COVID-19

Mrs Caitlin Vicary1, Mrs Peta Winship1, Ms Natasha Steere1, Mrs Dianne Lunt1, Dr Michael Musk2, Dr Kylie Hill3,4, Dr Vinicius Cavalheri3,4,5 1Physiotherapy Department, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia, 2Respiratory Medicine Department, Fiona Stanley Hospital , Perth , Australia, 3Curtin School...

Adj Ass Prof Donna Markham1, Sharon Downie2, Kerrie Walter1 1Safer Care Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 2Department of Health, Melbourne, Australia The year 2020 brought unprecedented challenges and change across Australia as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic evolved, and also coincided with Victoria’s...

Ms Shannon Butler1, Professor Vicki Flood1,2,3, Dr Josephine Gwynn1,2 1Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney , Sydney, Australia, 2Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney , Sydney, Australia, 3Westmead Hospital, Western Sydney...

Ms Rebecca Tivendale1 1Western Health, St Albans, Melbourne , Australia Western Health was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with 44% of Victorian cases residing within our catchment area. The pandemic led to natural increases in stress and anxiety for...

Adjunct Associate Professor Robyn Timms1 1WA Physiotherapy, Perth, Australia As the enormity of the COVID19 pandemic on society dawned on the world, WA Physiotherapists networked rapidly to address the anticipated challenges. This poster describes the collaborative actions of the Physiotherapy...

Ms Melissa Bartlett1, Ms Andrea Bramley1, Ms Debra Mitchell1 1Monash Health, Clayton, Australia Introduction/background The Monash Health Allied Health Early Graduate Education Program supports new allied health graduates in their transition from student to allied health professional in their first...

Mrs Lisa Beach1, Ms Alana Jacob1, Ms Jacqueline Kay1 1The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Background The COVID-19 pandemic required significant changes to be made to physiotherapy service delivery to keep the workforce safe and maintain high quality patient care...

Ms Mary Joyce1, Mrs Alison Maclean1, Mrs Sue Jordan1 1Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Health Care Group, Perth, Australia The aim of this study is to gain an understanding of any differences for hospital emergency presentations of Family and Domestic...

Mrs Taiwo Esther Dada1, Dr. Randy Adjonu2, Dr.  Judith Crockett1, Dr.  Kekere Otitoloju3, Dr. Ezekiel Uba Nwose1,4 1School of Community Health, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia, 2School of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, , Wagga Wagga, Australia , 3School of...

Ms Elise Harding1, Ms Christine Sausa1, Ms Christiane  Boehm1, Dr Jin-Gun Cho1,2,3, Ms Winnie Leung1, Ms Abby Liu1, Ms Mary Roberts1 1Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Australia, 2Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, , University...