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Further COVID-19 training for frontline RAH staff
More than 650 frontline nursing and medical staff at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) are actively preparing to manage a possible surge in patients requiring critical care, as part of Central Adelaide’s COVID-19 readiness program. About 450 intensive care nurses...
New tech helping to prevent strokes in Adelaide first
Patients who suffer strokes with an unknown cause can now be diagnosed earlier thanks to a new high-tech cardio monitoring device used for the first time at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) in November 2021. Ischaemic strokes are caused by a blood clot, and in...
Central Adelaide team of doctors and nurses deployed to Victoria to support its COVID-19 response
Two doctors and four nurses from Central Adelaide are gaining new insights and skills in caring for COVID patients, while also supporting their interstate colleagues, as part of a 12-day deployment to Victoria. The team is working at the Northern Hospital Epping,...
Innovative hospital-based research projects share $600,000 to support world-class patient care
Three ground-breaking collaborations led by Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) researchers have been awarded significant grant funding with the aim of improving outcomes for people experiencing acute heart attacks, remote and regional patients with...
CALHN services come together at Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre
Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre will become home to a new range of CALHN services over the coming weeks and months, bringing new life to the site. These services will continue the site’s proud history of providing much needed healthcare for patients who no longer...
Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre’s new geriatric unit offers “restorative focus” for vulnerable older patients
CALHN’s newly opened Geriatric Evaluation Management Unit (GEMU) has welcomed its first patients. The unit offers frail and elderly patients an opportunity to work closely with allied health practitioners in a less-clinical setting, to enhance their wellbeing and...
Time in the emergency department set to reduce
A new blood test has been shown to decrease ED length of stay and discharge more patients safely from ED. That’s the findings of research highlighted during day one of RAHsearch. Emergency Consultant at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Dr Cynthia Papendick, presented...
Volunteers with ulcerative colitis wanted for a new diet study
South Australians with the debilitating inflammatory bowel disease known as ulcerative colitis (UC), may have a successful treatment in the future thanks to a study using diet therapy to treat inflammation underway at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Researchers are...
Wayville vaccination clinic expands
South Australians can receive their COVID-19 vaccination sooner as the Wayville clinic doubles in size, offering an additional 33,700 appointments.
Husband and wife share love for volunteering at the RAH
Sue and Paddy have been married for 39 years and share a common love for volunteering at the RAH in the Support Team together.
My Health Kit empowers palliative care patients
Patients undergoing palliative treatment and end-of-life care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital are provided with a kit to support communications.
Music from the heart strikes a chord
In his room at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), Brian is anxiously waits for open-heart surgery. Not only is he in an unfamiliar environment, Brian is also living with Schizophrenia and is partly blind. This is how music helped him.
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