About the podcast

This Emergency Life is a podcast about emergency care. We aim to bring you interviews with emergency care clinicians, researchers, educators, policy makers and thought leaders from Australasia and around the world.

The podcast is proudly associated with The College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA). CENA is the peak professional association representing emergency nurses. CENA represents approximately 1,400 nurses nationally and internationally. There are large numbers of nurses working in emergency and many more in circumstances which see them providing emergency care to patients outside of emergency departments. This includes nurses working in small regional and rural hospitals, health care centres and flight nurses.

About us

With more than 30 years nursing experience in Australia, Cliff Connell has spent the last 20 years as an emergency nurse, ED clinical nurse educator, university lecturer and emergency care researcher. Cliff is currently a Monash Nursing and Midwifery postdoctoral research fellow with research interests focussing on ED patient safety, deteriorating patient outcomes, emergency care, teamwork and evidence-based education.

John Thompson is an Emergency Nurse Practitioner with more than 20 years emergency nursing experience in Australia and internationally. A fellow of the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA), John was awarded the CENA Emergency Nurse of the Year in 2019 for his outstanding contributions to emergency care. In the past 5 years John has transitioned over to academia and education in the tertiary sector.

Contact Us

If you would like to appear on This Emergency Life, share your thoughts, achievements or challenges, please feel free to contact us at ThisEmergencyLife@gmail.com