Electric scooter warning ahead of holiday season
Queensland’s paediatric trauma service team is urging caution with electric scooters this holiday season following a spike in serious injuries and fatalities this year. An e-scooter city-hire scheme was introduced in Brisbane in November 2018. At Queensland Children’s Hospital, between 2019- 2023, 40 children were admitted following an e-scooter incident, with this rising to 11 […]
Deakin Professor recognised globally for shaping emergency nursing education
From the moment she stepped into the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Emergency Department as a 19-year-old second-year student, Professor Julie Considine AO was captivated by the specialty of emergency nursing. “I loved the unpredictability,” she recalls. “I really loved that it spans all specialties, so you get to use all your skills as a nurse.” Professor […]
A day in the life of an Emergency Nurse
A day in the life of an Emergency Nurse
Nurse-led project to roll out new framework for assessing and managing emergency patients
A new framework for systematically assessing and managing emergency patients will be rolled out in 31 hospitals across three states and taught to emergency nurses in a bid to improve patient care and outcomes. The University of Sydney’s Professor Kate Curtis, Principal Research Fellow, Sydney Nursing School, was awarded $1.49 million in funding for a […]