Critical Care

Theatre nurses are unsung heroes when it comes to complicated births, but staff shortages are leaving nurses overworked and surgeries cancelled. Midwife, Melissa

Repetitive and prolonged exposure to trauma, coupled with long hours and shift work, can leave critical care nurses grappling with mental health challenges, if workplaces

The ACT Government is launching a four-year plan to significantly boost elective surgeries, targeting 60,000 procedures and increasing operating theatre capacity in public

Associate Professor Naomi Hammond, a distinguished registered nurse and researcher, has been recognised

Theatre nurses are at risk of tendinopathies and stress fractures if they don’t take proper care of their feet, warns physiotherapist Trisha Partabrai.

Critical care nurses are being urged to prioritise their mental and physical health and wellbeing, for the benefit of both themselves and their patients. Critical

A young child has been hospitalised in the ACT after eating a dangerous wild mushroom. The incident has sparked a public health alert from the territory's

A Victorian man has died from encephalitis as Australians are warned to take the risk posed by the condition seriously. The state Department of Health said

While Australians may be tired of rolling up their sleeves for COVID vaccines, there is another jab they should get this year. Influenza case numbers hit record

By Professor Margaret Fry A shortage of nurses is predicted for most specialities across Australia, including critical care, and the Covid-19 pandemic

On the 2nd April 2020, during a National press conference, Minister Hunt acknowledged the need to build capacity to meet the demands for ICU care should we experience a COVID-19

Thousands of Victorians have missed cancer diagnoses amid the coronavirus pandemic, with experts concerned the state will see a future "cancer spike". Data published

A new Graduate Research Studentship focused on enhancing palliative care has been awarded to PhD Candidate Alysia Coventry. The inaugural study grant was offered

Older adults and those with chronic health conditions share an increased risk of experiencing severe symptoms if they contract COVID-19.  

Australia’s COVID-19 pandemic may not have seen the same influx of patients into ICU as other countries, and for this we are grateful. Nevertheless, it’s essential

A collaborative study, led by Monash University, has captured national data on the number of COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU since 14 March when the outbreak began in Australia.

More lives could be saved in intensive care units around the world if new antibiotic guidelines designed by The University of Queensland are adopted. Researchers

A national initiative launched today will support the time-critical work and informed decision making of frontline hospital emergency department (ED) clinicians through the

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found that sentiments in the nursing notes of health care providers are good indicators of whether intensive care unit (ICU)

Medical staff at a Belgium hospital have found noise levels in the intensive care unit far exceed what is recommended by the World Health Organisation.