On-Demand Episode 1 - 'Mishaps at Mount Fuji'

On-demand Episode 1 | 'Mishaps at Mount Fuji' 

Featuring Ken and Hana our elderly comic-strip couple, each episode will uncover the different wound woes they experience, including dementia, pressure injuries, slips and falls. In episode 1 Ken has a cooking accident - which results in a burn. Join our panel of experts as we talk about burns – how to assess and treat them, when to escalate and learn about the frontline challenges of managing complex burn situations such as the bushfires. 

Episode 1 panelists:

Professor Fiona Wood AM FRACS, Director Burns Service of WA, Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon

A highly skilled plastic and reconstructive surgeon and world leading burns specialist, she has pioneered research and technology development in burns medicine. Fiona Wood has been a burns surgeon and researcher for over 30 years and is Director of the Burns Service of Western Australia (BSWA). She is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Fiona Stanley Hospital and Perth Children's Hospital; co-founder of the first skin cell laboratory in WA; Winthrop Professor in the School of Surgery at The University of Western Australia; and co-founder of the Fiona Wood Foundation (formerly The McComb Foundation). Professor Wood’s greatest contribution and enduring legacy is her work with co-inventor Marie Stoner, pioneering the innovative ‘spray-on skin’ technique (Recell), where today the technique is used worldwide. In October 2002, Fiona was propelled into the media spotlight when the largest proportion of survivors from the 2002 Bali bombings arrived in Perth where Fiona led the medical team at Royal Perth Hospital to save many lives.

Dr Nathan Oates FANZCA – VMO anaesthetist | Acting Director Prevocational Education and Training | South East Regional Hospital

Gemma McFarlane RN – Burns Clinical Nurse Consultant - Royal Darwin Hospital Burns Service | Department of Health