Jenny Browne, RN, Cert IV (TAE), CritCareCert, MN(AdvClinEd), has an extensive background in critical care nursing and education. Jenny has worked across a variety of Australian ICUs, including the John Hunter Hospital (Newcastle), Princess Margaret Hospital (Perth) and the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Her most recent role was working as a Nurse Educator at Newcastle Private Hospital, and she has also been an ALS instructor with the ACCCN.
Want to know more about managing and preventing delirium, agitation and pain? Join our panel of experts as we discuss the complexity of the critical care patient.
How to manage the critically ill patient, from assessment of deterioration, interpreting ventilator waveforms and tweaking ventilator settings, and titrating inotropes.
How good are you at detecting & escalating deterioration? Join us as we follow a coroner’s case & investigate the role of track & trigger tools for managing deterioration
This on demand Lunch and Learn session will provide top tips to help you easily understand ABG interpretation and apply the results to patient care.
This on demand Lunch and Learn session will provide top tips to help you navigate wound care including staging, dressings & complex treatment options.
Optimise your skills with Medcast's comprehensive course: PREPARED - Preventing and Responding to Emergencies - Patient Assessment, Recognition & Escalation of Deterioration
Effective wound care and ANTT techniques are crucial for infection prevention. Learn best practices and protocols to ensure optimal patient outcomes and healthcare compliance.
Stay current with advanced cardiac interventions for your critically ill patients requiring temporary pacing.
Learn a methodical approach to rhythm interpretation with case based examples to practice your skills, understanding and management of patients experiencing arrhythmias
The Medcast resuscitation instructor program develops senior clinical educators with a background in resuscitation & education to deliver advanced life support training.
This course, suitable for GPs, nurses, and paramedics, provides a structured approach to ECG interpretation, including rhythm interpretation and analysis of abnormalities.
67-year-old Ling, recently relocated from China, was admitted to the stroke unit post-thrombolysis for an ischaemic stroke. When should early stroke rehabilitation begin and what should this entail?
Antiseptic Non-Touch Technique (ANTT®) plays a critical role in managing Central Venous Access Devices (CVADs) to prevent infections. While both standard and surgical ANTT approaches aim to maintain asepsis during procedures, they differ significantly in their application and outcomes. Understanding these distinctions ensures healthcare providers optimise infection control and patient safety in wound care and CVAD management.
Following 10 minutes of CPR and two shocks for VT, Nadia shows signs of life. After the third rhythm check, with respiratory effort noted, the defib was disarmed using the COACHED sequence. What is the next step in determining the plan of care for Nadia?
You are working in ED and have received a call from Pathology regarding blood results that you took earlier on Lauren, who is 18 years old and 30 weeks pregnant with her first child. Discover the diagnosis behind Lauren's abnormal blood results and learn the symptoms, risks, and management of this life-threatening obstetric emergency.
Discover the reasons behind high airway pressure alarms in ventilators, from circuit issues to patient factors like bronchospasm. Learn how to troubleshoot and optimise ventilation modes like SIMV and PCV for patients like Carl in the ICU.
You are caring for two non-ventilated patients in ICU when your patient Sylvia’s monitor starts alarming as her SpO2 is 89%. Her monitor shows that she is also tachycardic with a heart rate of 130/ min, and her respiratory rate has increased to 30/ min. What actions should you take?
Explore ANZCOR's 2023 updates to the Adult Advanced Life Support flowchart. Key changes include CPR terminology, airway adjunct prompts, and a nuanced approach to reversible causes.