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Call for EMHS Aboriginal Health Community Advisory Groups (CAG) members 23 July 2021 East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) is seeking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are proactive in the community to join the EMHS Aboriginal Health Community Advisory Groups (CAG). If you are interested in making a difference, then East Metropolitan Health Service invites you to join their Aboriginal Health Community Advisory Groups for Royal Perth, Bentley, St John of God Midland Public, Armadale and Kalamunda hospitals. The members of CAG’s have been actively involved in making many changes within EMHS hospitals, programs and policies. This includes providing cultural input on current projects across EMHS. The groups focus on improving the overall health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people, their families including children and young people and ensuring EMHS continues to improve the cultural appropriateness and inclusivity of its services. For more information yo... -
RPH Anaesthetist leads milestone trial 28 May 2021 A large scale trial by Monash University has definitively found a drug commonly used during anaesthesia before surgery to prevent nausea and vomiting does not increase the risk of a surgical wound infection as once feared. Professor Tomás Corcoran, Director of Research in the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, at Royal Perth Hospital and Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Central Clinical School at Monash University, was the lead researcher in the Perioperative Administration of Dexamethasone and Infection Trial (PADDI) (external link). Tomas said that the study had the potential to influence anaesthesia practice around the world. “The steroid drug, dexamethasone, is often given by anaesthetists during surgery,” he said. “However, because of its effects on the immune system there has been growing concern that it may increase the risk of wound infections,... -
RPBG patients benefiting from new at home treatment 14 May 2021 Immunoglobulin (Ig) therapy is used to treat patients who are deficient in immunoglobulins (antibodies), which are a vital part of the body’s defence against foreign invaders like bacteria, or viruses. Patients who have specific haematology, neurology or immunology-based conditions are often required to participate in time consuming treatments at RPH every three to four weeks. The Ig treatment can typically take anywhere between three and eight hours to administer, resulting in the patient attending the hospital for extended periods of time. However, for the past nine months, the Standard 7 Blood Management Committee have been working on the development of a self-administered Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin (SCIg) treatment, which could see patients administer the treatment from the comfort of their own home, offering greater freedom and flexibility around when and where they receive thei... -
P.A.R.T.Y. Program recognised for outstanding achievement 01 April 2021 East Metropolitan Health Service is proud of RPH’s Prevent Alcohol and Risk-related Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y.) Program, which has won at the 2021 Injury Matters Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Awards. The program, which aims to promote injury prevention through reality education, was awarded in the category of ‘Outstanding Achievement Empowering WA to Prevent Injury or Support Recovery Award’. The program also received a highly commended in the ‘Outstanding Achievement in Injury Prevention or Safety Promotion’ category. Clinical Nurse Kath Blackman, Clinical Nurse Kellie Christie and Clerical Officer Lilian Camilleri represented the P.A.R.T.Y. Program at an awards ceremony held on 25 March. The focus of the P.A.R.T.Y. Program is to provide youth the experience of an imaginary trauma patient from the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit and trauma wards at RPH. Particip... -
Vendors - Beware of Scam Emails 01 April 2021 We’ve been made aware of scam emails impersonating Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) procurement seeking quotes for goods and services. These scam emails have RPH’s branding and are designed to trick readers into interacting and providing financial information to them for fraudulent purposes. See the example of one of these emails below: Email phishing scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated but there are a few things you can do to verify if the email is safe and genuine. Check the email address matches who they say they are (it should come from firstname.surname@health.wa.gov.au) Look out for obvious spelling/grammatical mistakes as this could be an indication that the email is suspicious. Consider if you normally handle these types of requests or communicate to this person. Is the sender asking you to divulge sensitive information? Are they trying to gi...
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18/11/2021