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Gynaecology Workshop
Date: 26 August 2026 Venue: Kedron–Wavell Services Club – 21 Kittyhawk Dr, Chermside Time: 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Advanced Life Support – Level 1 Course
Level 1 courses are for those clinicians who want general competence in airway management and basic life support for a deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest. Suitable if you normally are part of team rather than the lead.
Queensland Health Spirometry Training Program – The Prince Charles Hospital
The Spirometry training program provides clinicians with the skills, knowledge and specific competencies required to perform spirometry to international standards and Queensland Health guidelines.
"We didn't know it was a heart attack at the time; I just collapsed and couldn't breathe and then my husband revived me which is a secret skill I didn't know he had. I was working about a month prior cleaning and detailing caravans, but I'm retired now. The episode happened the day before my 66th birthday, and it was a good birthday because I was alive. You've just got to enjoy every second of your life because I almost didn't have one. I'm looking forward to going back to my grandkids' rugby league and soccer games and have a "cuppa' with them."
💭 Monday Mantra, Cheryl, TPCH Cardiac Patient
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"We didn`t know it was a heart attack at the time; I just collapsed and couldn`t breathe and then my husband revived me which is a secret skill I didn`t know he had. I was working about a month prior cleaning and detailing caravans, but I`m retired now. The episode happened the day before my 66th birthday, and it was a good birthday because I was alive. You`ve just got to enjoy every second of your life because I almost didn`t have one. I`m looking forward to going back to my grandkids` rugby league and soccer games and have a "cuppa` with them."
💭 Monday Mantra, Cheryl, TPCH Cardiac Patient
That`s not your healthcare worker; it`s your favourite dog breed! 🐶
Which one are you? If you or a healthcare-working loved one relate to one of these, tag them in the comments below. 🐾
In honour of her late nanna, TPCH Registered Nurse Maddy has recently returned from swimming the English Channel in just 10 hours and 26 minutes! 🏊❤️🩹
Maddy`s desire to pursue nursing was born out of wanting to care her for nanna in her last years - with the swim an added dedication to her special relative, having undertaken the gruelling challenge on her late nanna`s birthday.
"I stopped competitive swimming when I started nursing in 2021 just because it was quite hard to do shift work and do competitive swimming. So when my nanna passed away, I wanted to do something her for which was to swim the channel and also raise money for Dementia Australia," Maddy said.
"I had a window from the 21st to the 28th and her birthday was the 22nd. They were going to send me on the first day but decided the second day was looking way better - it was pretty special to do it this day.
"My nanna always wanted everyone around her to be a nurse as she wanted to be a nurse herself. I wanted to learn how to help my nanna with her Alzheimer`s Disease because she had it for 20 years before she died at 94, it progressively got worse and I wanted to help her out as best I can."
#ShoutoutSaturday to Maddy and her dedication to helping her nanna, and others at TPCH.
From prosthetic legs to spinal braces, this team gets creative when it comes to helping patients get back on their feet. 🦿
Prosthetist Orthotists Rachel and Alyssa work with patients to find their perfect fit of a prosthetic or orthotic device to help them kick goals on their recovery journey.
"It is a pretty niche profession, and each day is different. We see outpatients where we assess them and make something custom, but we are also on the wards fitting off the shelf devices and we also do specialty clinics," Alyssa said.
"There is a lot more to orthotics than just foot orthotics which is what people think of firstly, orthotics is any externally applied supportive device so that could be a knee brace, or an abdominal binder or a halo," Rachel said.
"One of my favourite parts of the job is that we do our assessment, make the patient a device and typically the patient feels the effects of our work instantly, someone could come in in a wheelchair not being able to walk, you give them a prosthesis or an orthosis and they can walk that day," Rachel added. 🤍
