Victoria discovered her passion for nursing through her strong desire to help others. As a dedicated nurse leader, she has gained experience across various specialties, but now proudly calls Heart and Lung, her professional home. Her role as Nurse Lead involves working in a team caring for patients who are extremely vulnerable, and critically unwell in challenging situations.

Victoria is proud of a core component of the Heart & Lung program - the daily huddle – a communication initiative designed to ensure support patient and staff safety, drive care coordination as well as creating a culture of high performing teams.

The daily huddle creates a dedicated space for the team to connect, align on priorities and identify and address risks and barriers, taking timely action to deliver better outcomes for patients.

If you would like to get in touch, you can email us at healthCALHNcommunications@sa.gov.au

If you want to get in touch with us please contact the Central Adelaide Local Health Network.

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 2 Episode 5 |

We speak with Dr Sam Whittle about the incredible transformation that has taken place in the last 20 years regarding medical care options for patients with inflammatory disease.

As a Senior Consultant Rheumatologist at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Sam says having the opportunity to better support patients over many years -- through teen years, adulthood, and into older age -- is one of the things he loves most about his job.

As Sam reveals in this episode, he works in all areas of rheumatology but is mainly focused on inflammatory arthritis, and other conditions involving persistent pain and fatigue in muscles and joints. Sam also tells us about an exciting approach known as 'living guidelines' to ensure patients benefit from the very latest in healthcare research.

If you want to get in touch with us please contact the Central Adelaide Local Health Network.

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 2 | Episode 4 |

The RAH’s Hyperbaric Medicine Unit provides critical treatment for people with damage linked with previous radiation treatment, for wounds that are slow to heal, and for people experiencing sudden hearing loss. Other Medicare-approved conditions suited for treatment include persistent or dangerous bacterial infections such as gangrene, and crush injuries.

More than 70,000 high pressure oxygen treatments have been delivered at the RAH’s Hyperbaric Unit, serving 4,000 patients over 40 years.

Former Navy Clearance Diver Troy Pudney is Senior Hyperbaric Chamber Supervisor at the RAH.

If you want to get in touch with us please contact the Central Adelaide Local Health Network.