Welcome to Episode Nineteen of our podcast series. This features material from our February 2024 print edition of the Residential Aged Care Communiqué. In this episode we examine the case of a resident who died due to being administered a medication to which he had a known allergy. The case highlights lessons about how we gather and evaluation information. Our expert commentator is Dr Natali Jokanovic, a practising pharmacist with a research background. Episode Contents 01:21 Editorial 03:58 Case #1: Credible but not reliable 17:32 Expert Commentary: Medication allergies and challenges in residential aged care 23:33 Reflections from senior nurses 25:58 Obituary: Vale Maree Amanda Cameron PSM
Welcome to Episode 15 of the Clinical Communiqué Podcast, based on the March 2024 print edition of the Clinical Communiqué. In this podcast episode the two cases demonstrate two main risk profiles in older drivers – the driving risks when a patient is bodily capable but easily disorientated, and the driving risks when a patient is mentally sharp but physically slow. Episode Contents 01:20 Editorial by Associate Professor Nicola Cunningham 06:20 Case #1: A determined risk 18:39 Case #2: Lost and confused 25:27 Expert Commentary: Driving in older age: A complex challenge
Welcome to Episode Fourteen of our podcast series. This features material from our December 2023 print edition of the Clinical Communiqué. This podcast presents key learnings from the coroner’s inquest into the 2016 thunderstorm asthma event in Melbourne in which ten patients tragically lost their lives. We reflect on the terrifying rapidity with which their conditions changed from mildly short of breath to being in extremis, highlighting that it can be a matter of minutes between life and death in thunderstorm asthma. Episode Contents 01:13 Editorial by Associate Professor Nicola Cunningham 05:37 Case #1: Something in the air by Dr Kristin Boyle 20:06 More on the Matter: In the blink of an eye by Associate Professor Nicola Cunningham 34:30 Expert Commentary by Associate Professor Matthew Conron and Associate Professor Eve Denton: Thunderstorm asthma: what causes the "perfect storm"?
Welcome to Episode Thirteen of our podcast series. This features material from our September 2023 print edition of the Clinical Communiqué. This podcast presents the lessons to be learned by examining the failure to hear the concerns of those that should be at the centre of every health care interaction. We present two cases where the patient's families told the coroners that they had not been listened to by the nurses and doctors caring for their loved ones. Episode Contents 01:25 Editorial by Associate Professor Nicola Cunningham 08:14 Case #1: Missing the moments by Dr Angela Sungaila 19:12 Case #2: "I told them but no one came" by Associate Professor Nicola Cunningham 27:36 Expert Commentary by Ms Belinda MacLeod-Smith: Stolen moments and lost lives 38:39 Expert Commentary by Ms Elizabeth Deveny: Engaging patients (and their families) to improve safety
Welcome to Episode Eighteen of our podcast series. This features material from our November 2023 print edition of the Residential Aged Care Communiqué. This podcast presents the lessons to be learned by examining pre-existing circumstances that contributed to two patients’ falls that caused their deaths. A common underlying factor was timeliness of care. Episode Contents 00:45 Editorial 06:22 Case #1 A fatal fall unwitnessed and unchecked 19:41 Case #2 Solving one problem creates another 27:58 Reflections of senior nurses