Welcome to Episode Thirteen of our podcast series. This features material from our October 2024 print edition of the Future Leaders Communiqué. Our guest editor is Dr Erica Musgrove, a doctor in training at Alice Springs Hospital, who presents a compelling edition highlighting some of the challenges of providing patient care in rural and remote settings.

This podcast presents a case from rural Australia where a culmination of missed opportunities and systemic issues resulted in a poor patient outcome during an interhospital transfer.

Our expert commentators are Dr Simon Judkins is an Emergency Physician and the Past President of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and Dr Bridget Honan who is an emergency physician working in Grafton Hospital (Bundjalong Country), and with the Central Australian Retrieval Service in Mparntwe (Alice Springs).

Episode Contents

• 04:08 Guest Editorial by Dr Erica Musgrove
• 08:29 Editorial by Professor Joseph Ibrahim
• 11:04 Case: Midnight in the Outback by Dr Erica Musgrove
• 32:42 Expert Commentary #1: Navigating systems and pathways by Dr Simon Judkins
• 39:12 Expert Commentary #2: A junior doctor's guide to retrieval by Bridget Honan
• 44:41 Comments from our peers

Welcome to Episode Twenty-two of our podcast series. This features material from our November 2024 print edition of the Residential Aged Care Communiqué. This podcast presents two cases highlighting the challenges of facilitating and supervising community access for residential clients. Our expert commentary addresses ‘The influence of the system's design on tragic failures of governance and care’ in this edition is written by Mr Anthony Black.

Episode Contents

• 00:58 Editorial by Prof Joseph Ibrahim
• 03:49 Case #1: Always ready to help by Dr Chelsea Baird
• 12:45 Case #2: A Man Who Loved Walking by Dr Supriya Rama Krishnan
• 16:00 Expert Commentary: The influence of the system's design on tragic failures of governance and care. by Mr Anthony Black
• 24:02 Comments from senior nurses
• 31:06 2024 National Mental Health Webinar Series

Welcome to Episode Twenty-one of our podcast series. This features material from our August 2024 print edition of the Residential Aged Care Communiqué. This podcast presents two cases highlighting the poorer outcomes that can occur for older persons following trauma and the how the desired goals of care may influence decision-making in a trauma scenario. Our expert commentary on ‘Trauma Geriatricians’ in this edition is written by Dr Kate Gregorevic.

Episode Contents

• 00:40 Editorial by Prof Joseph Ibrahim
• 03:10 Case #1: A small fall but major injuries by Prof Joseph Ibrahim
• 12:19 Case #2: A fall with head strike by Supriya Rama Krishnan
• 17:07 Expert Commentary: Trauma Geriatricians by Dr Kate Gregorevic