In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Melissa Branjerdporn. Melissa is a Social Worker by profession but, important to this episode, she is currently serving as Team Leader of Suicide Prevention and Therapies in Metro North Health. Melissa has studied a Master of Suicidology and weaves real work experience with the science to teach us more about how to support the prevention of suicide.

Melissa’s Five Things:

1. What is suicide?
2. What are the warning signs?
3. Asking about suicide doesn’t seed it in someone’s mind!
4. When people talk about suicide, take it seriously.
5. Suicide is not necessarily about people wanting to die.

In this special live-audience episode from the Metro North Health Innovation Showcase, Jesse is joined by Julie Oliver and Dr EJ Marsden, the nursing and medical professional leads for the Older Persons Emergency Network.

Unsurprisingly, this is all about older persons emergency care.

Julie and EJ's Five Things:

1. The why - Defining the problem in older persons emergency care
2. The what and where of care requirements - "presenting complaints", locations.
3. The who - the right skills and decisions about team composition
4. What does success look like?
5. The template for future - more care in homes & RACF, scaling?

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Courtney Jarrett. Courtney is a Respiratory and Sleep Scientist in Thoracic Medicine at RBWH. Courtney joins us for another episode that has critical information for staff (especially shift workers) and patients…Sleep.

Courtney’s Five Things:

1. What IS sleep?
2. Why is sleep so important?
3. What are common sleep issues or disorders?
4. Things that impact sleep.
5. How to optimise sleep.