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I would like to acknowledge the Kaurna peoples who are

the Traditional Custodians of this Land.

I would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and

present.

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Acknowledgments

– Department of Health & Ageing

Project Team

– Vicki Wade

– Dr Rob Grenfell

– Andrew McAuliffe

– Eleanor Clune

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Princess Alexandra Hospital

Arnold Ng, Staff cardiologist

William Wang, Staff cardiologist

Vivian Bryce, Clinical Nurse Consultant

Tamworth Base Hospital

Jane Kerr, CVD coordinator

Val White, Welfare Worker

Coffs Harbour Base Hospital

Sheryl Bonn, Cardiac rehab CNC

Jay Gilchrist, Cardiac Rehab

Carolyn Hart, Aboriginal Health Education Officer

Shane Gabriel, Nurse education CVD & primary care

Pam Lane, Physiotherapist & CR

Marilyn Body, Clinical Nurse Consultant Chronic Care for

Aboriginal people

iCCnet, Adelaide

Rosy Tirimacco, Network Operations & Research

Manager

Flinders Medical Centre

Rob Baker, Director of Cardiac Surgery and Research

and Perfusion

Jayme Bennetts, Head of Cardiac Surgery

St Vincent’s Hospital

Karen Daws, Research Fellow

Linda Worrall-Carter, Director, Centre for

Nursing Research and Cardiac Research

John Willis, Coordinator, Aboriginal Health

Projects

Michelle Winters, Senior AHLO and Training

Officer

Royal Darwin Hospital

Jeff Tinsley, Nursing Unit Manager, Coronary

Care / Chronic Disease Coordination Unit

Mark, Cardiac Rehab coordinator

Flinders Medical Centre

Daphne Perry, Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander Remote Area Clinical Liaison Nurse for

Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Surgery

preadmission coordinator

Derek Francis, Aboriginal Liaison Officer

Sue Treadwell, Cardiac services coordinator

Aboriginal Patient Pathway Office

Mandy, Project Officer, Closing the Gap,

Improving Patient Journey

Vicki Jacobs, Principal Policy Officer, Aboriginal

Health Directorate

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Royal Prince Alfred, Liverpool and Campbelltown

Natalie Richards, (Previously) Walgan Tilly Project Officer

Managing Two Worlds Together

Janet Kelly, Managing Two Worlds Together Project, Project Coordinator

Royal Perth Hospital

Narelle Wilson, Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinical Nurse Specialist

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Disclaimer:

- Fictional patient story

- Not complete picture

- Does not capture other

great initiatives

- Does not represent every

patient journey

- Not a clinical journey

Painting by Ngarrindjeri man, Craig Rigney

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Painting by Ngarrindjeri man, Craig Rigney

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Warning Signs of Heart Attack

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BeAware training model for non clinical staff

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Retrieval and pathway coordination systems

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Local health clinic and cardiac outreach services

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Aboriginal Health Worker exchange program

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Metropolitan hospital

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Workforce - ALO/AHLO/APPO programs

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Heart Surgeons

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Transport and family support

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Systems of in-hospital cardiac rehabilitation and use

of local resources

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Welcoming and appropriate environments

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Alternative models of cardiac rehabilitation

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Sorry Statements and Acknowledgment

of Country

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