Author: Flynn

Getting patients home faster after bowel surgery

Getting patients home faster after bowel surgery

Clinicians are now using laxatives to help patients get home sooner after undergoing bowel surgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.  The change in treatment is a result of findings from the STIMULAX trial, the biggest ever study of the use of laxatives after bowel...
Emergency nurse calls on others to be a GoodSAM responder

Emergency nurse calls on others to be a GoodSAM responder

Travis Sugden, Emergency Nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital has recently signed up as part of a new alert system helping to respond to cardiac emergencies in the community, and is encouraging other registered health practitioners to join him.   The global alert...