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Hyperbaric supervisor Bob takes patients on a ‘deep dive’
After a decorated naval career, Bob Campbell is still using his diving skills as a senior hyperbaric chamber supervisor at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
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Three RBWH doctors were recently named in the top 2 per cent of the most-cited scientists in the world in a Stanford University study.
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![All Queensland newborn babies will now be eligible for a free RSV immunisation, which will keep little ones protected from respiratory illness in the cooler months. 🫁
RSV is a highly contagious viral infection that infects upper airways and lungs and can lead you to require hospitalisation.
New parents Sarah and George joined RBWH midwife Sandy in hearing more about the RSV immunisation program when it was announced yesterday.
We are excited to have commenced this RSV immunisation program to protect our littlest patients and keep them safe from illness, Sandy said. 💓
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All Queensland newborn babies will now be eligible for a free RSV immunisation, which will keep little ones protected from respiratory illness in the cooler months. 🫁
RSV is a highly contagious viral infection that infects upper airways and lungs and can lead you to require hospitalisation.
New parents Sarah and George joined RBWH midwife Sandy in hearing more about the RSV immunisation program when it was announced yesterday.
"We are excited to have commenced this RSV immunisation program to protect our littlest patients and keep them safe from illness," Sandy said. 💓
[Accessibility image description: New parents Sarah and George sit on a couch with midwife Sarah. George holds his new baby girl in his arms.]
My 6 month old got RSV in the maternity ward in October wish it was available then ❤️🩹
Sand O'b looking good!
Go Sandy!!!
"I'm a mum of three boys. I never wanted a girl because she would turn out to be like me - and guess what? The boys are exactly like me! They're opinionated and strong willed and they believe in themselves. I’d like to think that I taught them that. It's just been me and the boys for a long time."
#MondayMantra ☁️ Jodie, 48 years old, RBWH general surgical patient.
Stay strong
RBWH hyperbaric chamber supervisor Bob goes on a deep dive with his patients to get them back to health. ⚓🤿
After leaving the military in 1986 where Bob was a Navy clearance diver, Bob began a career working offshore where he began his saturation diving course in 1990 in Scotland. This then kicked off his 20-year long career as a saturation diver. 🛥️
In 2020, Bob took up a role as senior hyperbaric chamber supervisor at the RBWH where he has the important job of supervising the 'diving' side of patients going through a treatment.
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment is the inhalation of 100% oxygen inside a treatment chamber at a pressure greater than sea level.
“The doctors are the ones administering the drug which is the oxygen, but I am controlling the dive itself which is all done via a computerised panel," Bob said.
“We monitor the dive constantly by calculating what the decompression obligation is, so that it's not too much pressure for the patients because they don't have a nitrogen load.” 🫧
[Accessibility image description: Bob wears a blue and white printed shirt, and is smiling standing in front of the hyperbaric chamber.]
Read more about Bob's story here: metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/news/bob-takes-patients-on-a-deep-dive
What is it used to treat?
Further to my earlier comment it changed my life after treatment for cancer. Would go again in a heartbeat as it made such a difference. Bob was a friendly face each day to greet before each treatment.
Well done Bob thanks for your work ❤️👍
How often is the chamber used for divers? Or is it mostly for wounds?
Always a friendly face.
Anthony Bebic interesting
An influenza vaccine can keep you safe during the cooler months, but with egg-based, adjuvanted, high-dose and cell-based vaccines available - which one should you get?
RBWH vaccination clinical nurse consultant Victoria explains the various options.
🥚 Egg-based influenza vaccines are prepared from purified inactivated influenza virus that has been cultivated in embryonated hen's eggs, and they include the standard dose.
Suitable for: 6 months - 64 years old.
💉Adjuvanted and high-dose influenza vaccines are both ‘enhanced’ vaccines specifically designed to increase the response of the immune system to the vaccine. Adjuvanted influenza vaccines contain the standard amount of antigen but with an adjuvant (a compound that stimulates a higher immune response to a vaccine) added.
Suitable for: over 65 years old.
🧫Cell-based influenza vaccines are prepared from purified inactivated influenza virus that has been propagated in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells.
Suitable for: 6 months - 64 years old.
Consult with your immunisation provider for individualised advice on the influenza vaccines available to you.
[Accessibility image description: Victoria is in dark blue scrubs, wearing a bright yellow lanyard with buildings in the background.]
Are the mRNA ?
"I've been in the paper before. I made and sold rosella, lychee and pineapple jams and freshly picked papaya from my garden in Rollingstone, Townsville. I had been making jam since I left school, I used to make it for my mum. Our whole family worked in a cannery making jam. I ran into some council zoning issues, which is why I was in the paper. I was just trying to make my own way in life."
#MondayMantra ☁️ Le-Roy, 69 years old, RBWH general surgical patient and conserve connoisseur. 🍓🍍
Best of luck to you.hope you get home to everything you love as soon as possible.xo
Bless you heaps, i hope you get well, i personally have always loved jam, and all who make it
Best wishes and speedy recovery.
Love pineapple jam!!!! Thanks Le-roy, get home soon!
Lychee jam sounds lovely. Never seen it before.
My favourite is Rosella jam
get well soon Le-roy
Well done Le-Roy 👍
Get well soon
Latest news
Hyperbaric supervisor Bob takes patients on a ‘deep dive’
After a decorated naval career, Bob Campbell is still using his diving skills as a senior hyperbaric chamber supervisor at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
RBWH doctors among world’s best
Three RBWH doctors were recently named in the top 2 per cent of the most-cited scientists in the world in a Stanford University study.
Events
/ MetroNorthHHS
All Queensland newborn babies will now be eligible for a free RSV immunisation, which will keep little ones protected from respiratory illness in the cooler months. 🫁
RSV is a highly contagious viral infection that infects upper airways and lungs and can lead you to require hospitalisation.
New parents Sarah and George joined RBWH midwife Sandy in hearing more about the RSV immunisation program when it was announced yesterday.
"We are excited to have commenced this RSV immunisation program to protect our littlest patients and keep them safe from illness," Sandy said. 💓
[Accessibility image description: New parents Sarah and George sit on a couch with midwife Sarah. George holds his new baby girl in his arms.]
My 6 month old got RSV in the maternity ward in October wish it was available then ❤️🩹
Sand O'b looking good!
Go Sandy!!!
"I'm a mum of three boys. I never wanted a girl because she would turn out to be like me - and guess what? The boys are exactly like me! They're opinionated and strong willed and they believe in themselves. I’d like to think that I taught them that. It's just been me and the boys for a long time."
#MondayMantra ☁️ Jodie, 48 years old, RBWH general surgical patient.
Stay strong
RBWH hyperbaric chamber supervisor Bob goes on a deep dive with his patients to get them back to health. ⚓🤿
After leaving the military in 1986 where Bob was a Navy clearance diver, Bob began a career working offshore where he began his saturation diving course in 1990 in Scotland. This then kicked off his 20-year long career as a saturation diver. 🛥️
In 2020, Bob took up a role as senior hyperbaric chamber supervisor at the RBWH where he has the important job of supervising the 'diving' side of patients going through a treatment.
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment is the inhalation of 100% oxygen inside a treatment chamber at a pressure greater than sea level.
“The doctors are the ones administering the drug which is the oxygen, but I am controlling the dive itself which is all done via a computerised panel," Bob said.
“We monitor the dive constantly by calculating what the decompression obligation is, so that it's not too much pressure for the patients because they don't have a nitrogen load.” 🫧
[Accessibility image description: Bob wears a blue and white printed shirt, and is smiling standing in front of the hyperbaric chamber.]
Read more about Bob's story here: metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/news/bob-takes-patients-on-a-deep-dive
What is it used to treat?
Further to my earlier comment it changed my life after treatment for cancer. Would go again in a heartbeat as it made such a difference. Bob was a friendly face each day to greet before each treatment.
Well done Bob thanks for your work ❤️👍
How often is the chamber used for divers? Or is it mostly for wounds?
Always a friendly face.
Anthony Bebic interesting
An influenza vaccine can keep you safe during the cooler months, but with egg-based, adjuvanted, high-dose and cell-based vaccines available - which one should you get?
RBWH vaccination clinical nurse consultant Victoria explains the various options.
🥚 Egg-based influenza vaccines are prepared from purified inactivated influenza virus that has been cultivated in embryonated hen's eggs, and they include the standard dose.
Suitable for: 6 months - 64 years old.
💉Adjuvanted and high-dose influenza vaccines are both ‘enhanced’ vaccines specifically designed to increase the response of the immune system to the vaccine. Adjuvanted influenza vaccines contain the standard amount of antigen but with an adjuvant (a compound that stimulates a higher immune response to a vaccine) added.
Suitable for: over 65 years old.
🧫Cell-based influenza vaccines are prepared from purified inactivated influenza virus that has been propagated in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells.
Suitable for: 6 months - 64 years old.
Consult with your immunisation provider for individualised advice on the influenza vaccines available to you.
[Accessibility image description: Victoria is in dark blue scrubs, wearing a bright yellow lanyard with buildings in the background.]
Are the mRNA ?
"I've been in the paper before. I made and sold rosella, lychee and pineapple jams and freshly picked papaya from my garden in Rollingstone, Townsville. I had been making jam since I left school, I used to make it for my mum. Our whole family worked in a cannery making jam. I ran into some council zoning issues, which is why I was in the paper. I was just trying to make my own way in life."
#MondayMantra ☁️ Le-Roy, 69 years old, RBWH general surgical patient and conserve connoisseur. 🍓🍍
Best of luck to you.hope you get home to everything you love as soon as possible.xo
Bless you heaps, i hope you get well, i personally have always loved jam, and all who make it
Best wishes and speedy recovery.
Love pineapple jam!!!! Thanks Le-roy, get home soon!
Lychee jam sounds lovely. Never seen it before.
My favourite is Rosella jam
get well soon Le-roy
Well done Le-Roy 👍
Get well soon
Latest news
Hyperbaric supervisor Bob takes patients on a ‘deep dive’
After a decorated naval career, Bob Campbell is still using his diving skills as a senior hyperbaric chamber supervisor at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
Events
/ MetroNorthHHS
All Queensland newborn babies will now be eligible for a free RSV immunisation, which will keep little ones protected from respiratory illness in the cooler months. 🫁
RSV is a highly contagious viral infection that infects upper airways and lungs and can lead you to require hospitalisation.
New parents Sarah and George joined RBWH midwife Sandy in hearing more about the RSV immunisation program when it was announced yesterday.
"We are excited to have commenced this RSV immunisation program to protect our littlest patients and keep them safe from illness," Sandy said. 💓
[Accessibility image description: New parents Sarah and George sit on a couch with midwife Sarah. George holds his new baby girl in his arms.]
My 6 month old got RSV in the maternity ward in October wish it was available then ❤️🩹
Sand O'b looking good!
Go Sandy!!!
"I'm a mum of three boys. I never wanted a girl because she would turn out to be like me - and guess what? The boys are exactly like me! They're opinionated and strong willed and they believe in themselves. I’d like to think that I taught them that. It's just been me and the boys for a long time."
#MondayMantra ☁️ Jodie, 48 years old, RBWH general surgical patient.
Stay strong
RBWH hyperbaric chamber supervisor Bob goes on a deep dive with his patients to get them back to health. ⚓🤿
After leaving the military in 1986 where Bob was a Navy clearance diver, Bob began a career working offshore where he began his saturation diving course in 1990 in Scotland. This then kicked off his 20-year long career as a saturation diver. 🛥️
In 2020, Bob took up a role as senior hyperbaric chamber supervisor at the RBWH where he has the important job of supervising the 'diving' side of patients going through a treatment.
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment is the inhalation of 100% oxygen inside a treatment chamber at a pressure greater than sea level.
“The doctors are the ones administering the drug which is the oxygen, but I am controlling the dive itself which is all done via a computerised panel," Bob said.
“We monitor the dive constantly by calculating what the decompression obligation is, so that it's not too much pressure for the patients because they don't have a nitrogen load.” 🫧
[Accessibility image description: Bob wears a blue and white printed shirt, and is smiling standing in front of the hyperbaric chamber.]
Read more about Bob's story here: metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/news/bob-takes-patients-on-a-deep-dive
What is it used to treat?
Further to my earlier comment it changed my life after treatment for cancer. Would go again in a heartbeat as it made such a difference. Bob was a friendly face each day to greet before each treatment.
Well done Bob thanks for your work ❤️👍
How often is the chamber used for divers? Or is it mostly for wounds?
Always a friendly face.
Anthony Bebic interesting
An influenza vaccine can keep you safe during the cooler months, but with egg-based, adjuvanted, high-dose and cell-based vaccines available - which one should you get?
RBWH vaccination clinical nurse consultant Victoria explains the various options.
🥚 Egg-based influenza vaccines are prepared from purified inactivated influenza virus that has been cultivated in embryonated hen's eggs, and they include the standard dose.
Suitable for: 6 months - 64 years old.
💉Adjuvanted and high-dose influenza vaccines are both ‘enhanced’ vaccines specifically designed to increase the response of the immune system to the vaccine. Adjuvanted influenza vaccines contain the standard amount of antigen but with an adjuvant (a compound that stimulates a higher immune response to a vaccine) added.
Suitable for: over 65 years old.
🧫Cell-based influenza vaccines are prepared from purified inactivated influenza virus that has been propagated in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells.
Suitable for: 6 months - 64 years old.
Consult with your immunisation provider for individualised advice on the influenza vaccines available to you.
[Accessibility image description: Victoria is in dark blue scrubs, wearing a bright yellow lanyard with buildings in the background.]
Are the mRNA ?
"I've been in the paper before. I made and sold rosella, lychee and pineapple jams and freshly picked papaya from my garden in Rollingstone, Townsville. I had been making jam since I left school, I used to make it for my mum. Our whole family worked in a cannery making jam. I ran into some council zoning issues, which is why I was in the paper. I was just trying to make my own way in life."
#MondayMantra ☁️ Le-Roy, 69 years old, RBWH general surgical patient and conserve connoisseur. 🍓🍍
Best of luck to you.hope you get home to everything you love as soon as possible.xo
Bless you heaps, i hope you get well, i personally have always loved jam, and all who make it
Best wishes and speedy recovery.
Love pineapple jam!!!! Thanks Le-roy, get home soon!
Lychee jam sounds lovely. Never seen it before.
My favourite is Rosella jam
get well soon Le-roy
Well done Le-Roy 👍
Get well soon
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