Hipcast

Send us Fan Mail A/Prof Mellick Chehade, an Orthopaedic Trauma Consultant from Adelaide, discusses his work developing digital healthcare  for patients with hip fractures. Click here for more information: https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/8/19-249136.pdf If you wish to find out more, please find A/Prof Chehade's contact details here: https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/mellick.c...

Send us Fan Mail Stephanie Thornton, Nurse Management Consultant, Central Australia Health Service, discusses the unique physical and cultural challenges of hip fracture care in a remote setting. Hear Stephanie discuss issues of transporting patients long distances, engaging with patients in a culturally appropriate manner and the necessity to think outside the box with regard to equipment provisi...

Send us Fan Mail This week join the ANZHFR team for the inaugural ANZHFR New Zealand Golden Hip 2021 award. The Golden Hip was initiated by the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit to promote and reward better health care for people with hip fractures.   For the first time in New Zealand, four finalist hospitals will be recognised for their achievements against the Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care Standard...

Send us Fan Mail This week join the ANZHFR team for the inaugural ANZHFR Australian Golden Hip 2021 award. The Golden Hip was initiated by the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit to promote and reward better health care for people with hip fractures.   For the first time in Australia, ten finalist hospitals will be recognised for their achievements against the Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care Standard qual...

Send us Fan Mail Join ANZHFR co-chairs Prof Jacqui Close & Prof Ian Harris and Australian Registry Manager Jamie Hallen to discuss the recently published ANZHFR  Annual Report 2021.

Send us Fan Mail Orthopaedic surgeons Dr Catherine McDougall & Dr Lorenzo Calabro discuss the options for the surgical management of intertrochanteric fractures. A video version of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7M7t01n_rQ

Send us Fan Mail Adjunct Associate Professor Paul Mitchell, Chair of the Communications Committee of the Fragility Fracture Network provides an introduction to the network and their global call to action. Here are some useful links for podcast listeners: FFN Global Congress, 28-30 September - https://www.fragilityfracturenetwork.org/project/welcome-message/ Global Call to Action on Fragility Fract...

Send us Fan Mail Anaesthetist Dr Richard Halliwell discusses the considerations for analgesia in the older hip fracture patient. Richard presents the research evidence, together with the risks and benefits for different anaesthetic and pain relief approaches. This is followed by a Q&A with ANZHFR Co-chair Prof Jacqui Close. NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation Fascia Iliaca Block guide found her...

Send us Fan Mail Geriatrician, Dr Chrys Pulle, presents his hospital’s experience in improving performance on Clinical Indicator 6 – “Minimising the risk of another fracture”. Chrys discusses how identification of at-risk patients, investigation of risk factors and individualised treatment plans for falls prevention and treatment of osteoporosis are a cost effective approach to significantly reduc...

Send us Fan Mail Professor Jacqueline Close discusses the effects of delirium on patient outcomes and highlights recent research in this area. Jacqui provides information regarding strategies for preventing delirium such as pain management, nutrition and hydration, time to surgery, bladder and bowel management and involvement of carers. This is followed by a short Q&A session with Dr Hannah Se...

Send us Fan Mail Prof Ian Harris leads a panel discussion on the subject of anticoagulants and hip fracture. Hear the perspectives of orthopaedic surgeon Dr Chris Jones, anaesthetist Dr Sean McManus, geriatrician Dr Hannah Seymour and haematologist Dr Stephanie Ping as they discuss several case studies which highlight some of the considerations around this issue. Please find the mentioned Associat...

Send us Fan Mail Join Prof Ian Harris, co-chair of ANZHFR for a Q & A with Dr Jack Bell, Dietitian from The Prince Charles Hospital, Queensland and ANZHFR Steering Committee member. Dr Jack Bell discusses the importance of malnutrition and SIMPLE nutrition care for hip fractures.

Send us Fan Mail Successful multidisciplinary care can be a challenge. Join our expert panel to hear about the triumphs and barriers to achieving cohesive teamwork for throughout the hospital journey for hip fracture patients. Our guest panel: Subacute Team Representations from Orange General Hospital NSW: - Kate Polain - Rehabilitation Clinical Nurse Consultant  - Josie Lowe - Dietitian - Jo Upso...

Send us Fan Mail Prof Gustavo Duque, a Melbourne-based Geriatrician discusses a pilot study by his research team on the implementation of an electronic care pathway for hip fracture patients and the benefits of this on the patient hospital journey. For more information, please take a look at the published paper: https://bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12891-020-03834-w T...

Send us Fan Mail Join Prof Jacqui Close, co-chair of ANZHFR for a Q & A with Dr Bianca Wong, Geriatrician from the Lyell McEwin Hospital, South Australia. Dr Bianca Wong discusses how they are able to achieve a high rate of initiating osteoporosis medication at her hospital.

Send us Fan Mail Anaesthetists, Dr John Barry and Dr Sean McManus discuss the role of the anaesthetist in the care of patients with fractured neck of femurs, including the challenges of pain management in the older patient, particularly those with cognitive impairment. Elderly patients with hip fracture are at risk of being undertreated for pain which can contribute to longer lengths of stay and p...

Send us Fan Mail This week we have New Zealand senior physiotherapist Claire Turner sharing her experience on the benefits of early mobilisation for hip fracture patients. 

Send us Fan Mail A follow up session from the recent Australian Hipfest, our experienced  Registry experts Elizabeth Armstrong and Stewart Fleming answer some of the audience's burning questions on involvement in the Registry.

Send us Fan Mail With our expert panel of ANZHFR Co-Chairs Prof Close & Prof  Harris, geriatrician Dr Seymour & anaesthetist Dr McManus, we will be answering your burning questions on anticoagulation and surgery, delirium, pain management and bone protection for your hip fracture patients. Links: 1. Anticoagulation & Surgery Resource: Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain &...

Send us Fan Mail Professor Maria Fiatarone Singh is a Geriatrician at The University of Sydney, New South Wales. She describes her research in rehabilitation after hip fracture and the effects of high intensity progressive resistance training as well as targeted multi-disciplinary treatment. She gives context to the randomised control study and describes how this research can be translated into a...

Send us Fan Mail Dr Matthew Beech, Staff Specialist Anaesthetist at Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD Australia and Prof Jacqui Close, co-chair of ANZHFR discuss the role of transthoracic echo in hip fracture.

Send us Fan Mail Mr Peter Moules, a registered nurse in ED, describes how care was improved with an innovative eHIP bundle of care and prompt notification system involving the MDT Hip Fracture team at Wollongong Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.

Send us Fan Mail Dr Lara Kimmel, team leader and physiotherapist describes how High Intensity Physiotherapy for Hip Fractures is provided at The Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia. Dr Kimmel presents the results of the HIP4Hips randomised control trial and explains how they are able to provide this model of physiotherapy as “business as usual” at The Alfred.

Send us Fan Mail Dr Agnes Yuen is a Haematologist from Melbourne Haematology and research fellow at Monash Health, Victoria, Australia. She will be discussing direct oral anticoagulants and emergency hip fracture surgery.

Send us Fan Mail Taken from the 2020 Hipfest Lecture Series, Dr Hannah Seymour, Geriatrician at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Western Australia and Prof Jacqui Close, co-chair of ANZHFR discuss when not to operate on hip fracture patients towards the end of their lives.