ACRA Vic/Tas Workshop  This afternoon workshop is designed for both acute and outpatient cardiac nurses and will dive deep into the link between Phase I (inpatient) cardiac rehabilitation and Phase II (outpatient) cardiac rehab; Patient education, including how to provide education in busy inpatient clinical environments, consideration of health literacy, use of the Teach Back…

Guest Speaker: Prof Andrea Driscoll. Come and network with your colleagues and enjoy a delicious three course dinner! Prof Driscoll will talk to us about all things data, advocacy, cost effectiveness and how to use this information to prepare a business case to improve the care delivered to cardiac patients.    Consider coming to the workshop…

Details: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognised form of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) that occurs due to coronary artery occlusion as a result of intramural hematoma. SCAD-induced AMI differs from traditional AMI in that it occurs in younger people without atherosclerosis, most commonly women. Given its unexpected occurrence, SCAD is a particularly…