The unit was was presented the certification from the Stroke Foundation at RNSH
RNSH ranked among nation’s best for stroke care Royal North Shore Hospital has been
and recently, Olive, her husband Geoff and Brendan took part in the Krazi Kosci Klimb. Krazi Kosci Klimb is an annual event ran by the CPA to give young people with cerebral palsy a chance to reach a goal they may never have believed they could: climbing Mount Kosciuszko. Olive said the Krazi Kosci Klimb gave Brendan an overwhelming sense of joy and sense of fulfilment. “Brendan’s chest swelled with pride,” she said. “He didn’t fully understand what he had actually accomplished, but he knew he had done something amazing and that was worth everything to me.” As part of the challenge Olive and her family contributed to raising over $500,000 for the CPA and their phenomenal fundraising put in to stroke care,” he said. “This truly is the outcome of collaborative multidisciplinary approach between different departments and disciplines including emergency medicine, radiology, neurosurgery and interventional neuroradiology, intensive care services and neurology.” Stroke nurse practitioner Elizabeth O’Brien said the certification is an indicator of the role the service can play in helping stroke survivors reintegrate back into their lives. “The stroke unit certification ensures the service can provide exemplary care in a time of extreme stress for patients from the moment they enter our doors to when they leave and reintegrate into the community and their lives,” she said. The achievement coincides with National Stroke Week, with this year’s theme encouraging the community to know the F.A.S.T. (Face, Arms, Speech and Time) signs of stroke so a life can be saved in the event of a stroke.
recognised for providing a high standard of stroke care, joining a list of only 19 Australian hospitals that have received official stroke unit certification from the Australian Stroke Coalition (ASC). The ASC Stroke Unit Certification Program encourages hospitals to consistently meet a set of national criteria to deliver the best possible stroke care to patients. RNSH was announced as a recipient of the program in May and was recently presented with the official certificate from the Stroke Foundation at the hospital. NSLHD Neuroscience and Stroke Network Director Associate Professor Martin Krause said the hospital is proud to have attained the certification and thanked the multiple departments involved in providing multidisciplinary stroke care. “The certification is a result of the work that our passionate team of nurses, allied health and doctors in Royal North Shore Hospital
Inspiring Steps: Olive and family gear up for STEPtember In what is a yearly highlight for many across the district, STEPtember is returning for 2024.
STEPtember is a month-long fundraising event conducted by the Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA) which aims to support a wide range of initiatives involving those living with cerebral palsy. The fundraising initiative raises money towards life changing research, treatment, services, assistive technologies, and support for people living with CP. The district has played a big role in STEPtember in recent years, with 342 staff members taking part in 2023 who helped raised $22,913 for the cerebral palsy. A keen stepper each year is Olive Williams, from the RNSH medical staff unit. Olive’s son Brendan has cerebral palsy
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