Ken Hambrecht
Ken Hambrecht RN, ICU Cert., B.Sc, (Physiology & Biochem.), M.I.Biol, M.Ed., J.P. MACN, has extensive experience in Critical Care practice & Medical education. This includes more than 25 years co-ordinating & teaching Critical Care Courses and other Medical Education.
Ken has been an active member of many professional organisations and has many publications to his credit in the areas of respiratory & cardiac care, pulse oximetry, professional development, & resuscitation. Most recently Ken has authored two book chapters for one of the most widely sold texts in the Asia-Pacific region on the topics of Recognizing and Responding to Clinical Deterioration, and Resuscitation.
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to medical education, Ken has been awarded honorary life membership of the Australian College of Perianaesthesia Nurses (ACPAN). Ken has also been a member of the Australian Resuscitation Council, including the Advanced Life Support Committee.
Ken is widely sought for his expertise in consulting, lecturing & conducting short education programs, & has presented at national & international conferences.
Clinical and professional updates to support working in the PACU and Anaesthetic environment
A free clinical update webinar on the assessment and management of patients with respiratory complications including COVID-19.
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.
This is an on demand series of webinars aimed at refreshing and updating clinicians on key critical care nursing content.
A free clinical update on the elements essential to working in a Critical Care Environment including patient assessment, communication, documentation, escalation and resuscitation.
Quickly improve your knowledge and skills with 4 hours of case based learning to help you prepare for deployment to high acuity nursing areas including critical care units.
Stay ahead in anaphylaxis management with insights from a Coroner's case. Discover the latest recommendations on allergies, anaphylaxis & adrenaline in this up-to-date webinar
How well do you perform in a resus? Access this free toolbox webinar for strategies to high performance CPR and optimisation of resus teams.
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
A learning package on the recognition and management of Anaphylaxis, including clinical application through coronial inquest findings.
This course is aimed at developing the knowledge and skills of nurses working or wanting to work in a critical care environment.
Could it be sepsis? As a time critical medical emergency that arises from the dysregulated response to infection, you need to be able to recognise and stop sepsis in its tracks.
Navigating the difficult airway, advanced strategies for CICO situations in the ED, ICU or operating room.
Could it be sepsis? Learn the latest information on how to recognise and treat sepsis by attending the not to be missed Surviving Sepsis - Minutes Matter Program
This is the first installment of the Perioperative nursing update course and provides an overview of the professional roles, and patient experience through the operating suite
This is the second instalment of the Perioperative nursing update course and provides an overview of the professional roles, and patient experience through the operating suite
Learn to manage acute life threatening emergencies with the contemporary ALERT™ course
This course provides case based review of ECG interpretation for nurses, doctors & paramedics.
This is the third instalment of the Perioperative Nursing Update course and provides an overview of therapeutic agents including anaesthetics, antiemetics & analgesics
This course is designed to provide nurses, with essential skills relating to the assessment and management of high acuity patients.
Essential skills for GPs to help you prepare and manage emergency presentations in your GP practice, Urgent Care and Rural ED setting
This is the fourth instalment of the Perioperative Nursing Update course and provides an overview of intraoperative emergencies including CICO, anaphylaxis, MH, LAST, MTP
Learn to identify, treat, and manage Australian venomous bites and tropical stings with evidence-based protocols for health professionals
Learn key post-op care protocols, recovery monitoring, pain management, and discharge criteria to ensure patient safety, promote healing, and enhance patient outcomes.
Designed for clinicians in pre-hospital, urgent/emergency care and acute care environments, update your knowledge in the management of acute life-threatening emergencies.
This course, suitable for GPs, nurses, and paramedics, provides a structured approach to ECG interpretation, including rhythm interpretation and analysis of abnormalities.
Contemporary perioperative nursing course covering the essentials of all nursing roles from pre-admissions, anaesthetics, scrub scout and PACU
Beth reports sudden chest discomfort radiating to her left arm, along with nausea and sweating. Examining her additional symptoms, should a 12 lead ECG be prioritised?
While there are many triggers of anaphylaxis, one of the more unusual is mammalian meat allergy.
The most recent update of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s (AIHW) Deaths in Australia report shows that in 2017 there were a total of 160,909 recorded deaths in Australia. 50% of these were found to be potentially avoidable within the current healthcare system among people aged younger than 75.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has announced that Australia will be implementing changes to medication names by 2020, to align with the international standardised medication names.