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Holiday care options

Holiday accidents and illnesses happen.

From virtual care to the Emergency Department, we have you covered.

22 December 2023|

Meet the artist bringing colour and meaning to STARS

The Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) is home to an exciting and diverse collection of artworks, curated by Lynne Seear, Art Consultant and Manager of the Arts in Health Program for Children’s Health Queensland. The collection includes a significant number of works by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. 

10 November 2023|

Staying healthy in smoky conditions

Signs of smoke irritation include itchy eyes, sore throat, runny nose and coughing. Generally, once away from smoke these symptoms will clear up but people with asthma, heart disease and other conditions may be more sensitive to smoky conditions.

18 October 2023|

STARS patient Nemani goes home after 187 days in hospital

Tin Can Bay local Nemani Ranuve has seen many milestones in the past 187 days in our care. From Christmas in a coma in RBWH ICU to his 21st birthday in the STARS rehabilitation ward – and now he’s ticked the big one off the list as he walked out the doors to go home.

11 September 2023|

STARS team collaborate for patients with a green thumb

When Ward 5A nurse unit manager Debbie Kerr and the nursing team had a vision to install garden beds on their balcony at STARS, Rehabilitation Engineering Team Leader Oliver Mason and the team from Rehabilitation Engineering were quick to jump in and help.

9 September 2023|

Tahlia has her sights set on a 3D printing future

Biomedical education and research assistant, Isabel, is one of the Herston Biofabrication Institute’s (HBI) biggest advocates. The first of its kind, HBI is changing the way we approach medicine with 3D scanning, printing, modelling of bone, cartilage and human tissue and Isabel is eager to share that knowledge with the next generation. 

6 September 2023|

Dancing with the STARS

Staff at STARS recently donned their leotards and tutus for Queensland Ballet led sessions demonstrating the therapeutic effects of dance.

4 September 2023|

All roads lead to care

In addition to hospital emergency departments, you can access healthcare advice and treatment close to home, or even without leaving the house!

28 July 2023|

New Helix Hub brings ideas to practice

Bringing game-changing ideas to life is often easier said than done. The new Metro North Helix Hub will guide change enthusiasts from idea inception to completion, with access to tools and resources, education, and expert advice.

20 June 2023|

Art and healing

There has long been an interest in the healing effects of the visual arts. In Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing, published in 1859, she explains how beautiful objects can have a physical effect on sickness “Variety of form and brilliancy of colour in the object presented to patients are an actual means of recovery”.

8 June 2023|

Rehabilitation Engineering Centre helping patients get back in the game

The Rehabilitation Engineering Centre at STARS sees many patients requiring modifications to their wheelchairs such as customised seat and backrest fitting. Modifications are made while a patient waits which can take several hours, so an Xbox with an Adaptive Controller was introduced to entertain patients during this time.

31 May 2023|

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The Rehabilitation Engineering Centre (REC) at STARS designs and produces custom modifications for people with disabilities to improve their quality of life.

For Christopher, who has cerebral palsy, the centre has assisted him with managing pain so he could continue his work flying drones and testing his drone control system.

“I’m an accessibility consultant and one of my projects is designing a drone control system that quadriplegics can use with head movements. Throughout the test phase, I was experiencing a lot of arm and hand pain related to my involuntary movements – and it got to the point where I couldn’t work anymore out on the field,” said Christopher.

“The new arm support system built for me by the REC team plays to my complex neurological tendencies and reduces pain and movement throughout my arm, hand, fingers and thumb. Medications weren’t appropriate for me, due to the need for me to stay alert as a drone pilot.

“The new support means I have been able to get back out in the field and I’m now in the process of getting my control system certified by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.”

[Accessibility image description: the REC team are pictured smiling behind patient Christopher.]
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The Rehabilitation Engineering Centre (REC) at STARS designs and produces custom modifications for people with disabilities to improve their quality of life.

For Christopher, who has cerebral palsy, the centre has assisted him with managing pain so he could continue his work flying drones and testing his drone control system.

“I’m an accessibility consultant and one of my projects is designing a drone control system that quadriplegics can use with head movements. Throughout the test phase, I was experiencing a lot of arm and hand pain related to my involuntary movements – and it got to the point where I couldn’t work anymore out on the field,” said Christopher.

“The new arm support system built for me by the REC team plays to my complex neurological tendencies and reduces pain and movement throughout my arm, hand, fingers and thumb. Medications weren’t appropriate for me, due to the need for me to stay alert as a drone pilot.

“The new support means I have been able to get back out in the field and I’m now in the process of getting my control system certified by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.”

[Accessibility image description: the REC team are pictured smiling behind patient Christopher.]

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