133 - Managing patients in the Emergency Department setting with Mark Cheel

💭 "Back pain is one of the prime reasons why the doctors love us being in the Emergency Department" -  Mark Cheel 👉🏻Our guest is Mark Cheel, Dip MDT, APAM. Mark graduated from Latrobe University, Melbourne in 1997 with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy). He currently serves as a Senior Clinician Physiotherapist (Musculoskeletal) at Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia, undertaking Primary Contact Roles in both the Emergency Department and Physiotherapy-led Specialist Clinics. Mark is also an Associate Clinical Lecturer with Deakin University School of Medicine. He obtained credentials in MDT in 2011 and completed the McKenzie Diploma Training Program in 2013. In 2016, he became part of the Teaching Faculty for McKenzie Institute Australia and educates both clinically and theoretically in the McKenzie Diploma program. Mark's expertise extends to Clinical Education, where he has supervised undergraduate students for over two decades and frequently presents to Doctors and Allied Health Clinicians on managing Musculoskeletal conditions in the Acute Setting. 📚You will learn about:  ▪️ Mark's story and career  ▪️ The role of PTs in the ED ▪️ A typical day and the types of patients you see in the ED ▪️The skills necessary to treat back pain in the ED  ▪️ The importance of MDT in this setting ▪️ Treating fractures in the ED  🔎Mark's resources of information: International Framework for Red Flags for Potential Serious Spinal Pathologies - Laura Finucane  Pediatric Fractures Guidelines - The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne  📲 Mark’s contact information: The McKenzie Institute Australia 🎥Link to interview on Youtube  👉Here is the link for the quick survey 🎙Join our email list to receive podcast updates 📸Instagram  📱Facebook 💻LinkedIn 🐦Twitter 📩Email PT Pro Talk Podcast is only possible with the support of forward-looking and innovative companies like: Systems 4PT and SaraHealth