On the podcast this week, host Conor Burke is joined by Michelle Dowd, the nurse manager of intensive care services at Liverpool Hospital. Michelle has been intimately involved in the treatment of the sickest COVID-19 patients since the beginning of ...
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The Coronavirus Podcast: drive-through testing sites
On the podcast this week Vishnugar Arunasalam, a nurse from Western Sydney LHD, joins host Conor Burke to discuss the role pop up drive-through testing sites play in the battle against COVID-19. NursingReview · Episode 22 || Vishnugar Arunasalam, pop ...
More »The Coronavirus Podcast: the history of pandemics
COVID-19 is not the first time that a pandemic has ravaged a society and starting with the first recorded pandemic in Athens, during the Peloponnesian War, nearly every generation has had to deal with a deadly disease. Professor Peter Curson ...
More »The Coronavirus Podcast: Why you shouldn’t kiss parrots
Over the last 8 months we have all become experts on COVID-19 and other coronaviruses, but how much do we know about other viruses that are lurking in our community. The emergence of COVID-19 is a timely reminder that diseases ...
More »The Coronavirus Podcast episode 19: NUM Jenny Wallace, COVID-19 ward
This week, host Conor Burke is Joined by Jenny Wallace, NUM on the respiratory/COVID ward at Liverpool hospital in Sydney. Wallace has been working on the respiratory ward for 11 years and talks to us about how treating COVID-19 positive ...
More »The Coronavirus Podcast: how nurses are using IT to fight COVID-19
Nurse Andrew Ingersoll is the inaugural Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) for South Western Sydney Local Health District and one of only a few to hold this role nationwide. CNIOs advocate on behalf of the nursing and midwifery workforce as ...
More »The Coronavirus Podcast episode 16: To mask or not to mask
Nearly three weeks ago, Melbourne was placed back into stage 3 lock down measures and as the COVID-19 crisis in the state worsens, Premier Daniel Andrews has announced that masks, or face coverings, will now be mandatory in all public ...
More »The Coronavirus Podcast episode 15: Should we pursue an elimination strategy?
With the recent outbreak of COVID-19 forcing Melbourne back into lockdown for six weeks and parts of NSW on high alert, is it time to ask: were we too quick to open up again? Our neighbours New Zealand this week ...
More »The Coronavirus Podcast episode 14
This week on The Coronavirus Podcast, host Conor Burke is joined by Professor Michael Ward from the University of Sydney. Michael led a study which posits that COVID-19 may become a seasonal virus, much like the common cold or flu. ...
More »The Coronavirus Podcast – episode 13
Have you ever experienced COVID-rage? That is, anger brought on by social distancing or the lack thereof. Like when you go to the shop or a cafe and people seem to have totally forgotten about social distancing and stand right ...
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