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Important update from St John – requests for an ambulance response from urgent care
We’ve received a communication from St John asking urgent care clinics to call the 0800 health professionals’ line and NOT the 111 when requesting an ambulance. In summary, St John is experiencing record high 111 call demand due to the Omicron surge, and at times are experiencing severe delays in 111 calls being answered. As…
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Urgent Bite 121 – The Emoqol 100 with Professor Bruce Arroll
Professor Bruce Arroll tells us about his paper on the Emoqol 100 and how he uses it to screen for low mood.
Urgent Bite 120 – Nostalgia
Nostalgia used to be a medical condition.
URGENT CARE 2021-22 REMUNERATION/WORKFORCE SURVEY
Thank you to all that replied to this survey. The overall impression was that again there are large variations. Bear in mind when comparing to last year that the sample may not correspond to last year’s cross-section. There are two parts to the survey – the statistics and the free text comments from which I…
ACC Innovation fund
The ACC innovation fund is new for ACC and is a response to the array of good ideas we have had raised with us.
Our 2021/2022 Innovation Fund is here and we’re looking to partner with health innovators that have great ideas to help injured people recover faster.
We have up to $100,000 (ex GST) for innovative health services initiatives that will help improve outcomes and experiences for people recovering from injury.
Mastitis – with Dr Katie Fourie
Mastitis – with Dr Katie Fourie
Urgent Bite 119 – The importance of our personal hydration status
Do you keep adequately hydrated during your shift? You should.
Read the paper – Hydration amongst nurses and doctors on call (the HANDS on prospective cohort study). El-Sharkawy A et al. Clin Nutr 2016 Aug;35(4):935-42 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2015.07.007