Western Hospital Melbourne to Maharaji Agrasen Hospital New Delhi India A 25-year-old female suffered a severe hypoxic brain injury secondary to a cardiac arrest and post severe asthma attack. After 120 days her condition had not improved. In summary her conditions included: Neurological Complex pain management neuropathy verses behavioral issues with extended periods of crying, […]

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney to Larnaca General Cyprus A 66-year-old female who arrived in Australian from Cyprus was, within 24-hours of arrival, found on the floor in a drowsy state, unable to move her left side and with slurred speech. A CT-brain scan showed an established infarct in the right middle cerebral artery (MCA), […]

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney to Auckland Hospital New Zealand A 78-year-old male admitted with headache, parasthesis to all limbs. A CT-brain scan showed WFNS scale grade-1 and Fisher grade-3 Subarachnoid hematoma. Shortly after he decreased his level of conscious and found to be in Ictus and was transferred to ICU and intubated. CT-brain scan […]

Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital to China Rehabilitation Research Centre Beijing A 30-year-old male from China fell from a three-story building and landed in the adjacent carpark. He was taken to Royal Brisbane Hospital where a Computed Tomography (CT) brain scan revealed a right partial Extra-Dural Haematoma (EDH), a burst L1-L3 anterior crush fractures with […]

Royal Melbourne Hospital to Military Hospital Vientiane Laos A 26-year-old male from Laos was on an exchange program from the Laos Army with the Royal Australian Air Force Defence International Training Centre (DITC), Laverton Victoria. He presented to Royal Melbourne Hospital with a headache, nausea and with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 14/15. A […]

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Perth to Kuala Lumpur Hospital Malaysia. A 30-year-old male from Malaysia on holiday in Australia presented to a General Practitioner with a 1-month history of blurred vision and vomiting. He was referred to an ophthalmologist and underwent A CT-Brain scan on the January 27, 2013. This scan showed crainocaudal heterogeneously enhanced […]

The Alfred Hospital Melbourne to Toowoomba Queensland A 27-year-old male working in the transportation industry on February 22, 2012 was involved in a high-speed motor vehicle accident resulting with the truck running off road, rolling and bursting into fire. The patient was ejected out of the cabin and found at the scene with an altered […]

The Alfred Hospital Melbourne to Royal Perth Hospital Perth  A 47-year-old male from Perth was working on a construction project as a rigger, building oil and gas platforms in the Bass Strait Victoria. On the March 3, 2012 while working on a barge, a metal hatch with a mass of approximately 350kg gave way, falling […]

Sunshine Hospital Melbourne to Moruya NSW.  A 76-year-old female travelling around Australia was admitted to Sunshine Hospital on July 5, 2012after falling in the shower resulting in a fracture Neck of Femur (NOF). She was taken to theatre for repair to the left pertrokmanteric fracture with subtroch extension. This required a 8-hole 135-degree dynamic hip […]

Western Hospital Melbourne to remote South Australia. On August 28,2012 a 52-year-old female on holidays from South Australia was found in the morning by her husband to be unconsciousness in bed. She had taken her regular hyperglycemic medication the previous evening despite recording a low blood sugar level. This resulted in a hypoglycemic acquired brain […]

Royal Melbourne Hospital to Wollongong Hospital NSW On June 21, 2011 a 32-year-old male fell down a flight of nine stairs.  He was found to have a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 7/15 at the scene of the incident and was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital, where his GCS decreased to 3/15. A Computed Tomography (CT) […]

Royal Melbourne Hospital to Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital QLD On the May 6, 2011, a 67-year-old male from Brisbane was on holidays travelling in Ararat Victoria. Whilst driving he experienced a seizure resulting in a low speed motor vehicle accident. At the scene of the accident he was found to have a Glasgow Coma […]

A 19 year-old- male from Ireland arrived on a working holiday during October 2012 while traveling on an unsealed road around the farm he was involved in a motor vehicle accident. Travelling in the middle seat of the utility vehicle he leaned out of the car and was hit by a tree branch extracting him […]

Sir Charles Gardner Hospital Perth to Cambridge University Hospital A 84 year-old male Professor from Cambridge United Kingdom was traveling to Australia for work when he was admitted in February 2013 to Sir Charles Gardner Hospital Perth with sudden onset of expressive and receptive dysphasia, right facial droop, right hemiparesis and right hemisensory and visual […]

Austin Hospital Melbourne to Robina Rehabilitation Hospital Gold Coast Queensland. A 37 year-old female with four children was referred by Queensland Health to the Austin Hospital Melbourne for increased frequency and severity of refractory epilepsy. Over the last twelve months the seizure had severely limited her capacity to function and a decision to travel to […]

Williamstown Hospital to Waikato District Hospital Hamilton New Zealand A 58 year old male was admitted to Western Hospital in January 2013 after an out of hospital Ventricular Fibrillation (VF) arrest while driving a truck. Bystanders commenced cardio pulmonary resuscitation at the scene before his rhythm was reverted by ambulance officers. Intubated and cooled he […]

Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Melbourne to Middlemore Spinal Rehabilitation Unit, Auckland New Zealand A 18 year old male from New Zealand was living in Melbourne for four months while playing in the local football league. During training he became injured when a player landed on his neck and he was admitted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital […]

Princess Alexander Hospital Brisbane to Auckland Hospital New Zealand A 56 year old female from New Zealand was on holidays visiting family.  Unfortunately she had a 2-year history of oesophageal cancer with secondary lung metastasis mass that had invaded the trachea and bronchial tree. While diagnosed with a terminal illness she was determine to be […]

St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney to Eastbourne England A 69-year-old female from England was on holiday with her husband travelling to Perth to see her son before embarking on a cruise ship to New Zealand. The client had a history of bipolar affective disorder with 20 admissions to psychiatric units in England. During her time on […]