthcare system, we are… Continue reading Why Nurses and Doctors ARE Unfair
Dr Rachael Grimaldi - Senior Anaesthetic Registrar; Co-founder and CEO, CardMedic 1. CardMedic is a multipurpose flexible digital communication tool. It looks to have been created out of a need for clear communication and the ability to connect with our critically unwell patients during COVID. How do you think the programme helps clinicians meet this need? While on… Continue reading WRaP EM meets CardMedic
Dr Clare Skinner - Director of Emergency Medicine at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital in Sydney Q+A November Conversation with Clare Skinner on ED Muso on Oct 30th The ED Musos project is growing from strength to strength. What do you think it is that attracts all of your colleagues to come and perform with the group… Continue reading ED Muso’s – Music, Medicine and Connection
Anna Ballantyne - Clinical Nurse Consultant in Emergency Medicine In this reflective piece, our nursing colleague, Anna Ballantyne shares her experience of some practices and strategies that help to sustain her through her most testing ED shifts. She describes the challenges faced in contexts such as triage, time-pressured work-ups and flow, and gives some helpful… Continue reading “I need a goat” – by Anna Ballantyne
In this episode Mel Rule interviews FACEM Dr Kim Hansen who is the Director of Emergency at St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital and a Senior Staff Specialist in EM at The Prince Charles Hospital. Her particular interests within EM include quality improvement and patient safety, especially monitoring and learning from adverse events. She has been… Continue reading Podcast – Learning from medical error
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