Podcasts
Lower urgency care in the emergency department, with Associate Professor James Mallows
Associate Professor James Mallows
Today we are discussing a recent study looking at lower urgency care in the emergency department, and the suitability of general practice care as an alternative. My special guest is Associate Professor James Mallows, who is director of emergency medicine research at Nepean Hospital and is also a senior emergency physician there. Read his research: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.5694/mja2.52034 With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 18 mins.
Monitoring ICU capacity nationwide, with Dr David Pilcher
Dr David Pilcher
Vol 214, Issue 6: 29 March 2021. Dr David Pilcher is an intensivist at Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, and Chair of ANZSIC's Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation. He discusses the Critical Health Resources Information System, developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria, to accompany his coauthored Perspective at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/7/national-system-monitoring-intensive-care-unit-demand-and-capacity-critical. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. 14 min...
Sepsis, with Prof Simon Finfer
Professor Simon Finfer
Vol 209, Issue 6: 10 September 2018. Professor Simon Finfer is a Research Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health, and a critical care specialist at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. He discusses the disease burden of sepsis in Australia and how we can best measure it. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Serious injuries from road traffic accidents, with Dr Ben Beck
Dr Ben Beck
Volume 207, Issue 6: 11 September, 2017. Dr Ben Beck is deputy head of Prehospital, Emergency and Trauma Research at Monash University. He discusses research showing that injuries to cyclists from road traffic accidents are on the rise. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Traumatic brain injuries, with Dr Ben Beck and Prof Peter Cameron
Dr Ben Beck and Professor Peter Cameron
Volume 204, Issue 11: 14 June, 2016. Dr Ben Beck, research fellow at Monash University, and Professor Peter Cameron, academic director of Trauma at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, discuss their research about incidence and causes of traumatic brain injuries. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Burns Registry of ANZ, with Dr Heather Cleland
Dr Heather Cleland
Volume 204, Issue 5: 21 March 2016. Dr Heather Cleland is Director of the Victorian Adult Burns Service. She discusses data from the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand and its vital role in advancing and improving burns treatment. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Also available as a video here.
Prof Gerard FitzGerald, QUT
Professor Gerard FitzGerald
Volume 203, Issue 6 - 21 September. Professor Gerard FitzGerald is professor of Public Health at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, and is also a former Commissioner of the Queensland Ambulance Service. To accompany his editorial in the 21 September issue of the MJA, Professor FitzGerald talks about whether paramedics are exceeding the scope of their practice. With MJA engagement editor, Cate Swannell.
Professor Fary Khan
Professor Fary Khan
Volume 202, Issue 11 -- 15 June. Professor Fary Khan is director of rehabilitation medicine at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She recently led a seven-member team from RMH to Nepal to assist with the treatment of severe spinal injuries in the wake of the 7.8 magnitude Ghorka earthquake. She speaks with MJA engagement editor Cate Swannell about her experiences there. This podcast is also available as a video here.