by Stephanie Baker | 17 Oct, 2020 | Community, RAH
A new pilot program is supporting South Australia’s most vulnerable with better access to mental health care. In a partnership with Baptist Care, people experiencing homelessness and accessing services at Baptist Care’s WestCare Centre will have access to mental...
by Stephanie Baker | 15 Oct, 2020 | Community, RAH
Clothing care packs are being provided to women in crisis who present to the Royal Adelaide Hospital emergency department, thanks to a partnership the Betty Cares Foundation. The initial trial is a first for a South Australian hospital and is aimed at supporting women...
by Stephanie Baker | 14 Oct, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, RAH, Research
Implementing world-best practice for spinal cord injury, and a project improving outcomes for Aboriginal patients on dialysis, are among the initiatives to receive CALHN CEO Clinical Rapid Implementation Project Scheme (CRIPS) grants. This year four projects will each...
by Stephanie Baker | 8 Oct, 2020 | Community, RAH, Research
In a game-changer for the treatment of rib fractures, patients are recovering better and with less pain thanks to an innovative new technique that has been trialled and implemented at Royal Adelaide Hospital. Anaesthetist Dr Gilberto Arenas said while rib fractures...
by Stephanie Baker | 1 Oct, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, COVID-19, RAH
The Royal Adelaide Hospital’s emergency department has been bolstered by technical capabilities to help minimise the risk to frontine staff when treating suspected COVID-19 trauma patients. The CDI technology allows live view, patient vital signs, instant x-ray and...
by Stephanie Baker | 28 Sep, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, RAH
After becoming critically ill and needing a battery-powered device to keep him alive for 12 months, Graeme Klemm “couldn’t be happier,” 18 months on from receiving a new heart. It’s been a long road for the 57-year-old father of three. Now after getting through the...
