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Children with cerebral palsy set to breathe easier thanks to ground-breaking research 12 November 2020 Children with cerebral palsy (CP) will benefit from ground-breaking new research to recognise the early warning signs of respiratory disease which can have devastating consequences when misdiagnosed. Until now, little was known about the heightened respiratory risks children living with CP face, with this being the leading cause of unplanned hospital admissions and death around the world. PCH clinicians are now leading Australian and international efforts to reduce this risk with a recently published ‘consensus statement’, a precursor to clinical guidelines, in the Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology Journal. The research team believes it will be a game changer in helping drive greater awareness and better management of the risk factors for respiratory illness in children and young people with CP. The research team responsible includes researchers from the Physiotherap... -
Allied Health Week: Meet the Neurophysiology team at PCH 06 November 2020 It's Allied Health Week at CAHS (2 November - 8 November) and we're meeting some of our allied health professionals at CAHS! Meet the Neurophysiology team at PCH. What do you do? Neurophysiology which is a branch of Neurology on Level 1, Clinic G at PCH. In neurophysiology, we perform diagnostic tests on children, mainly those with epilepsy. Our range of tests include: Electroencephalograms (EEGs) Long term EEGs for kids that stay on the ward for up to two weeks and being continually monitored High density EEG, Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SSEPs) Visual Evoked Potentials (VEPs) Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses (BAERs) Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) Intraoperative Monitoring (IOM) where we do an assortment of the above tests while children undergo brain and spinal surgery We also provide a satellite service to KEMH providing Neonatal EEGs for their b... -
Allied Health Week: Meet Doyel Khaleque 05 November 2020 It's Allied Health Week at CAHS (2 November - 8 November) and we're meeting some of our allied health professionals at CAHS! Meet Doyel Khaleque, a Senior Occupational Therapist at CAMHS. What do you do? My role involves assessment and intervention for young people with complex mental health concerns, from an occupational therapy perspective. This involves getting to know young people, assessing their mental state, risk and functioning, and then helping them to identify goals that they would like to work on. As an Occupational Therapist (OT), I focus on what the young person wants to do, what they need to do and how they can learn the required skills or adjust their environments to make daily living more manageable. My role also involves consultation with the wider team about sensory processing, developmental issues and functional living skills. How did you get into this job? I trained c... -
Celebrating our nurses: Chelsey Catchpole 14 October 2020 International Year of the Nurse & Midwife celebrates the invaluable contribution that nurses and midwifes make to global healthcare. At CAHS, we're profiling the diversity of roles and people that make up our nursing services. Meet Chelsey Catchpole. Chelsey is the Staff Development Educator for Ward 5A, CAMHS Inpatient Unit at Perth Children's Hospital. Tell us about your background and how you became a nurse Before I became a nurse, I worked in lots of different roles including as a waitress, retail assistant, health care assistant, working on a sheep station… however while travelling throughout Australia when I was in my 20’s, I decided to stay in Perth and applied as an international student to complete my nursing degree. I am a real 'people person' and love being able to help, so nursing just seemed to fit. I love the variety it brings and the wonderful stories I g... -
Three questions about research with Dr Sarah Cherian 29 September 2020 Dr Sarah Cherian, Clinical Lead of the Refugee Health Service and General Paediatrician, has worked at Perth Children's Hospital and the former Princess Margaret Hospital since 2000. Until recently she was also the Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Postgraduate Medical Education, which she held for more than a decade. Dr Cherian is a proud champion of research into refugee health who said receiving a Telethon Fellowship in 2006 was a pivotal shift in her career and gave her a springboard to transform her research into a PhD. The Telethon Fellowship allowed me to devote one year to dedicated research, but also helped develop my scientific writing and leadership skills, Dr Cherian said. Four years after receiving the Fellowship, Dr Cherian achieved the notable honour of becoming the first candidate to be awarded a PhD in paediatric refugee health in Australia. Dr Cherian...
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22/06/2021