Professor Kate Curtis has been an Emergency Nurse since 1994, is Director of Critical Care Research Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD, an RN at Wollongong ED, Professor of Emergency and Trauma Nursing at the University of Sydney and an honorary Professorial fellow at the George Institute for Global Health. Kate’s translational research program focuses on improving the way we deliver care to patients and their families and has attracted more than $18 million funding. Kate is the world’s most published author in the field of Trauma and Emergency nursing, has mentored more than 50 clinicians in research projects and was the 2019 Australian nurse of the year.

I’ve been a registered nurse since 2009 working for Eastern Health. I’ve worked predominately at Maroondah Hospital Emergency Department. Completed Postgrad Certificate in Emergency Care 2009 and completed my Master of Nursing in 2020. I’ve worked as Clinical Nurse Specialist 2010-2014, Clinical Support Nurse 2014-2018, and Clinical Nurse Educator of the Emergency Department at Maroondah Hospital since 2019. I’ve been working with Julie as the HRAID® Research Fellow since October 2022. My main interests are Emergency Nursing and seeing research translated to clinical practice to ensure we are providing a high level of evidence-based care. I enjoy working with nurses to improve patient assessment and to help identify and prevent patient deterioration. The HIRAID® framework really spoke to me as a practical, safe, and evidence-based system to support emergency nursing assessment and care for novice and senior nursing staff alike.

Professor Julie Considine AO is the Deakin University Chair in Nursing at Eastern Health, one of Victoria’s largest health care services. Professor Considine is an internationally respected clinician, educator and researcher whose expertise spans both industry and academic sectors. Professor Considine's research is aimed at improving the quality and safety of patient care by optimising clinical decision-making, increasing use of research evidence in practice, and ensuring effective models of service delivery. Professor Considine is a foundation member of the Deakin University's Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research and Institute for Health Transformation. She is a member of the Nursing and Midwifery Professional Council and Senior Leadership Team at Eastern Health. She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing, Life Fellow of the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia, and is a Senior Editor of Australasian Emergency Care. Julie represents the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia on the Australian Resuscitation Council where she is also deputy convenor of the Education and Implementation subcommittee. She is also an Emeritus Member of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) Basic Life Support Taskforce. In 2023, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) (General Division) for distinguished service to medicine in the field of emergency nursing, to tertiary education, and to professional associations.