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Francis Family Doctors

Locality: Maryborough, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4197 1567

Address: 310 Kent Street 4650 Maryborough, QLD, Australia

Website: https://www.francisfamilydoctors.com

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19.01.2022 Dr. Dunn - today (Friday) 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm. Call 4197 1567

18.01.2022 In our ongoing effort to protect and to keep everyone as safe as possible in the practice, we are installing InovaAir air purifiers throughout the surgery. These machines will continually filter the air and remove even the smallest viral particles if present. Our policy to restrict entry to any patients with flu like symptoms remains, however each doctor is able to provide a telehealth appointment if appropriate.... The face shields remain an important first line safety barrier, while allowing both patient and doctor to see each other, rather than restrictive masks. Please ensure you continue to keep a safe distance from others when out and about, and wash your hands....lots.

14.01.2022 Some useful information I found shared by a friend. Worth a read That bite of summer has well and truly come early this year and with that heat, comes snakes. ...This article was written by Rob Timmings Rob runs a medical/nursing education business Teaching nurses, doctors and paramedics. It’s well worth the read #ECT4Health 3000 bites are reported annually. 300-500 hospitalisations 2-3 deaths annually. Average time to death is 12 hours. The urban myth that you are bitten in the yard and die before you can walk from your chook pen back to the house is a load of rubbish. While not new, the management of snake bite (like a flood/fire evacuation plan or CPR) should be refreshed each season. Let’s start with a Basic overview. There are five genus of snakes that will harm us (seriously) Browns, Blacks, Adders, Tigers and Taipans. All snake venom is made up of huge proteins (like egg white). When bitten, a snake injects some venom into the meat of your limb (NOT into your blood). This venom can not be absorbed into the blood stream from the bite site. It travels in a fluid transport system in your body called the lymphatic system (not the blood stream). Now this fluid (lymph) is moved differently to blood. Your heart pumps blood around, so even when you are lying dead still, your blood still circulates around the body. Lymph fluid is different. It moves around with physical muscle movement like bending your arm, bending knees, wriggling fingers and toes, walking/exercise etc. Now here is the thing. Lymph fluid becomes blood after these lymph vessels converge to form one of two large vessels (lymphatic trunks)which are connected to veins at the base of the neck. Back to the snake bite site. When bitten, the venom has been injected into this lymph fluid (which makes up the bulk of the water in your tissues). The only way that the venom can get into your blood stream is to be moved from the bite site in the lymphatic vessels. The only way to do this is to physically move the limbs that were bitten. Stay still!!! Venom can’t move if the victim doesn’t move. Stay still!! Remember people are not bitten into their blood stream. In the 1980s a technique called Pressure immobilisation bandaging was developed to further retard venom movement. It completely stops venom /lymph transport toward the blood stream. A firm roll bandage is applied directly over the bite site (don’t wash the area). Technique: Three steps: keep them still Step 1 Apply a bandage over the bite site, to an area about 10cm above and below the bite. Step 2: Then using another elastic roller bandage, apply a firm wrap from Fingers/toes all the way to the armpit/groin. The bandage needs to be firm, but not so tight that it causes fingers or toes to turn purple or white. About the tension of a sprain bandage. Step 3: Splint the limb so the patient can’t walk or bend the limb. Do nots: Do not cut, incise or suck the venom. Do not EVER use a tourniquet Don’t remove the shirt or pants - just bandage over the top of clothing. Remember movement (like wriggling out of a shirt or pants) causes venom movement. DO NOT try to catch, kill or identify the snake!!! This is important. In hospital we NO LONGER NEED to know the type of snake; it doesn’t change treatment. 5 years ago we would do a test on the bite, blood or urine to identify the snake so the correct anti venom can be used. BUT NOW... we don’t do this. Our new Antivenom neutralises the venoms of all the 5 listed snake genus, so it doesn’t matter what snake bit the patient. Read that again- one injection for all snakes! Polyvalent is our one shot wonder, stocked in all hospitals, so most hospitals no longer stock specific Antivenins. Australian snakes tend to have 3 main effects in differing degrees. Bleeding - internally and bruising. Muscles paralysed causing difficulty talking, moving & breathing. Pain In some snakes severe muscle pain in the limb, and days later the bite site can break down forming a nasty wound. Allergy to snakes is rarer than winning lotto twice. Final tips: not all bitten people are envenomated and only those starting to show symptoms above are given antivenom. Did I mention to stay still. ~Rob Timmings Kingston/Robe Health Advisory #vrarescue #snakebite

14.01.2022 Looking for a new podcast? My Amazing Body explores interesting, unknown and misunderstood parts of your body, featuring interviews with medical experts and stories from real Queenslanders.

09.01.2022 Francis Family Doctors appreciate your ongoing assistance to keep everyone as safe as possible in the practice. This questionnaire is an important document to capture the possibility of the COVID-19 virus entering the building. Along with face-shields, distancing and virus capturing air purifiers, we continue to monitor the government health updates and re-adjust our processes as required. ... Each doctor has Telehealth appointments available where appropriate. We implore you......if you have ANY of these symptoms, regardless of how minor, go to a fever clinic and be tested. This virus could be in our community right now. Website information - Maryborough Hospital Address: 48 Yaralla Street, Maryborough 4650 Phone: 07 4122 8048 Opening Hours: 09:30-17:30 Seven Days (Excl. pub hols) Booking needed: No GP referral needed: No Children tested: Yes Notes: Drive-through or in-car testing.

08.01.2022 With assistance from the Qld Government Arts & Heritage, conservation work is underway on the upper level of our building. Taking about two months, the railings will be repaired, joists and floorboards replaced and painting works completed. The pathology entrance remains open, however our practice entrance has temporarily moved to the Kent & Richmond Street corner. Thanks everyone for your patience as we work on keeping the old building in great condition for all the community to enjoy.

04.01.2022 The Wide Bay has hit the 30,000 COVID-19 tests milestone at public and private clinics. That's great news as testing is one of the best ways to protect yourself..., your loved ones and the wider community. If you even have mild symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, fatigue, shortness of breath, or loss of taste or smell. For all the information you need about testing, visit: https://www.health.qld.gov.au//c/fever-clinics-information See more