Members of the local Koorie community, ambulance officers and midwives from hospitals across Gippsland (including Sale and Traralgon) attended a two-day workshop in March in obstetrics emergencies within the cultural sensitivity framework.

The Royal Women’s Hospital maternity emergency department in partnership with the Bairnsdale hospital delivered the workshop at the School of Rural Health – East Gippsland education centre in Bairnsdale. Coordinators included a Koorie liaison officer and Koorie  actress who were able to expand on, discuss and clarify the cultural sensitivity relating to maternity emergencies.

Around 40 participants took part in discussion panels on day one covering emergencies for neonates. Day two involved participants in practical skills on intubation for neonates, accessing umbilical veins in neonates and neonate resuscitation.

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