Category Archives: humanity
Outback Australians rely on them but Royal Flying Doctor Service nurses say pay makes it hard to stay | Queensland | The Guardian
Queenslanders get behind RFDS nurses as pay dispute between charity and union heats up — Read on amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/02/royal-flying-doctor-service-pay-dispute-queensland
Spring Ridge farmer finds love with pharmacist and his home town finds boost in medical services – ABC News
Spring Ridge hasn’t had a doctor for 30 years, but that all changed when a local farmer met a pharmacist. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-23/spring-ridge-farmer-meets-pharmacist-and-town-gets-doctor/102609866
See How Wounded Ukrainian Soldiers Are Evacuated – JEMS: EMS, Emergency Medical Services – Training, Paramedic, EMT News
Hospitallers, a Ukrainian organization of volunteer paramedics, are working on the front lines in the war in Ukraine. — Read on http://www.jems.com/patient-care/see-how-wounded-ukrainian-soldiers-evacuated/
Ukraine’s volunteer doctors evacuating soldiers from eastern front lines with the Hospitallers Battalion bus – ABC News
On the front lines of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, soldiers are facing a brutal onslaught. It’s up to a volunteer team of medics, the Hospitallers Battalion, to evacuate the wounded back to safety in a race against the clock. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-23/ukraine-doctors-evacuating-soldiers-from-the-frontline/102610128
Hospitallers Medical Battalion
We fundraise and deliver medical aid to support Hospitallers, a Ukrainian voluntary organization of paramedics who are saving lives at the front lines right now. — Read on http://www.hospitallers.org.uk/
The High-Tech Bus Providing Lifesaving Treatment For Ukrainian Soldiers Wounded In Battle
The High-Tech Bus Providing Lifesaving Treatment For Ukrainian Soldiers Wounded In Battle — Read on http://www.rferl.org/amp/high-tech-bus-providing-lifesaving-treatment-for-ukrainian-soldiers/32360110.html
Doctors on Bikes Averted a Humanitarian Catastrophe in Ukraine | WIRED UK
When Russia invaded Ukraine, people living with HIV faced losing access to lifesaving treatment. Volunteers took enormous risks to keep the supplies moving. — Read on http://www.wired.co.uk/article/ukraine-hiv-aids-medications-doctors-on-bikes
Vote YES at the Referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice | National Indigenous Australians Agency
As part of the Australian Government’s commitment to implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a referendum will be held between October and December 2023 to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. — Read on http://www.niaa.gov.au/indigenous-affairs/referendum-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-voice
Artesunate: the epic history of our best malaria drug, explained – Vox
Artesunate: the epic history of our best malaria drug, explained – Vox — Read on http://www.vox.com/platform/amp/future-perfect/2023/6/18/23762606/artesunate-malaria-drug-history-vietnam-war
Regional GPs: What it’s like working in middle of nowhere.
Regional GPs and GPs in remote areas are hard to come by, Australia having a GP shortage. Here’s what one doctor has to say about working in the Pilbara. — Read on http://www.mamamia.com.au/regional-gps/amp/
ACEM – Lack of mental health beds in NT leads to ‘last resort’ ED practices.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine — Read on acem.org.au/News/March-2023/Lack-of-mental-health-beds-in-NT-leads-to-‘last-re
Dr Don Bowley – A Flying Doctor legend hangs up his wings after 3 decades of dedicated service to Outback
Today marks the end of a 3 decade long aeromedical career for Dr Don Bowley , my mentor in Royal Flying Doctor Service . He finally retires after a long distinguished career providing prehospital & retrieval medicine as well as remote GP service to the folks of Outback Queensland . It was an honour servingContinue reading “Dr Don Bowley – A Flying Doctor legend hangs up his wings after 3 decades of dedicated service to Outback”
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Mental health and well‐being of anaesthetists during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a scoping review – Paterson – Anaesthesia – Wiley Online Library
Mental health and well‐being of anaesthetists during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a scoping review – Paterson – Anaesthesia – Wiley Online Library — Read on associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15879
Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine - THE PHARM dedicated to the memory of Dr John Hinds 