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Obesity is not only a growing epidemic in the general population, with 67% of Australian adults overweight or obese - it’s increasingly becoming an issue within perioperative practice.
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On the whole, our patients are getting larger across all surgical disciplines, and there are extra considerations we need to be aware of within the operating theatre department.
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Zoe is a copywriter and blogger from the UK. Once working as an Operating Department Practitioner in a busy Orthopaedic theatre suite specialising in regional anaesthetic techniques, she now writes for the health industry due to disability. Using the education and skills learned as a nurse, along with the experience of being disabled – Zoe is passionate about helping health professionals communicate better with their patients via social media, blogs and websites. In her spare time, Zoe is a governor at her local primary school, and is writing a play about invisible illness.
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