Meds tick-box error contributed to former nurse’s death: coroner
An ED registrar’s failure to mark a single tick box led to a medication error that contributed to a patient’s cardiac arrest, a coroner has…
Tag: Emergency Departments
Asylum seekers forced to skip scripts after govt cuts grant to GP practice
GPs say a vulnerable cohort of asylum seekers without Medicare or permission to work are running out of options after the Victorian Government cut a…
Half of GPs ‘not told’ when paediatric patients rehospitalised for asthma
One in three kids with asthma are readmitted to hospital with exacerbations within a year of their first presentation, yet fewer than half of GPs…
‘Keep them on’: Doctors welcome students’ helping hand in ED
Emergency doctors have applauded a scheme paying medical students to work as assistants, saying it frees them to see more patients, reduces stress and makes…
Are virtual EDs the answer to emergency overcrowding?
A virtual ED run in south-east Melbourne helped reduce presentations to physical EDs by almost three quarters, doctors have reported. Over a five-month period, a…
Can urgent care GPs live up to politicians’ lofty ambitions?
The idea of urgent care GPs appears to excite politicians. The federal Labor Party promised to launch 50 GP-run urgent care clinics by mid-2023 as part…
Top docs warn of ED crisis with one in three JMO roles unfilled
Emergency doctors are increasingly worried about ED staff shortages, with a survey showing one in three junior doctor roles will be unfilled this year. The…
Doctor accuses hospital of ‘offending our humanity’ in scathing resignation letter
A leading emergency doctor has slammed Royal Adelaide Hospital executives in a scathing resignation letter, alleging “disdainful” treatment of doctors who raise concerns about patient…
Warning over toxic poppy seeds after 19 patients seek hospital care with two in ICU
More than a dozen patients have landed in hospital — with two in the ICU — after drinking home-brewed tea using up to 1kg of…
When a doctor breaks: ‘She asked if I was okay and I suddenly burst into tears’
When Dr Stephen Parnis broke down during a shift handover earlier this year, he knew it was time to escape. The high-profile ED specialist had…
