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Kids are admitted to hospital for all sorts of reasons, but there's one kind of sickness that unites them all: homesickness. And Australia is coming together to try to beat it.
Diabetic foot disease is a silent but major epidemic. Researchers are developing a mobile app to help people care for diabetic foot ulcers at home.
When a patient's heart and lungs begin to fail, they are often put on a treatment called extra corporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO for short. These life-support systems are often the last chance to help critically ill patients recover by helping to pump blood and oxygen around the body. From infants to children and adults, these amazing machines have saved tens of thousands of lives worldwide.
Research has shown that the inability to talk can lead to depression, social withdrawal, lack of motivation to participate in self-care, and more. This is a common issue that occurs in intensive care units (or ICUs) all over the world - patients that require a tracheostomy (a procedure that involves inserting a tube through the windpipe to create an alternative airway for breathing) lose the ability to speak, as oxygen isn't make its way past their vocal chords.
Pressure injuries, sometimes known as ‘bed sores’, can be an unfortunate complication to arise from both long and short term hospital stays, increasing the risk of infection and duration of hospital stay for many patients.
Urine testing is a simple check that can provide important medical information on patients – but what if your patients aren’t yet toilet trained?
Our body requires oxygen to survive but sometimes despite all conventional treatments our body simply can’t get the oxygen it needs that’s where Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (or ECMO) comes in. ECMO keeps oxygen and blood pumping through the lungs and heart, keeping those at high risk of death alive but it comes with its own set of complications.
Currently, the organ and tissue transplant waiting list sits at about 1,500 Australian patients. Of these people, 60 are waiting for a new heart to beat in their chest and give them a second chance at life...
Tens of thousands of lives have been saved by extracorporeal life support. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is only used for the most ill of ill patients; patients that need more...