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Clinical, Residential Aged Care & Future Leaders



Volume 5, Issue 3, Aug 2010
This edition features two cases from the Coroner’s Office in South Australia, both required an extensive investigation and inquest.


Background infusions with PCA can be unsafe – but are concurrent oral opioids any safer?
Following the discussion on patient-controlled-analgesia (PCA) in our June issue of the Clinical Communiqué, we present a supplementary expe


Volume 5, Issue 2, Jun 2010
Welcome to the June edition of the Residential Aged Care Communiqué.


Volume 5, Issue 1, Feb 2010
This issue focuses on how we respond to emergency situations due to internal hazards.


Volume 5, Supplement 1, Jul 2010: Special Edition
This issue describes two practice change studies drawn from this work using the familiar style and format of the RAC-Communiqué.


Volume 4, Issue 3, Dec 2009
Welcome to the third and final issue of 2009. This edition focuses on the health effects of hot weather and heatwaves.


Residential Aged Care Communiqué Episode #21: Geriatric Trauma
This podcast presents two cases highlighting the poorer outcomes that can occur for older persons following trauma.

The Communiqués


Future Leaders Communiqué Episode #12: Interns
In this episode, we review a coroner’s investigation into the unexpected death in hospital of a complex major trauma patient.

The Communiqués


Clinical Communiqué Episode #16: Print Communication
In this episode we feature two surgical cases that each portray several clinical themes, but at the heart of both is the theme of communication.

The Communiqués
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