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Events
Advanced Life Support - Level 1 Course
Date: 11 March 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
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.
Advanced Life Support - Level 1 Course
Date: 11 March 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
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.
Advanced Life Support - Level 1 Course
Date: 15 April 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
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.
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Phone: (07) 3646 8111
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If your weekend plans include binging The Pitt, the latest Emmy-winning TV show set in the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Centre, then you're not alone - even Dr Sean, Director of Emergency at RBWH will be doing so! 🍿
The show is proving popular with the general public and our ED team alike, with many parallels to what our emergency and trauma teams deal with each day.
Sean reflects on a day in the life for our emergency staff, which can be very busy depending on who needs help.
"One of the reasons people choose to work in emergency is because we don't have a 'normal' day, and no two are ever the same," he says.
"The afternoons and evenings are always buzzing, at RBWH we are the leading trauma centre but also the stroke centre for North Brisbane, and remain busy tending to all the other emergency presentations too.
"An important part of the care we provide is not just treating the patient clinically but keeping the family up to date and supported - and we are all trained to do this, but also have our amazing 24/7 social workers who support loved ones during what can be a difficult time."
#ShoutoutSaturday to our incredible emergency teams, our real-life The Pitt stars! 📺⭐
That’s a photo for the scrap book!
We love Sean!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Great work Sean by you and the whole team - we are lucky to have you
Thank you for all that you do for the patients and all of the ETC staff.
Well done Rothy!!🩷
Beautiful team ❤️
Such a dedicated and hard working team. Great job Rothy and ETC 👏
Love your work, Dr Sean and the RBWH ETC team!
The best! 🌟
Great photo Sean! Great leadership, great team!
An amazing team of people 👏💗
Dr or movie star?
Yay the Social Workers!
That’s a great photo.😘
Hats off to you Sean! You are an amazing Consultant 😊
Miss working with him
Is a good doctor like doctor Gary have respectful both of them peace out
Well done
Respect
Gina has a fighting spirit that won't let her become one of the 51 per cent of ovarian cancer survivors who don't make the five-year mark. 👊
As the deadliest cancer for all women, and with 'everyday life' symptoms that don't immediately spark concern, it's important that we know what to look out for and always seek extra testing to detect ovarian cancer as early as possible.
Gina caught her cancer at Stage 4, and with the help of GynaeOncology Clinical Nurse Consultant Tara and the treating team at RBWH, she's now in remission, with an important message for all women.
"I knew in my heart that something was wrong - I had just turned 50 and was trying to lose my tummy for my son's wedding, and felt tired and had a sore back, which I put down to years of wearing heels," Gina says, reflecting on the weeks prior to her diagnosis in mid-2024.
"My GP sent me for a scan and I was admitted to hospital that same day, where I underwent rounds of chemo and surgery for my aggressive Stage 4 ovarian cancer, and I am now in remission but that does not mean cured.
"I have four kids and actually had one of my ovaries removed at 32 when I had my twins - so if you can believe it, I got ovarian cancer with one ovary.
"The goal now is to be as healthy as possible, and encourage women to talk to their GP when they are bloated, have pelvic pain, feel full after small meals, and have irregular bleeding - it's important to advocate for yourself and don't discount the symptoms, as it can be diagnosed with an ultrasound and a blood test." ❤️🩹
What scans and blood tests are best chance of accurate diagnosis please
Glad you’re doing ok now Gina, stay strong.
Thank you ☺️ for sharing this important information it may just save some life. To all wonderful Nurse thank you for your compassion and dedication.
Sending love and hugs Gina ❤️ xxx
What wonderful important work. Well done Tara and the gynae oncology team 💙
Such an important message to share, thank you Gina. Tara and the gynae-oncology team at the RBWH are such a hard working, passionate and supportive team! 💪
One of the strongest women I know 💪💋❤️
Love you Gina!! 💕🫶🏻
Definitely in the best hands there with Tara and the RBWH gynae-onc nurses, docs and allied health team! 💕
Great message to share. But as the daughter of a Mum who has OC - if the US and blood test come back clear & you still think something is wrong, please persist. My Mum’s was missed on both the bloods & US and only diagnosed with a CT scan x
PRAYERS 🙏🏼 HERBALIST JULIETTE BEEN A GAME-CHANGER FOR MY ARTHRITIS, DIABETES, AND NEUROPATHY. THANK YOU SO MUCH 😊 Dr Ehimen
Stay positive you will overcome. My sister Susan has stage 4 Breast cancer as diagnosis with mets to lymph nodes, liver and lung and later developed a rare form call Medullary thyroid cancer. That was a couple of years later, she had 4 bone marrow transplant, chemo and radiation therapy, in which all were unsuccessful then she was given 2 months or less to live but she somehow battled her way back from the brink and the good new, she is in complete remission after taking natural medication we ordered from herbalist Ogudugu. I have to help him share this Incase you have given up alread visit his Facebook page below👇 Herbalist Ogudugu
Stay positive you will overcome. My sister Susan has stage 4 Breast cancer as diagnosis with mets to lymph nodes, liver and lung and later developed a rare form call Medullary thyroid cancer. That was a couple of years later, she had 4 bone marrow transplant, chemo and radiation therapy, in which all were unsuccessful then she was given 2 months or less to live but she somehow battled her way back from the brink and the good new, she is in complete remission after taking natural medication we ordered from herbalist Ogudugu. I have to help him share this Incase you have given up alread visit his Facebook page below👇 Herbalist Ogudugu
Tara gurl you famous 🤩
The team at the RBWH Special Care Nursery including Clinical Nurse Heidi and Registered Nurse Remy know that the secret to happiness is helping others, including our tiniest patients that sometimes need the most care! Have you had a great experience at our SCN or NICU? Share it with us. 👩🍼🍼
Our ex 24 weeker Eden is about to turn 2 in a couple months and is thriving! We spent 134 days in hospital before she could come home with us in Bundaberg, with the majority of this time spent in the NICU and SCN at the RBWH and we could not have got through this tough time without the care and support from the amazing teams here! Forever grateful X
Lovely Heidi xx
YES! A great experience with my premi twins. Born at 33 weeks full size but could not suck to feed. Great nursing and medical staff. They are now 26 and in careers thankyou to RWBH staff. Then my last baby now 13, born chocked by cord but normal thanks to quick thinking and acting nursing staff. They do such great work, that I now give back as a volunteer musician at RWBH.
This hospital saved my daughters life nearly 10 years ago thank you so much for not giving up on her as she is now a amazing young lady
well hello Heidi-Marie James; so good to see you and the incredible work you do 💕 The people who look after our little ones as they enter this world are so very special.
Me and my twin were born at RBWH almost 32 years ago this Friday! We were 28 weeks born. We spent a long time their till they could fly us home to spend our remaining time in Bundaberg base hospital SCU before we went home. Me and my twin brother use to be on the wall with the nurse holding us. I don't if our picture is still their. We were the youngest twins to survive back then.
The way nurse James looked after my little boy in the depths of PND was far beyond her job description. There is no way I can ever repay her for her kindness 💖
We love Heidi and the team at RBWH! So grateful for the care they gave our twin girls
Absolute angels 😇
Loving, caring, hardworking amazing team. Thank you RBWH SCN for loving and caring for my son. I have had the opportunity to support and work alongside the Women’s and newborns -NICU, SCN doctors, nurses Team at RBWH.❤️
This is the room our lil boy was in b4 he was discharged home. He spent 105 days. 🫶🫶🫶 the nurses in ICN and Speacial care. I can see his cot 🤭🤭
A wonderful team of very special nurses!!
Way to go girls, amazing humans caring for the tiniest humans ! 💜💜💜
We were lucky enough to recently have had Heidi care for our boy in SCN in Jan. Aside from the incredible compassion and care she showed our Bub, Heidi was also kind, caring and supportive of us in our journey, making everything feel less daunting. Heidi and the whole team are incredible at what they do and we are so grateful to have had them care for our boy when he needed it the most 🤍
Our two children (now 6 and 4) both spent 14 weeks each in the nursery at the RBWH ❣️ they’re now happy, healthy, energetic kiddies. Will never forget some of the nurses, lactation consultants and doctors who helped them grow 🌱
My two babies have been with NICU And SCN at RBWH my boy was Born at 31 weeks my girl was 39weeks 🤍
The most beautiful team. The RBWH ICN & SCN nurses are undoubtedly the most incredible, knowledgeable and dedicated nurses I’ve ever met. My baby girl spent 100 days with this amazing team in 2024 and I will forever be grateful for their care and guidance through that difficult time. It was a comfort to know our daughter was in capable and caring hands. Forever grateful for the angels of GSNU 🤍
Love our nursery teams!
Sorry nothing to do with the nics how amazing you all are but w just want to say how incredible genuine and caring Charlie is to the elderly as well. Thank you. You are amazing professionals You are respected and appreciated
One of those special nurses was one of the first to get my twins to hold hands and "like each other" when they first came together in a cot. She's in our videos which we still watch even 7 years on. Such special and different memories but nothing was made more special than the care we received from absolutely everybody involved in the Nicu at RBWH 🙂 #forevergrateful
Fabulous team 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Your spine supports you every day, so let’s return the favour and check in with your posture. 🧍
Not only does good posture help you stand taller, but it also prevents back pain, improves breathing, and helps maintain your natural spine alignment.
Nurse Cara from the RBWH Neurosurgery ward is reminding everyone to consider your posture whether you’re at work or relaxing as small adjustments can make a big difference.
Emily Stenzel
Respectfully, Metro North Health , this is not evidence-based: medicinetoday.com.au/mt/something-borrowed/having-%E2%80%98good%E2%80%99-posture-doesn%E2%80%99t-...
Love your work Chelsea 😬
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