Comment: The failure over PPE is still with us and will continue putting our lives at risk in a second wave.
We are performing unsafe work as a result of our moral code to care for patients, writes Dr Andrew Miller
PPE is just like a condom. If it doesn’t fit, everyone is worse off. All states MUST be fit testing N95 masks NOW while we have time. (Guess who standard masks typically DON’T fit? Yep, women & minorities). Listen to this ABC AM report…
A great piece from ABC Radio National today, featuring Tasmanian AMA President Dr John Burgess, who has been at the
Op-ed : Is psychological safety a valid consideration when dispensing basic PPE? Tension at the junction of science & culture & caregiver bullying.
The Science of Physical Safety Who deserves a mask? Telescope straight to the scientific policy answer from the Australian and
The only experts on this disease are the ones treating it – this news from London, useful for docs & nurses. For others, it is a glimpse into how we work, what we face.
This webinar info is being widely circulated – by buying time in Oz we can absorb and implement this sort
Today’s media : Twiggy Forrest changes the game; Border closures great; tests need to start in private pathology like Q, Vic; stop restrictions on PPE for HCW & more.
AMA WA has been working alongside Government with Dr Andrew Forrest & Prof Peter Leedman from the Harry Perkins Research
We should always defend doctors & other HCW’s right to not be pushed into unsafe practice, esp when little PPE. If patients have a safer accessible alternative, it must be used first.
It is an odd experience to be publicly thanked by the Federal Health Minister and then chastised by the State
Today’s media : there is no disaster that cannot be made harder to handle by the arrival of sick patients into an under prepared facility with no notice to doctors & nurses. Preposterous.
A health problem cannot be solved if there is political interference in placing the patients in the most appropriate facility
How to make a cruise ship #Covid19 problem worse by sending them to unprepared private hospitals where HCW will get sick & spread the disease. It is madness.
My initial response from yesterday, Sat 28th March to cruise ships patients bringing #covid19 into Perth PRIVATE hospitals. On first
Spare a thought for Supermarket workers. “Our lives matter too”.
My heart goes out to all workers. Please look after them when you are probably the only business without viability
Trainee doctors don’t want you, or themselves, to die on covid front line. They should be starting their careers fighting with the right masks & gowns & prep – pls buy them some TIME by going to lock down soon & test test test. Haircuts can wait. Tick tock.
I received this from an anaesthesia trainee : the future of our profession. I am an ANZCA trainee currently working