
Luke McDonald
@lukemcdonald_pt
Senior ICU Physiotherapist @Austin_Health
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14-03-2012 10:21:47
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Happening at #AAMVC conference… Thomas Rollinson speaking about prone positioning updates Discussing Chad Hochberg data on increasing proning with COVID-19 & ESICM guidelines including future research questions


Pleased to present an update on prone positioning, #ARDS guidelines and research Austin Health at #AAMVC 2023 Rinaldo Bellomo Dr Sue Berney Austin Physiotherapy Rahul Costa-Pinto Luke McDonald #physio Thanks for invitation Prof Carol Hodgson



Director of Austin Health ICU A/Prof Stephen Warrillow reminds us that ICU is not just about the ventilator - maintain a high quality workforce #AAMVC 👉 get the culture right 👉 defend the team 👉 relentlessly recruit 👉 train, educate, simulate 👉 provide opportunities


Fresh off the press! 🗞️ Read the editorial for our pooled individual patient data from 4 physical rehab RCTs across 3 countries here: journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/ful… Linda Denehy Dr Sue Berney Zudin David Griffith DC Files Tim Walsh Luke McDonald Emily Karahalios


#ResearchFest23 panel discussion on #MDT research! Our dept represented by ONJ #physio Kristen Capron Austin Health ONJCancerCentre


Kristen Capron highlighting that #consumers are key members of team research. Austin Health Austin Physiotherapy ONJCancerCentre

Our visionary manager Prof Dr Sue Berney was awarded the prestigious “Distinguished Scientist” Award Austin Health #ResearchFest23 today! Well deserved recognition of Sue’s contributions to the field of #icurehab and for promoting clinician-researchers! Congratulations Sue!!!


Congratulations Dr Sue Berney ! Wonderful recognition of your contributions to the field as well as your leadership, vision, wisdom, passion and advocacy for clinicians and researchers #ResearchFest23 #icurehab #rehablegend Austin Health Physiotherapy UniMelb

Congrats 🎉 to our Chair in #physio Prof David Berlowitz Physiotherapy UniMelb who delivered an Honor Lecture at the #CHEST conf in Hawaii this week on Sleep Disordered Breathing after #SCI Ping ✨ 🤩 Talia Clohessy, DPT / Melbourne Academic Centre for Health 🤩 @GracoMarnie / Institute for Breathing and Sleep Austin Health


A great day on advanced scope of practice in allied health. Many opportunities going forward! Victorian Department of Health

Great to hear the experience of Zoe Eggleton, one of our new graduate #physios Austin Health in 2023 Physiotherapy UniMelb #graduate #physiotherapist #melbourne

The #COVID pandemic stretched the #ICU workforce, in response we developed the #PhLIP team, a #Physio led intensive #prone positioning team, which was safe and feasible during the peak of ICU strain Austin Health Michelle Topple Luke McDonald Austin Physiotherapy Rahul Costa-Pinto

Excited to share some of our findings on #prone positioning in pts with #covid 🦠requiring mech vent in Aust: P/F ratio peaked in 1st prone episode, oxygenation response associated with mortality onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aa… Rinaldo Bellomo Ary Serpa Neto

We are so grateful to the tremendous team that contributed to this trial CCCTG McMaster Health Sciences McMaster School of Rehabilitation Science

Thrilled to be back in Belfast for #CCR24 with Dr Sue Berney and Austin Physiotherapy and hear the live results of the #CYCLE trial 🚴🚴♀️presented by Michelle Kho, PT, PhD and Heather O'Grady this afternoon! #icurehab #rehablegends Free livestream here criticalcarereviews.com


The #CYCLEtrial has been simultaneously published in NEJM Evidence doi.org/10.1056/EVIDoa… CYCLE Funders - CIHR CFI / FCI Accelerating Clinical Trials Canada


Myself and Thomas Rollinson prepared an editorial of this study investigating disability following COVID-19 critical illness. Thankyou to RESPIRATORY CARE for the invitation. Links to article and editorial in original post below.