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18 June 2026
Behind the scenes with an unseen first responder
If you’ve ever called RBWH or STARS, you may have spoken to Juanita, one of the switchboard team who keep patients, families and clinicians connected.
17 June 2026
RBWH nurses armed with a new training tool
Nurses at RBWH now have access to a realistic simulator arm to help them practice and refine complex vascular access techniques for dialysis patients.
15 June 2026
Secrets for longevity from a centenarian
Eloise reflects on a life well lived and the secrets to making it to 101 years of age over a piece of birthday cake.
News , Metro North , TPCH
15 June 2026
Emergency care in the comfort of your own home: The Virtual Emergency Care Service
The Virtual Emergency Care Service (VECS) is a free, Queensland-wide service for non-life-threatening emergencies for both adults and children.
News , Metro North , STARS
Events
Queensland Health Spirometry Training Program – Virtual workshop
The Spirometry training program provides clinicians with the skills, knowledge and specific competencies required to perform spirometry to international standards and Queensland Health guidelines.
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.
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Sometimes our smallest patients go on the biggest journeys to get the care that they need. ❤️🩹
The NeoRESQ team helps to transfer premature and critically ill babies from across Queensland and northern New South Wales to life-saving treatment here at the RBWH.
Take a look behind the scenes at how the team prepares to go out on a retrieval. 🚁🚑
Fabulous
Go Billy! Go Hosey! 😎
Great to see Karen again after all these years!
Nice vid
Well done team, love Rubie ❤️
You're all making a difference to fragile babies lives 👏🏼
The "Glenda and Annie team" is a hard act to follow, having spent 40 years together helping patients in RBWH surgical theatres. 👯♀️
This bestie duo has been working together since 1984 but have an even longer friendship dating back to high school, before they together did their nursing studies and worked at Metro North.
When Glenda was left short-staffed at RBWH one evening, she called on her trusted sidekick Annie who was based at TPCH, and they've been inseparable ever since.
"One night we only had three registered nurses on, but everyone was sick except me. We had this huge case come in, and I said, 'Annie I some need extra hands; I'm going to give you a lesson in 10 minutes on how to scout in an operating room' and it went from there," Glenda explains.
"I eventually got into theatre, and I've been there ever since. We’ve been very fortunate to work together, it's been an absolute privilege which I think is why we’ve stayed as long as we have," Annie said.
"In surgery, you are only as good as your scout nurse and I had the best one in Annie," Glenda added.
👏 A big #ShoutoutSaturday to Glenda and Annie, showing us what the power of two can do!
When Angels operates in Human form that's who you're..
Actual nursing legends, and such a special story 🙌🏻🫶🏼
Fabulous nurses, even better friends- you made the years of PACU night duty tolerable - lots of laughs and amazing work 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Human angels
Always need them
What a beautiful friendship and team you guys make!! Such a special adventure you guys have had. What a pleasure it’s been to learn from you both!! Absolute dream team! 😘
Glenda Radel this will be you and Nae
Beautiful story thanks for sharing.🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌❤️💙🌄💯
Thanks lovely ladies
Awesome shoutout to two amazing ladies. I have learnt so much from them both. Going through your career with your bestie by your side is such a special thing.
Thanks for putting up with us as students.
😍 😍 😍 ♥️
Many years and many stories I am so proud of the work they have done for the health of so many Queenslanders. You are just two of the many superstars keeping our hospital theatres running. 🤩
Congratulations to you both
Go you! Nothing like having a great "Girl Squad"
Absolute legends! Together Glenda & Annie have saved so many lives and healed so many hurts🫶🏻Honoured to have worked alongside you both for 13 years😍
Nurses are the best !!!!
Love this!
Couldn’t do that these days
Looking good ladies, Operating theatre legends. ♥️
What a great dream team Annie and Glenda helping so many consumers how wonderful. 💜💜
Wonderful Article!! Many Congratulations and blessings my friend! You deserve every accolade! Xox💕🌻
Thank you Glenda and Annie how wonderful love this story of great friendship ❤️❤️
Healthmaxxing, more like exxhausting! 🫠 The latest trend to sweep the internet, incorporating ‘Looksmaxxing’ and other health and physical wellbeing goals to maximise your health, is likely doing you more harm than good.
The trend is encouraging everything from starving yourself to eating dangerous amounts of protein and fibre, ‘dryscooping’ where pre-workout is consumed dry without water, through to illegal steroid or drug use.
RBWH Dietitian Helen unpacks the toxxic trend all over our feeds, sharing her thoughts on some of the big impacts on our health to beware of, including:
1. Protein toxicity: Excess protein ends up being stored as fat. High protein foods are often highly processed too, with added sweeteners, emulsifiers and additives – which can have a negative impact on gut health!
2. Nutrient deficiency: Maxxing up one nutrient risks creating deficiencies in others. Nutrient deficiencies can result in skin conditions, brittle nails and lacklustre hair (which may be the opposite of Looksmaxxing!), and that’s just the start.
3. Steroids and hormonal ‘T-maxxing’ issues: T-maxxing is adding testosterone, but our bodies have finely tuned mechanisms to keep our hormones at optimal levels for health. Testosterone levels both too low and too high disrupt the balance and have consequences – that’s why our bodies work hard to keep our hormone levels stable. Too much testosterone, or T-maxxing can cause acne, mood swings, baldness and increased risk of high blood pressure and prostate cancer.
4. Liver failure from vitamin stacking: Supplement stacking and vitamin stacking uses combinations of supplements and vitamins that have never been tested to work together. The stacked nutrients may be competing for the same binding site in the gut, or interact with each other with a bad outcome, such as extra stress on the liver, kidneys and nutrient deficiencies. They are a biohack that seems like an easy fix, a way to bypass the things we all know are really helpful, but veg-maxxing is a much harder sell, right? 🥕🌽🥑
Read more about healthmaxxing here: metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/metro-north-news/toxxic-trend-sweeping-social
As a vegan, I always joke that im "fibremaxxing" 😂
Veg-maxxing! Love it! 🥗🥦🥕🌽🥑
This post mixes a few real concepts with a lot of exaggeration and some incorrect biology. 1. “Protein toxicity” / protein - fat storage / gut damage Mostly misleading. * There is no such thing as “protein toxicity” in healthy people eating normal or even high protein diets. * Protein does not automatically turn into fat. It can be converted to glucose or oxidised for energy, but fat gain only happens when total calories are in surplus, regardless of source. * The “high protein foods are highly processed” claim is partly true for some products (protein bars, flavoured powders), but: * Whole food high-protein sources (meat, eggs, fish, Greek yoghurt, legumes) are not “ultra-processed”. * Gut health impacts come from overall diet quality (especially fibre diversity), not protein itself. Reality: Very high protein intakes are generally safe in healthy kidneys and are commonly used in sports nutrition. 2. “Nutrient deficiency from maxxing one nutrient” Partly true, but overstated. * It is true that extreme, unbalanced diets can displace other nutrients (e.g., eating only protein shakes or only meat). * But in normal “high protein” or “high fibre” or “high carb” diets: *Deficiencies are usually about lack of variety, not “one nutrient blocking another”. * The body regulates absorption quite well in most cases. Reality: Deficiencies come from restricted diets over time, not from simply increasing one macronutrient. 3. “T-maxxing / testosterone dangers” Mix of truth and exaggeration. * The body does maintain hormonal balance via feedback loops (hypothalamus–pituitary–gonadal axis). * Raising testosterone above natural physiological range with steroids/TRT misuse can cause: * Acne * Mood changes/irritability * Hair loss in genetically susceptible people * Increased hematocrit (thicker blood) * Cardiovascular risk changes (context-dependent and dose-dependent) But: * “Prostate cancer risk” is not clearly proven to increase from normal or medically supervised testosterone therapy. That claim is debated and often overstated online. * Natural “optimising testosterone” through sleep, training, weight loss does not push levels into dangerous territory. Reality: Problems arise mainly with supraphysiological steroid use, not normal hormonal variation or medical TRT when monitored. 4. “Vitamin stacking → liver failure / organ stress” Mostly misleading as written. * It is true that: * Fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K) can accumulate and become toxic at very high doses. * Some supplements (like high-dose vitamin A or iron) can harm the liver in excess. But: * “Vitamin stacking hasn’t been tested together” is not accurate — nutrient interactions are well studied. * Most common supplements (multivitamins, protein, magnesium, etc.) are not causing liver failure in normal doses. * Liver/kidney damage from supplements usually involves: * Extremely high dosing * Or specific toxic compounds, not general “stacking” Reality: Supplement risk is about dose and specific substances, not the concept of combining vitamins. Bottom line This is written in a “biohacking fear” tone. It: * Takes real edge cases (steroids abuse, extreme diets, megadoses) * And presents them as if they apply broadly to normal fitness / nutrition behaviour A more accurate summary would be: Balanced high-protein diets are safe, nutrient balance matters, testosterone is safe within physiological or medically supervised ranges, and supplements are generally safe at recommended doses - problems arise with extremes, not normal optimisation. Not fear mongering.
The people following this trend aren’t going to take advice from a rainbow maxxer…
Never take advice from a rainbow 🌈 wearer
Just having lunch here with Paul… well his bowling ball 🎳 as Paul’s dead, and well domestic violence related issues came to mind to low testosterone and stems to mind for recent events the mood problems associated with low testosterone are not mentioned here and that’s a dangerous thing for men’s health issues and well can’t forget that lack of sleep burning yourself out to fit in the schedule
Our very own Associate Professor Michael Steyn has received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division for significant service to anaesthesiology and peri-operative medicine, as well as health leadership.💫
Dr Michael, who grew up in Scotland and trained as a rural GP before he admits he 'got lost in anaesthetics' says he's always been passionate about supporting our regional and rural colleagues.
"As anaesthetists, we work throughout the hospital, not just in theatre, but in helping patients to cope with all areas of their healthcare journey," he said.
"I've been at RBWH since I moved to Australia, but I've always been involved in supporting people across the State and further afield."
In 2011, Michael had to temporarily hang up his scrubs as he was cared for as a patient, after learning he had bowel cancer.
"I was very ill - this hospital did all my imaging, and they did a great job," he said.
Michael recovered from cancer and returned to work to continue caring for patients as well as mentoring and training junior staff, which remains his current passion.
Congratulations Michael!
Well deserved!
What a star, congratulations
Congratulations Michael, well deserved, I also had the privilege of working with Michael. One of the good guys
Congratulations Michael, it was a privilege and honour to work with you, a well deserved award, thank you.
Congratulations Michael
Congratulations Michael! Very well deserved. I’ve learnt many great things from you
Congratulations sir. You deserve it
Hi Michael, Congratulations, this is well deserved.
Congratulations Michael! Well deserved 👏
Well deserved Michael. Congratulations. Glad to see you are doing so well.
Well deserved Mike
Warmest congratulations Michael - Always so thoughtful, calm and caring!
It was a pleasure to meet & work with Dr Michael Steyn many years ago ago with the first team supporting all Anaesthetist across QLD
Well deserved recognition Michael. Thank you
It’s about time our outstanding Doctors and staff are truly recognised
Congratulations Michael! 🎉
Congratulations Michael!!
Congratulations Michael
Who’s a clever boy then?! Congrats 🥳
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations!
An amazing doctor
Well done Michael. Great leader, educator and colleague.
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