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HS-A National Newsletter

 

Donation of the Month HS-A Director Brian Dooley presenting a new laptop to Marg Flaherty, Head of Canberra Hospital Cardic Rehab Unit for heart education sessions.  Think you are more generous (and humble) than Brian? Then please let National Office know at: martine@heartnet.org.au

Correction GST claims must be forwarded to National Office by mid August.  Please ignore the June 30th deadline as given in the June newsletter.

Financials The financial year is almost over and branches need to submit end-of-year financials to National Office. Download the quarterly financials Template here: hs-a_form_-_quarterly_branch_financials_form.docx Other forms that may be relevant are located on our 'forms and publications' page.

Feed Back Please: To help us improve and make the site more interesting and relevant to you please let us know of any: broken links difficulties you have had with the site outdated information things you would like to see added to the site We would especially value feed back from HS-A branch members about any events we can help promote on the site. To leave feed back click here

Newsletter Page: The Digital version of the newsletter has now been changed to a PDF file. -Site Admin

Branch Websites: Central Sydney Branch has a great website up at: http://heartnetcs.weebly.com/ As do Goldcoast Branch at: http://www.meetup.com/heart-support-goldcoast/ Follow the link and have a look!  If other branches have websites up or would like assistance setting up their own website to keep branch members informed please let us know at national office or email me at: ljagiello@heartnet.org.au

National office has moved to: 36 Constitution Avenue Canberra City, ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 6249 8877 Fax: (02) 6247 9707 More details on this are in the June newsletter.

Heart Support News

 

Small Grants For Small Rural Communities Program The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal is offering a total of $900,000 a year in grants for projects that assist rural and remote communities.  If your branch is in a rural or regional area you can find the details for this grants project HERE

Acute Coronary Syndromes Resource Exchange The Heart Foundation and the National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) have worked together to create a website to enable the sharing of tools and resources used in the treatment of ACS. Find the Website HERE

Generation Risk HS-A Director Tony Arvidsson discussed the 'Generation Risk' report on Channel 10 Morning News in May of this year.  You can see the the footage HERE or on HS-A's YouTube Channel.

iPhone ADE GeoTagger: James Leaming, of Penn State University faculty of emergency medicine, has developed a free iPhone application that assists in finding the nearest automatic external defibrillator in an emergency.   CLICK HERE to find out more

One Life A Second Chance: We commenced the "One Life, A Second Chance" project last year. It has been funded through the Department of Health & Ageing.  The DVD and supporting materials are avalable to HSA branches and too the public. >CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR PUBLICATIONS PAGE

Preventing Infective Endocarditis: Infective endocarditis is an infection of the heart valves or the lining of the heart (endocardium). If untreated it can lead t serious problems such as heart failure. Read articles about preventing infective endocarditis by following the links below: 'Preventing infections of the heart' 'Prevention of endocarditis update' 'Current guidelines for infective endocarditis prophylaxis' 'New guidelines regarding antibiotics to prevent infective endocarditis'

Bending Over Backwards: View or download "Bending Over Backwards". A Guide for carers produced by HS-A. >CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR PUBLICATIONS PAGE

Back On Track booklet: View or download "BACK ON TRACK - A directory of rehabilitation services and excercise programs for heart patients from South-Eastern New South Wales".   A very useful booklet researched and published by the HS-A ACT Branch. >CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR PUBLICATIONS PAGE