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Clinical, Residential Aged Care & Future Leaders
Medical Student Communiqué Episode #1: Medical protocols
This podcast explores how unquestioning adherence to medical protocols could lead to patient harm.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 17 Issue 4 November 2022
Two residents die prematurely due to choking on food.
Clinical Communiqué Volume 9 Issue 3 September 2022
In this edition we review the limits of decision-making tools in situations of alert fatigue and failure-to-escalate.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 17 Issue 3 August 2022
Two deaths due to head trauma related to use of a mechanical hoist and a lift chair.
Future Leaders Communiqué Volume 7 Issue 3 July 2022
This edition focuses on safe transfer of care when dealing with critically ill patients.
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Episode #12: Positional asphyxia
Death of a resident from positional asphyxia. Highlights need for better internal emergency incident responses and deploying staff.
Future Leaders Communiqué Episode #13: Rural
This podcast presents a case from rural Australia where a culmination of missed opportunities and systemic issues resulted in a poor patient outcome during an interhospital transfer.
The Communiqués
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 20 Issue 4 November 2025
The investigations of two deaths related to medications and medication management highlight the importance of challenging the status quo.
The Communiqués
Residential Aged Care Communiqué Episode #22: Community Access
This podcast presents two cases highlighting the challenges of facilitating and supervising community access for residential clients.
The Communiqués
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