The UL Hospitals Podcast

In the fourth episode of The UL Hospitals Podcast, we move away from UHL to focus on the Injury Unit at Ennis Hospital. This unit, together with its 'sister' units in Nenagh and St John's Hospitals, provide a swift, efficient Emergency Department-avoidance option for a total of around 40,000 patients every year who need treatment for a range of non-lifethreatening injuries, including breaks, sprains, burns and wounds. But how to know when you can be treated in one of these units, instead of presenting at the region's only ED in UHL? We spoke to:- Dr Cormac Mehigan, Consultant in Emergency Medicine & Lead, Ennis Injury Unit; and- Mhairi Barron, Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner to find out moreThanks to Cormac and Mhairi for making the time to talk to us.For more guidance on the injuries that can be treated in Injury Units, visit the HSE website here. If you suffer an injury and are in doubt about where you need to go for assistance, staff at any of our Injury Units will be happy to take your phone call. Contact details for the three Injury Units in UL Hospitals Group are available on the HSE website:Ennis Injury Unit, Co Clare - click here Nenagh Injury Unit, Co Tipperary - click here St John's Injury Unit, Limerick City - click here For more on the refurbishment of Ennis Injury Unit, see here 

In the third episode of The UL Hospitals Podcast, we focus on Intensive Care Nursing at University Hospital Limerick, and investigate innovations such as the Get To Know Me Boards, developed and used in the unit to help nurses and families of loved ones in critical care focus on the person in the bed at the centre of the various intensive therapies. A big thanks to our interviewees for their time and invaluable insights:·        Ellie Scanlan, Staff Nurse in ICU at UHL;·        Linda Daffy, Clinical Nurse Manager (CNM3) in Critical Care at UHL; and·        Ger Crilly, Clinical Nurse Manager (CNM2), Clinical Placement Coordinator, UHL, for their invaluable time and insights into their work.For more on the Get To Know Me Boards, visit the HSE website hereFor more on Intensive Care in Ireland, visit the HSE website here

In the first episode of The UL Hospitals Podcast, we focus on the Group’s Patient Advocacy & Liaison Service (PALS) volunteers. We speak to Brian Kelly and Virginia O’Dowd, volunteers at University Hospital Limerick and Nenagh Hospital, while PALS managers Liz O’Leary and Liz Barry talk about the service’s latest recruitment drive for volunteers.For more on PALS, visit the HSE website here