2023年12月14日 · “A spinal cord injury can be completely lifechanging and until now patients relocated to Brisbane for weeks or months to undergo intensive rehabilitation,” Dr Chapman said. “This service gives patients access to the specialist treatment they need they need to live fulfilling and independent lives.

Rehabilitation can assist patients after conditions like a stroke, traumatic brain injury, amputation, spinal cord injury, neuromuscular injuries, orthopaedic injuries or reconditioning after trauma or major surgery.

2021年8月27日 · Ingham local Kyra Siely has become one of the first patients at Townsville University Hospital (TUH) to undergo spinal surgery with the assistance of the new $1 million Med-tronic O-arm.

What is spinal anaesthesia? An anaesthetic that is injected directly into the nerves of your spine. This numbs your nerves to give pain relief and limit movement in certain areas of your body. Your anaesthetist will make sure that the anaesthetic is working before your procedure starts. The efects should last 1-4 hours.

sac that surrounds the spinal cord and nerves. Local anaesthetic and other pain medications are then given down the epidural catheter, reducing the pain sensation from contractions. Most of the time, an epidural is simple to place and works well. Sometimes placement is di˛ cult and may take longer, and sometimes the epidural fails to

What is a tub transfer bench used for? The tub transfer bench can make getting in and out of the bathtub (or shower recess) safer and easier. It is used so that you don’t have to step over the side of a bath or high hob of a shower recess. Your Occupational Therapist can recommend an appropriate seat height for you.

The Townsville Hospital and Health Service offers specialist care in general surgery and many specialty areas. These include neurosurgery, ENT, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, plastic surgery maxilliofacial surgery, orthopaedic surgery and paediatric surgery. Patients who require surgery are first seen by our surgical clinics.

Acute pain happens after an injury or disease and helps us protect an injured area from unnecessary stress. Persistent or chronic pain carries on beyond the expected period of healing, usually more than three months. Unfortunately, there is …

The Townsville Public Health Unit (TPHU) coordinates and supports national, statewide and local public health responses, as well as undertaking health surveillance and disease-control initiatives.

A pressure injury can also be called a pressure sore, pressure ulcer or bed sore. It can develop quickly, cause pain, get infected, leave scars and may delay your recovery. very cold areas of skin that could indicate poor circulation. If you notice any of …

As a tertiary referral hospital, medical imaging at the Townsville University Hospital is a vital clinical service. The professional, patient-focussed team in medical imaging provide an efficient, high-quality diagnostic imaging service to the North Queensland community.

and cooperation with Spinal Life Australia. The Board congratulated Mrs Lyn McLaughlin on her election as Mayor of the Burdekin Shire Council and noted her intention to resign from the Board. The Board thanked Mrs McLaughlin for her valuable contributions to the Board since 2012.

2022年3月2日 · Working as a prosthetist/orthotist is one of the lesser-known healthcare careers with only two universities in Australia offering the degree. Creating and fitting baby helmets, artificial limbs and spinal braces are all in a day’s work for Leanne Ensby, prosthetics and orthotics team leader at Townsville University Hospital.

A doctor on his way to the first day of a new job at The Townsville Hospital this week hitched a ride over the raging Burdekin River after his girlfriend made a transcontinental call to a friend in Canada who had a mate in Charters Towers with a mustering chopper.

A pressure injury is also known as a pressure ulcer, pressure sore or bedsore. They are caused by unrelieved pressure and/or shear forces on any part of the body. Anytime you lie or sit down in the same position for a period of time, pressure is applied to different parts of your body.

Jeff’s gold-medal-winning rugby team consisted of Davin Bretherton, a below knee amputee, Peter Arbuckle, a below-knee amputee and David Connolly, an above knee amputee. Jeff said his team had a roaring lead up to the tournament, taking out wins all over the country.

Louis Snellgrove and Lloyd Collier raced against headwinds, brown bears, thieves and multiple mechanical issues to beat the previous record by nine days and raised more than $35,000 for The Brain Foundation and Spinal Research charities.

“It turned out that I required spinal decompression surgery and the removal of a synovial cyst that was pushing on my spinal cord.

“We’re not very good at working out someone’s six-month history of lower back pain on a Sunday afternoon but we are very good at working if that lower back pain is due to spinal cord compression or an epidural abscess or a back fracture. “Medically, we’re set up for acute diagnosis and treatment.

Students also have the chance to speak with injury survivor and volunteer Spinal Education Awareness team member Scott Stidston who talks candidly about his motorbike crash and the effect it had on his life.