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  • Latest episode of Children’s Hospital shines the spotlight on Fiona Stanley Hospital theatres 30 June 2022 In this weeks’ episode of Children’s Hospital, viewers will be welcomed into the hustle and bustle of Fiona Stanley Hospital’s (FSH) operating theatres.
  • New Children's Hospital episode pulls back the curtain on medical imaging team 23 June 2022 The second episode of Children’s Hospital peeks behind the curtain of the Fiona Stanley Hospital medical imaging department. If you have ever had an x-ray, CT scan, MRI, angiogram, mammogram or ultrasound there, you have probably been in their safe hands.
  • Fiona Stanley Hospital proudly stars in new internationally-broadcast TV series 16 June 2022 A new documentary series, 'Children's Hospital', highlights the life-changing work done in the emergency department and paediatrics wards every day at Fiona Stanley and Perth Children’s hospitals.
  • Environment the winner in anaesthetic gas ban at SMHS 05 June 2022 A vote by Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group (FSFHG) anaesthetists back in 2020 to no longer use the gas desflurane, has delivered a significant win for the environment, and the departments budget. While desflurane is a commonly-used anaesthetic agent, it is also a potent greenhouse gas. Since the 2020 vote, the department has used up the remaining cannisters of the gas and committed to not o...

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  • Group of nurses in children's operating theatre holding bay
    Latest episode of Children’s Hospital shines the spotlight on Fiona Stanley Hospital theatres 30 June 2022 In this weeks’ episode of Children’s Hospital, viewers will be welcomed into the hustle and bustle of Fiona Stanley Hospital’s (FSH) operating theatres.
  • A group of five health professionals stand in front of a window
    New Children's Hospital episode pulls back the curtain on medical imaging team 23 June 2022 The second episode of Children’s Hospital peeks behind the curtain of the Fiona Stanley Hospital medical imaging department. If you have ever had an x-ray, CT scan, MRI, angiogram, mammogram or ultrasound there, you have probably been in their safe hands.
  • One male and three female health professionals in a treatment area
    Fiona Stanley Hospital proudly stars in new internationally-broadcast TV series 16 June 2022 A new documentary series, 'Children's Hospital', highlights the life-changing work done in the emergency department and paediatrics wards every day at Fiona Stanley and Perth Children’s hospitals.
  • Two men and two women stand together smiling in hospital scrubs inside a theatre
    Environment the winner in anaesthetic gas ban at SMHS 05 June 2022 A vote by Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group (FSFHG) anaesthetists back in 2020 to no longer use the gas desflurane, has delivered a significant win for the environment, and the departments budget. While desflurane is a commonly-used anaesthetic agent, it is also a potent greenhouse gas. Since the 2020 vote, the department has used up the remaining cannisters of the gas and committed to not ordering any more stock. At the time, FSFHG was one of the first in Australia to remove desflurane from theatres. The ban has seen CO2 going into the atmosphere from desflurane drop from 34,554kg per month to zero. In addition, purchasing has gone from a peak of 39 bottles per month to zero, saving $10,000 per month for the department. The move to ban desflurane was driven by the FSFHG Green Theatres Group and anaesthetists Dr Adam Crossley, Dr Jennifer Liddell, Dr James Anderson and Dr Archana S...
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Last Updated: 17/12/2021
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