Podcasts about Fiona Stanley Hospital

Di Mantell's journey is a masterclass in resilience and leadership. Starting as an intensive care nurse, Di's career took unexpected turns, leading her to become the CEO of a $2.2 billion healthcare company managing one of South Australia's largest infrastructure projects. At every step, she embraced challenges, made bold decisions, and stayed true to her values of authenticity, ethics, and kindness, which she credits for her success in building trust and strong relationships.Her story is about more than professional achievements—it's about courage. From relocating to rural towns to navigating male-dominated boardrooms, Di has always followed her instincts, proving that with confidence and the willingness to step into the unknown, remarkable growth is possible. She now mentors others to embrace change, believe in their potential, and build meaningful connections that drive impact.Highlights00:53 - Introduction - Hilary welcomes Di Mantell as a pioneering CEO and explores the theme of values-driven leadership and transformative career shifts.03:12 - From Nurse to Leader - Her journey from a registered nurse to managing one of South Australia's largest infrastructure projects, highlighting the power of resilience.06:31 - Embracing Life's Pivots - Moving away from traditional roles, navigating divorce, and embracing change to carve out a new career path.09:20 - Taking Risks and Building Confidence - The importance of trusting your instincts, taking risks in your career, and believing in your ability to adapt and succeed.12:47 - Leading with Authenticity - The value of authenticity, kindness, and ethical behavior in building trust and creating meaningful connections.14:56 - Representing Rural Communities - Di recounts her experiences advocating for rural health services in Australia, a role that broadened her leadership perspective and skillset.18:22 - Transition to CEO - Stepping into her role as CEO, managing a $2.2 billion company, and the challenges of leading large-scale infrastructure projects.23:19 - Mentorship and Legacy - Di's plans for the future, including transitioning to board roles and mentoring the next generation of leaders.25:47 - The Power of Female Connections - The importance of building a strong support network of women who uplift and hold each other accountable.27:31 - Overcoming Challenges in Leadership - Her most significant challenges she faced as a leader and how she turned them into opportunities for growth.About Our Guest:Di is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the health and construction industries. Di has held several roles from ballroom and Latin American dance instructor to Executive Director of Nursing in Kalgoorlie, General Manager of the largest (hospital) services contract at Fiona Stanley Hospital to Chief Executive Officer of Celsus the 1st public private partnership in South Australia.Di is skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Operations Management, Facility Management (FM), and Administration. She is a strong operations professional with a Bachelor of Health Science focused in Health Service Management. Di Mantell loves to achieve the impossible and breakdown stereotypes.Di was a State Finalist Telstra Business Women's Awards 2020, as well as a Judge in Telstra Best of Business Awards 2022https://www.linkedin.com/in/di-mantell-b72a174a/ Connect with Hilary: Facebook...

An Esperance man is speaking out after his wife was flown to Perth for medical treatment only to be knocked back by Fiona Stanley Hospital because there were no available beds. Trevor Furniss told Gary Adshead on 6PR Mornings he was shocked when he heard she would instead be moved to Bunbury.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A grandmother in her late 70s with a serious respiratory condition was flown from Esperance to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service — only to be knocked back by Fiona Stanley Hospital when she arrived because there was no bed for her.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taxi drivers are weighing up whether or not to continue working in certain regional centres after a Bunbury taxi driver was forced to make his own way to Fiona Stanley Hospital following a vicious assault and robbery. Yawinder Singh Gill told Millsy and Karl on 6PR Breakfast the attack had left him with serious injuries which would limit his ability to work for months.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This TOGA Podcast discusses Lung cancer Screening and Moving from Concept to Roll Out. The conversation explores the International Lung Cancer Screening Trial and overseas experience of recruitment, the challenges of reaching different population groups, some of whom stand to benefit most from the LCSP, and what it will mean for healthcare workload. The discussion explores the role of Federal and State jurisdictions in the management of the program. A/Prof Emily Stone, Head of Thoracic Medicine in the Dept of Thoracic Medicine and Lung Transplantation at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, is joined by A/Prof Gavin Wright Director of Surgical Oncology and a Thoracic Surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne, A/Prof Nicole Rankin, an implementation scientist from The University of Melbourne with expertise in lung cancer and A/Prof Annette McWilliams who is a respiratory Physician at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth and clinical lead for the Thoracic Tumour Collaborative for Western Australia. This podcast is produced in support of lung cancer awareness month. Throughout the month of November please help spread awareness of lung cancer. If you want to find out more about lung cancer, get involved or donate towards lung cancer research- please go to TOGA's website at www.thoraciconcology.org.au For more information on the program https://thoraciconcology.org.au/lung-cancer-screening-program/

The premier doubling down today that the fastest route to having a new women and babies hospital is by building it near Fiona Stanley Hospital - and not at the QE II site in Nedlands. That's despite a third leaked document within a week , flagging more concerns from the state's medical work force.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No one could forget the confronting vision of the Grenfell apartment building in London going up in flames in 2017, when 72 people lost their lives. It emerged that aluminium composite panelling, used as part of the building's façade, enabled the original fire to spread rapidly around the apartment block because it was highly combustible. The discovery sparked a worldwide audit of buildings fitted with several types of this cladding, including here in WA. In March 2019, the WA Health Department identified a number of its assets were fitted with the cladding and therefore posed a major fire risk. "Core samples of the ACP cladding were taken for laboratory testing to confirm their material type. Immediate action has been taken to ensure the ongoing safety of staff and patients within the hospital," a government statement said afterwards. "Work will now commence on mitigation planning and assessing replacement options. The department will follow due process to determine the scope of remediation works required." Opposition health spokesperson Libby Mettam asked in Parliament yesterday if the public could be confident that a tragedy such as Grenfell will not happen at buildings in WA, and was accused of scaremongering and mis-truths by Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson. "This is a government that has consistently been slow to act, particularly when it comes to the Health portfolio," Mettam told 6PR Mornings host Gary Adshead.  "Here we are three years on [from the audit], and the Minister can't even answer a simple question about whether this work is in hand, despite having the funds to do so.  "There are so many questions to ask [the Health Minister] ... we've got the highest level of ambulance ramping on record, we have a health system on its knees, we have a demoralised workforce... it is unfortunate when it comes to answers, this minister and this government give no confidence they have these issues at hand or take patient safety seriously."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The fight for higher wages in the public sector continues, particularly for nurses and midwives. Australian Nursing Federation Secretary WA Janet Reah said some of them are holding a stop-work rally at 2pm at Fiona Stanley Hospital today. "We're expecting hundreds of nurses today at the rally, it's the first in a series of rallies leading up to a mass meeting of nurses on the 12th of October," she told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings. She says they are fighting for better nurse to patient ratios and a better wage offer from the state government to help attract more nurses to WA.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Staffing levels at Perth Children's Hospital are again in the spotlight after a mother claims her nine-month-old baby was sent home with a fever and struggled to stay conscious. Jasmyn Lawrence told Mornings host Liam Bartlett her daughter Evelyn was unable to keep her eyes open and was basically in an unconscious state after PCH failed to detect she had a potentially deadly virus in their emergency department last week. After waiting for six hours at the hospital on August 26, Jasmyn and her family were told their baby girl had bronchiolitis and they were sent home, but they then took the girl to Fiona Stanley Hospital. "I'm so glad I went to Fiona Stanley Hospital, the staff there listened to me and did everything they could to help Evelyn," she told Bartlett.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been revealed the family of a Perth man allegedly given six times his usual dose of medication hasn't heard from WA Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson. Darshan Arora spent a third night at Fiona Stanley Hospital after originally admitted for pneumonia before the mix-up. Family friend Phillip Couper told Liam Bartlett on Mornings the hospital also hasn't made contact. "We haven't had any response from the Minister's office nor the hospital," he said.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man in his 60s is in intensive care in Fiona Stanley Hospital after what appears to have been a medication bungle. It is believed Darshan Arora was given 30ml of blood pressure medication on Monday morning, six times the normal dose. His insulin medication was also reported halved. It sent Arora into renal failure and he now needs dialysis. Family friend Philip Couper told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings the mistake should have been caught. "The drug was chartered, it was chartered by a doctor ... and it was confirmed by another three intensive care nurses last night that the nurse knew it was a mistake but she gave it because it was chartered, she didn't question it," he told Bartlett.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interpreter called in to provide emergency assistance in Fiona Stanley Hospital's emergency department has discovered the expensive way that hospital parking rules shall not be broken by anyone.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Sydney man has made an impassioned plea on Instagram after being attacked in Leederville on Sunday morning. Spencer Goggin was in Perth to celebrate his friend's birthday but says he was bashed about 3am on Sunday in an unprovoked attack near the skate park outside the Hip-E Club. Now back home in Sydney, he told Gareth Parker on 6PR Breakfast he had yet to hear from police after filing a complaint at Fremantle Police Station following treatment for facial injuries at Fiona Stanley Hospital on Sunday. "These people are still out there, I know the police are extremely busy but as of yet no one has contacted me," he said. "I escaped with my life this time around... to feel grateful coming home alive after a night out is an experience I don't want anyone else to go through." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man has died after an e-scooter and a bike collided in Perth's southern suburbs early Wednesday morning. The tragedy occurred along Yale Road near the intersection of Nicholson Road in Thornlie, about 2.27am, with a man in his 40s rushed to Fiona Stanley Hospital fighting for his life. Deputy Police Commissioner Col Blanch, in his regular Wednesday morning segment on 6PR Breakfast, told host Gareth Parker that the man had since died and e-scooters were not a safer mode of travel than other moving vehicle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A former paramedic claims he was fired from his job at St John's on Thursday after an investigation sparked by a run-in with Fiona Stanley Hospital staff. “Chris” became agitated with hospital staff after they refused to attend to his partner after a four-hour wait, despite her suffering chest pains.  A week-long investigation by his employer found he was acting "aggressively" towards hospital staff. "She was triaged as a category 3, which means we'll get to you within 30-45 minutes," he told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A father has described a traumatic experience for him and his wife trying to get treatment for his 20 month old son at Perth Children's Hospital (PCH) and Fiona Stanley Hospital. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We recorded the September Journal Club during Healthcare Simulation Week – a chance to reflect on the amazing work of the healthcare simulation community.   Our first paper showcased the work of the STEPs (Simulation To Enhance Patient Safety) team at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth. Rory Trawber et al. write about Improving Simulation Accessibility in a Hospital Setting - Implementing a Simulation Consultation Service. They give us a practical guide to leveraging the impact of a small, skilled simulation delivery team through a formalised consultation service for clinical units seeking to use translational simulation for their quality and safety challenges in clinical care. Rory makes an ( audio) appearance in the podcast and describes the importance of using a quality ansafety based reporting tool, based on the work of Mel Barlow and colleagues on a documentation framework for healthcare simulation quality improvement activities.  As a nice example of using simulation as a test bed for planned clinical process improvements, Ben-Haddout and a team from Roeun, France offer us A Cognitive Aid Improves Adherence to Guidelines for Critical Endotracheal Intubation in the Resuscitation Room. We were impressed with the opportunities afforded by the in situ simulation setting, and the interesting ways to look at cognitive aids.  We discussed a paper on Online-synchronized clinical simulation: an efficient teaching-learning option for the COVID-19 pandemic time and: beyond. This is one of many articles currently being published that seek to tease out the benefits and drawbacks of online scenario-based activities for learning engagement and impact.  We covered a scoping review on Healthcare Provider Stress and Virtual Reality Simulation, and concluded that - despite a small literature base at present – this is a space to watch for those seeing to improve healthcare providers ability to mange stress in the clinical workplace. A highlight was a really useful table listing various tools used to measure healthcare professionals stress – in either simulation settings or the real world.    Happy Listening 

Manipulating the ventilator to protect the critically ill ARDS patient from harm, while simultaneously improving their condition, is one of the dark arts of intensive care practice. Airway Pressure Release Ventilation is a somewhat novel mode of mechanical ventilation which seeks to enhance lung recruitment while reducing lung injury.  Ed Litton is an Intensivist and researcher from the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Australia, and he joins Todd to chat about his approach to APRV See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A man who presented at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth and posted on social media he had COVID-19 has been revealed as a historical case.Western Australia health authorities confirmed late on Monday night investigations had determined the man’s infection was historical.It means the man was not infectious in Australia and at no time posed a public health risk, WA Health said in a statement.“Members of the public who attended Fiona Stanley Hospital and the same entertainment venues as the individual can be reassured he did not pose a public health risk,” WA Health said.Authorities believe the man contracted the virus in Mexico in December last year.The man returned to Australia from overseas travel and his completed two weeks hotel quarantine in NSW before returning to Western Australia.“Initial PCR tests were very weak, in keeping with him being non-infectious and having infection some time ago,” WA Health said.“Subsequent test results received (on Monday) confirm the person is now PCR negative, but serology positive.“This provides confirmation that the case was historical and non-infectious in WA.”The man has now been released from hotel quarantine in Perth.The suspected case, which turned out to be historical, caused quite a stir in Perth after the man took to Facebook on Sunday to urge people he had been in contact with to get tested.It comes as Perth and two neighbouring regions in the state’s south enter their second day of a snap five-day lockdown after a separate case was confirmed on Sunday in a security guard working at the Four Points by Sheraton quarantine hotel in the CBD.Health officials suspect the man, aged in his 20s, may have contracted the mutant UK strain from an active case at the hotel.He visited 18 locations over several days before being diagnosed, sparking fears he may have spread the deadly illness widely and prompting a massive wave of community testing.No new cases were announced on Monday from 3171 tests, with the state’s total remaining at 903.People in the Perth metropolitan area, Peel and South West regions will remain locked down until at least 6pm on Friday, with Premier Mark McGowan warning the easing of restrictions will likely be gradual.

In this episode:  Which option for which patient? What’s the evidence for each option? How long should people with stents be on antiplatelet therapy Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 17 mins Guest: A/Prof Michael Nguyen, Interventional Cardiologist; Director of Clinical Trials and Research, Fiona Stanley Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Western Australia    Register for our upcoming FREE WEBCAST! Tuesday 1 December 2020 | 7:00pm-9:00pm AEDT Click here to register now! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode:  What is a coronary calcium artery score, when is it useful in GP? Tests for anatomical structure vs functional pathology Tackling tricky and atypical scenarios Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 38 mins Guest: A/Prof Michael Nguyen, Interventional Cardiologist; Director of Clinical Trials and Research, Fiona Stanley Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Western Australia    Register for our upcoming FREE WEBCAST! Tuesday 1 December 2020 | 7:00pm-9:00pm AEDT Click here to register now! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this podcast, Associate Editor of Evidence-Based Nursing, Lisa Kidd, talks to Laura Austin, who's a Registered Nurse/Midwife working in the Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia, and the author of a commentary on original, unpublished research based out of Melbourne. The aim of the research was to determine whether, within Australia, classification of hypertension within pregnancy should be adjusted to reflect the American College of Cardiology’s recent amendment to their guidelines. Read the commentary on the EBN’s website: https://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2020/08/24/ebnurs-2020-103274 Commentary on: Reddy M, Rolnik DL, Harris K, et al. Challenging the definition of hypertension in pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020, Jan 16. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2019.12.272. [Epub ahead of print].

Professor Fiona Wood AM is one of Australia’s most innovative and respected surgeons and researchers. A highly skilled plastic and reconstructive surgeon and world leading burns specialist, she has pioneered research and technology development in burns medicine. It was an absolute privilege to be able to discuss her inspirational journey and the approach to life that has enabled her to make a great contribution to the world. We had a connection through our involvements with gymnastics, so it is also great to speak to her about her passion for sport and trampoline gymnastics. Professor Wood’s positions include Director of the Burns Service of Western Australia (BSWA), Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Fiona Stanley Hospital (previously at Royal Perth Hospital) and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Winthrop Professor (Burns Injury Research Unit) at the School of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine UWA. She was awarded Member of the Order of Australia in 2003, the Australian Medical Association’s ‘Contribution to Medicine’ award in 2003, the 2003 and 2004 West Australian of the Year and 2005 Australian of the Year. She was voted Australia’s Most Trusted Person for six successive years (2005-2010) and has been recognised as an Australian Living Treasure. Professor Wood believes there is always more that can be done to further the field of burns medicine – new research to be undertaken, new technologies to be discovered and new ways to treat burns survivors. She is on an ongoing quest to continue to make a difference to people’s lives. This is a must-listen episode for those interested in understanding the fascinatingly intricate field of burns medicine and the work of one of Australia's preeminent specialists.

Essentially lung surgery is when a part of the lung is either repaired or removed. Some people who have been diagnosed with lung cancer may be offered lung surgery as treatment. So, today I speak with Dr Chris Merry a Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Fiona Stanley Hospital and at St John of God Hospital in Subiaco to learn more about Lung Surgery. Dr Merry explains what is generally involved when having lung surgery and how this surgery has given much hope to people suffering from a number of lung diseases including; lung cancer. After speaking with Dr Merry I was in absolute awe in how truly incredible our lungs are at adapting to having parts of the lung removed and still being able to breathe and function. Every interview of Meditalk makes me continue to be amazed with the human body and how truly magnificiant it is and how medicine is continuing to evolve over time challenging diseases and conditions. To hear more episodes of MeditalkPodcast visit: www.meditalk.com.au If you have any suggested medical and health topics you would love to hear discussed on Meditalk please email me at: danae@meditalk.com.au To learn more about Dr Merry visit: www.sjog.org.au/find-a-doctor/search-results/m/e/r/r/merry-christopherjames-subiaco Thank you kindly for taking the time to listen to Meditalk. If you have enjoyed this episode if you could take a minute and write a quick review or give a star rating on Apple Podcasts would be a great help to my little independent podcast being found and listened too by other people that may benefit from learning more about Lung Surgery. Thank you and Well wishes, D :-)

Chronic liver disease is one of the most rapidly growing causes of death worldwide. Current treatments for liver cancer are limited and only prolong life by only months.In this episode, Associate Professor Nina Tirnitz-Parker from Curtin University's Liver Disease and Regeneration Group and Professor John Olynyk, Director of Research Development at Fiona Stanley Hospital, explain what liver disease is, and what the future holds for its prevention and treatment.What's the difference between liver cancer and liver disease? (00:52)What do we need to learn about liver disease? (07:02)Why are treatment options for liver cancer and chronic liver disease limited? (08:56)What are we doing in terms of population health in this area? (12:03)Can you tell us about the Lions Lotus PhD Scholarship? (13:49)What kind of impact will these PhDs and scholarships have? (18:05)LinksCurtin's plan to combat chronic liver disease and cancerHomeward Bound Antarctic initiativeWays to work with CurtinGot any questions, or suggestions for future topics?Email thefutureof@curtin.edu.au.Subscribe:Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle PodcastsRSSCurtin University supports academic freedom of speech. The views expressed in The Future Of podcast may not reflect those of the university.Music: OKAY by 13ounce Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Music promoted by Audio LibraryYou can read the full transcript for the episode here.

Barry discusses the practicalities of introducing biosimilar medicines to the hospital formulary at Fiona Stanley Hospital.

Vol 210, Issue 11: 17 June 2019. Dr Paul Kruger is a haematologist at Fiona Stanley Hospital, and PathWest Laboratory Medicine in Perth. He discusses the diagnosis and management of deep vein thrombosis. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.

Many parents are impacted by children with peanut allergy. There has been a general rise in allergies in Australia over the last 20 years. It has changed the way we live. Schools have put bans on peanut butter sandwiches to avoid cross-contamination between children. Parents have been seen giving the first dose of peanut to their children in hospital car parks or outside medical clinics. This podcast looks at who is at risk of peanut allergy and the best tests available along with prevention strategies that parents can consider. Dr. Michael O'Sullivan is a leading consultant immunologist in Australia who works at the Perth Children's Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital. He has been involved in a number of clinical trials related to peanut allergy and worked with countless families inflicted by this condition. There is a fantastic new resource available online - https://preventallergies.org.au/ This has been developed by ASCIA and the National Allergy Strategy.

This week’s guest, Australian intensivist Dr Ed Litton, truly amazes and inspires me. Despite having a full-time clinical and research career, and a young family, Ed pursues his passion for adventure mostly through ultra-endurance exercise. Many intensivists run, swim, cycle or do other sorts of vigorous exercise in their spare time. Some even run marathons, swim regularly with a squad or cycle long distances to and from work. Some do all 3 by competing in triathlon events. Yet not too many intensivists take on ironman triathlons like Ed does. And how many cycle across Australia from Sydney to Perth as he did a couple of years ago? Ed uses adventure and exercise to keep refreshed for his busy medical career. So to me this podcast conversation is a real treat. Hearing about this massive cross-continent bike ride, the recent family cycling trip across the New Zealand Alps he and his wife did with their 2 young children, and his love for other physical pursuits like surfing and climbing, is both educational and inspiring. Ed Litton is a Staff Specialist in Intensive Care Medicine and Director of ICU Research at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Australia, and a Clinical Research Fellow in the ICU at St John of God Hospital in Subiaco. He is the recipient of a National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship and is a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia. Ed is a member of the executive committee of the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Centre for Outcomes Research Evaluation where he is clinical director of the Critical Care Resources Registry. He’s received over $6M in research support and published over 60 manuscripts in the peer reviewed literature. I have admired Ed and his thoughtful approach to intensive care and to life for several years now. Apart from his approach to adventure and exercise he has many valuable perspectives on his bedside approach including: What fascinates him about Intensive Care Some of the things he learnt from his key mentors The importance of reassurance for patients Mixing patient-centred and digital information The 2 phase ward round at his ICU The internal pressure he felt as a new consultant to make fast decisions Creating the right atmosphere in communicating with colleagues His tendency to ruminate about his patients Fatigue during ward rounds His thoughts on sleep How he uses meditation The value of reading books The difficulty in trying to be a jack of all trades in our careers. Ed is caring, mature and very patient-focused. He’s also a super fit athlete. Please enjoy listening to the podcast. Andrew Davies   -------------------- About the Mastering Intensive Care podcast: The podcast is aimed to inspire and empower you to bring your best self to the intensive care unit through conversations with thought-provoking guests. I hope you’ll hear perspectives to help you improve as a healthcare professional and as a human being with the aim of helping your patients receive the best possible care.   -------------------- Links to people, organisations and other resources mentioned: Ed Litton on Twitter: @ed_litton Article about Ed Litton’s bike ride across Australia Alex Psirides Simon Finfer Muse Rottnest Island swim New Normal Project podcast New Normal Project podcast - episode 48 with Caldwell Esselstyn New Normal Project podcast - episode 49 with Scott Stoll Book "In Shock" (by Rana Awdish) Mastering Intensive Care podcast Mastering Intensive Care page on Facebook Mastering Intensive Care at Life In The Fast Lane Andrew Davies on Twitter: @andrewdavies66 Andrew Davies on Instagram: @andrewdavies66 Email Andrew Davies

THOMAS BAKER ORATION "Striving for Excellence in Health Care" Professor Fiona Wood has been a burns surgeon and researcher for the past 20 years and is Director of the Burns Service of Western Australia (BSWA). She is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Fiona Stanley Hospital (previously at Royal Perth Hospital) and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, co-founder of the first skin cell laboratory in WA, Winthrop Professor in the School of Surgery at The University of Western Australia, and co-founder of the Fiona Wood Foundation (formerly The McComb Foundation). Professor Fiona Wood's dedication to improving outcomes for burns patients and expanding the knowledge of wound healing began in 1991 when she became trained as West Australia's first female plastic surgeon. Professor Wood's ability to lead a team and direct innovation for future clinical care was recognised as she quickly became a leader in her field becoming Director of the Burns Service of Western Australia at an early point in her career. In this position Professor Wood has led the Burns Service of Western Australia to be recognised internationally as a leader in burns care. Professor Wood's greatest contribution and enduring legacy is her work pioneering the innovative ‘spray-on skin' technique (Recell), which greatly reduces permanent scarring in burns victims. Professor Wood patented her method in 1993 and today the technique is used worldwide. In October 2002, Fiona was propelled into the media spotlight when the largest proportion of survivors from the 2002 Bali bombings arrived at Royal Perth Hospital. She led a team working to save 28 patients suffering from between 2 and 92 per cent body burns, deadly infections and delayed shock. Fiona was named a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2003. In 2005 she won the Western Australia Citizen of the Year award for her contribution to Medicine in the field of burns research. That same year her contribution to burns care was recognised through Australia's highest accolade when she was named Australian of the Year for 2005 by Australian Prime Minister John Howard at a ceremony in Canberra to mark Australia Day. She is an Australian Living Treasure. Professor Wood was voted the most-trusted Australian in a Reader's Digest poll for six successive years from 2005 to 2010. Fiona is married to fellow surgeon Tony Kierath and is mother to four boys and two girls.

The emergency pager goes off - code blue medical on the gynaecology surgical ward. As you enter the ward a frantic grim faced nurse waves you into the side room where you discover an elderly woman who is obviously cyanosed, not really conscious and struggling vigorously to breath. She has a hudson mask on her face and there is an obvious tracheostomy tube protruding from her neck. One of the nurses tell you she had a laparotomy for ovarian cancer earlier that day and that she has a long term tracheostomy after having had a throat cancer resected 5 years ago..... Hi Everyone, This week I am joined by another anaesthetist, Dr James Anderson to discuss the perioperative management of tracheostomies. Before seeing the light and jumping the drapes to become an anaesthetist James spent a year working as an ENT registrar and now he has an interest in teaching both perioperative and crisis management of patients with tracheostomies. He helps run tracheostomy crisis management courses at Fiona Stanley Hospital and helped author a recent article in the famous ANZCA blue book (see the link below): Unfortunately patients with surgical airways and tracheostomies are not confined to just the ENT wards - they all often have associated comorbidities and medical problems which mean they can be encountered anywhere in the hospital or healthcare settings. Whether we like it or not we could all get called to deal with an emergency - and so we all need to have some basic understanding of tracheostomies and skills in dealing with any crises or problems which could occur! In this episode we discuss the perioperative management and emergency management of these airways. If anyone is keen to attend the FSH tracheostomy crisis management course, James is happy for you to contact him via email at james.anderson@health.wa.gov.au Tracheostomy.org.uk emergency management crisis card: USEFUL LINKS http://tracheostomy.org.uk/ ANZCA Blue Book 2017 - http://www.anzca.edu.au/documents/australasian-anaesthesia-2017.pdf https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-mysterious-death-of-george-washington

You phone goes off - you roll over it is 2am - when you pick up it is a theatre nurse calling to ask if you can urgently come to the hospital immediately - the team are too busy to talk to you. The nurse tells you a woman has just arrived via ambulance from another small peripheral hospital. She had an emergency caesarean about 6 hours ago and hasn't stopped bleeding since. She has had 4 units of red cells and 4-5 litres of saline but nothing else. When you arrive 15min later surgery is underway but the surgical team tell you "everything we touch is bleeding" and you notice that she is even bleeding from the skin around her iv...... The anaesthetic registrar turns to you and says - "lets give her the fibrinogen concentrate -  we need to get on top of this coagulopathy right now!......" (*Fictitious case example) Hi Everyone, This week we are joined by a colleague and a great friend of mine Dr Hamish Mace, one of the co-authors of an article in the 2017 edition of Australasian Anaesthesia (aka the Blue Book) entitled "Fibrinogen concentrate for the treatment of acquired hypofibrinogenaemia". Hamish is a consultant anaesthetist working in Western Australia - he works at Fiona Stanley Hospital a large tertiary centre in metropolitan Perth - but has also worked in the past in remote regional centres in WA, in retrieval medicine for the RFDS (Royal Flying Doctor Service) and spent time on fellowship in Toronto Canada. Hamish co-ordinates the preoperative anaemia correction service, is on the hospital transfusion committee, has a strong interest in many aspects of patient blood management. In the interview we briefly discuss the role of fibrinogen in the acquired coagulopathy that often develops during major haemorrhage, the historical treatments used (FFP, cryoprecipitate), the history of fibrinogen concentrate and where we think fibrinogen concentrate might fit into the current management of major haemorrhage - both in tertiary but also remote, regional and retrieval situations. For those of you who are interested in reading on this topic in detail here is the link to the ANZCA website page where you can access the article written by Hamish and Mansi - the article itself has many great references. Their article is in the 2017 edition. Check out all the other great critical care and anaesthesia articles in this book - a quick shout out to Richard Riley the editor of this great biannual publication. http://www.anzca.edu.au/resources/college-publications In the interview we also talk about the value of measuring fibrinogen an coagulation rapidly with point of care viscoelastic tests. Check out our ROTEM learning package right here on this website (of which Hamish was also a co-author). ROTEM learning package Advice on mixing and administering fibrinogen concentrate: https://youtu.be/7UP2Y1dH9QI  

Catherine Merritt talks openly about suffering from Post Natal Depression following the birth of her second child and her admission to the Mother and Baby ward at Fiona Stanley Hospital. In this brutally honest conversation, Catherine talks about her journey through life and the highs and lows that lead to the that point. She talks about ‘the prison’ she created in her head and how being your won hero and creating her own village around her have form the foundation of her recovery. Doesn’t matter whether you’re a mother or not, there’s so much in this humbling episode to reflect and take action on. 

In this fascinating podcast, I have the great opportunity to chat to Dr Ed Litton from the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Western Australia Ed is a well known critical care researcher who is leading the PINBALL program of clinical research into the role of the Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in high risk cardiothoracic surgery.

This episode is part of the Humans of Pharmacy series, where we talk to people with a connection to clinical pharmacy who have interesting stories to share. In this episode Jane talks to Jeanie Misko, Medicines Information Pharmacist at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth. We talk to Jeanie about being one of Australia’s top non-professional book reviewers, how to administer medicine to birds, and nerding out over spreadsheets amongst other things.   The Purple Pen Podcast provides education and news for pharmacists, with a focus on Australian clinical pharmacy practice.

In this podcast, Mr Larbalestier shares his experiences with cardiac transplantation and guides us through some his POV footage of the first heart transplantation at the new Fiona Stanley Hospital.

Bedrija Parsons is a Clinical Neuropsychologist who currently works at the new Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Western Australia. Bedrija's role is diverse and includes covering the Mental Health Assessment Unit, Mental Health Consultation Liaison, Youth Mental Health and the Mother and Baby Unit. Bedrija completed her Master of Clinical Neuropsychology at Latrobe University, Melbourne Australia in 2012. She has since worked at the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre's Acquired Brain Injury Unit, the Royal Melbourne Hospital including working with inpatients and outpatients, and at Eastern Health in a community based rehabilitation program. Bedrija is an early career Clinical Neuropsychologist currently in her 4th year of working. She discussed with me how the role of Clinical Neurospychology is still fairly new in mental health settings, and how much of her current role at Fiona Stanley Hospital has been about flying the flag for Neuropsychology and educating other practitioners about her role and purpose. I was inspired by our conversation. Visit the website to check out all the links Bedrija spoke about and her best self-care tip!  

In this week’s edition of Business News Background, news editor Mark Beyer and journalist Dan Wilkie discuss the business news with James Lush: the wash up from last Saturday’s Senate election re-run, latest lower unemployment figures and the effect on the exchange rate, plus the APPEA conference, Fiona Stanley hospital, and focus on the construction industry.

In this week’s edition of Business News Background, news editor Mark Beyer and journalist Dan Wilkie discuss the business news with James Lush: the wash up from last Saturday’s Senate election re-run, latest lower unemployment figures and the effect on the exchange rate, plus the APPEA conference, Fiona Stanley hospital, and focus on the construction industry.