Clinical Update - Mental Health Assessment with Tim Wand

Associate Professor Tim Wand

This week on This Emergency Life, we obtain some clinical updates regarding mental health presentations in the Emergency Department from Associate Professor Tim Wand. Tim is a researcher and educator at the University of Sydney, and a Nurse Practitioner, Mental Health Liaison in the Emergency Department Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Tim provides valuable insights into how we approach patients presenting with mental health complaints to improve their experience, mental health triage, and what emergency nurses and doctors can do to help our emergency mental health clinicians get better outcomes for our patients.

Tim has numerous publications exploring mental health emergency presentations and published and has coauthored the textbook ‘Clinical helper for mental health nursing: The vital guide for students and new graduates’, a quick and reliable guide for students and new nurses starting in mental health to reduce stress and boost confidence.

We hope you enjoy Tim’s insights. And as always, let us know what you think and what you want us to cover in future episodes.