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Some of you may be dressing up as skeletons today for Halloween, but our radiographers are checking out the real thing! 🩻🦴

RBWH Radiographer Alice works across various hospital areas including emergency, theatre and general x-ray and wants you to stay safe if you`re trick or treating or partying today, to avoid a trip to the hospital.

"A lot of the trauma scans we see here every day are broken bones from e-scooters, so avoid the e-scooter when going trick or treating," Alice says.

"Theatre and emergency are particularly interesting areas, they are very fast paced but occasionally you might see something a little gory, however you get to be a part of that patient`s story for a short time."

A big #ShoutoutSaturday to Alice and our medical imaging teams for making our patients feel safe and reassured, and that it`s not too scary if you have to visit us. ❤️‍🩹 ...

From loving hands to little arms, these crafty donations can make the difference in a young patient`s day. 🧸🌈

Thanks to generous donations from organised community groups like @thatyarnplace as well as individual donations from local community members, TPCH Registrar Dr Nick and Clinical Nurse Christine cheer up sick kids in the ED and paediatric ward with hand knitted teddies.

"It brings a smile to their faces and definitely calms them in situations where they might be headed into a procedure and they are worried about being in hospital," Christine says.

"We want to rewrite the narrative that hospitals are scary places, by them getting something to take home it makes it a positive experience for them," Dr Nick adds.

If you have some crafting skills you want to share with our local Paediatric Emergency Departments, donations are always welcome. 🧶❤️‍🩹 ...

Our Gannet House residents are putting their best foot forward with fortnightly seated ballet exercises led by the team at Queensland Ballet! 🩰

Ex-ballerina Marilyn loves when Olivia and the Queensland Ballet team visit and says it not only reminds her of her younger years but is also a great way to keep active.

"I was a ballerina many years ago, and it`s really good exercise for your arms in particular," Marilyn says.

This program was piloted in aged care homes and backed by government funding through to June this year, however the residents at Gannet loved the program so much that they campaigned to continue this activity into the future! They`re all doing their happy dance that the progam is here to stay. ...

Our Occupational Therapists such as TPCH Senior OT Jess play a crucial role working with mental health patients to restore everyday functioning and build strategies to participate meaningfully in their daily activities. 💪

"We see patients in a sub-acute setting so that means they`ve been discharged from emergency, they may have been referred from their GP, or they may have contacted the 24/7 mental health line seeking support," Jess says.

"Our role is to perform mental health assessments on people to monitor their mental state, and we have our new OT clinic where we work in smaller groups, focussing on emotional regulation tasks to improve their overall functioning and skills to cope during crisis.

"Someone may not be attending work, or engaging in any type of hobbies, so we can find out what the perpetuating factor might be and make recommendations on how they can change their environment to improve this." 🎾🤿🧩🎣

There is an opportunity to join the OT team at TPCH today, click the link in our bio to apply! #WorkforusWednesday ...