Specialist Emergency Doctors

Available online 24/7 via video based app

FREE after hours telehealth consultations for residents of Eastern and North Eastern Melbourne*

What Is My Emergency Dr?

My Emergency Dr is an app that allows you to have a video consultation with a specialist emergency doctor within minutes, 24/7, from wherever you are in Australia. Our emergency doctors are experts in making rapid, accurate assessments of all medical emergencies to assess your situation via the built-in video on your smartphone or tablet.

Why Should I Use It?

With the My Emergency Dr app you can avoid the queue at the Emergency Department, avoid waiting hours for an assessment and avoid the costs and inconvenience of travel and parking. With our service you are guaranteed to see an expert in emergency care, every time you call.

Common Conditions We Treat

Headache/concussion
Abdominal pain
Back pain
Diarrhoea and vomiting
Urinary tract infections
Fever/sore throat/cough
Rashes, bites and stings
Allergic reactions
Sports injuries
Work injuries

Expert Care

Our Emergency doctors are experts in their field. They can write prescriptions, order X-rays and pathology tests, refer patients to other specialists, or send them straight to the emergency department when needed. These expert doctors are Fellows of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, or FACEMs and are the most senior doctors who work in hospital emergency departments.

Available 24/7

Wherever you, your parents or your children are at home, on holidays, at weekend sport, you can rely on the My Emergency Dr app to be there for your peace of mind. Every assessment is completed with a follow-up letter which you can take to your GP.

Additional Information

We are not here to replace your GP, who is your primary healthcare provider. We are simply here at times when your GP can’t be, as our service is 24/7. Please note, this is a telehealth service only. We do not provide home visits or in-person consultations. We also do not prescribe S8 medications. At this time, we are only able to treat people in Australia.

How to install the app

Meet Our Specialist Emergency Doctors

01

Dr. Justin Bowra

FACEM

Dr. Bowra is an experienced Emergency Medicine Specialist and the CEO and founder of ConnectedMed the parent company of My Emergency Dr. He is a published author (Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy, Bowra and McLaughlin 2nd ed) and his passions include telehealth, tele-education and ultrasound.

04

Dr. Kirsty Short

FACEM

Dr. Short is a Sydney-based specialist emergency doctor with a keen interest in Emergency Education and Quality Assurance. She instructs internationally on the Advanced Paediatric Life Support course (UK and Australia) and the Emergency Life Care Course (Sri Lanka) and is a Conjoint Lecturer

9

Dr. Richard Paoloni

Dr. Paoloni is the Chief Medical Advisor for ConnectedMed, coordinating the activities of the FACEMs employed by the company. He is an experienced senior emergency physician, Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM) and an Associate Professor with the University of Sydney.

05

Dr. Kylie Baker

FACEM

Dr. Baker is a Specialist Emergency Physician who has worked at Ipswich Hospital since 1991. She has been training emergency medicine doctors for the last 10 years, and has a special interest in emergency department bedside ultrasound. She is a faculty member of the

16

Dr. Carl O’Kane

FACEM

Dr. O’Kane has been working at Townsville Hospital in Far North Queensland for the last 14 years. He flies regularly with Life flight on both fixed wing and helicopter medical retrievals. Carl has also assisted in the coordination of North Queensland retrieval assets for

Dr Charlie Tweed

Dr Tweed has been working as a Specialist Emergency Physician for nearly 15 years. In that time he has worked in London, Auckland and Brisbane, but is currently based in Western Australia. His interests include ethics in emergency medicine and patient safety.

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Specialist Emergency Doctors

Available online 24/7 via video based app

What Is My Emergency Dr?

Why Should I Use It?

Common Conditions We Treat

Expert Care

Available 24/7

Additional Information

How to install the app

Meet Our Specialist Emergency Doctors

01

Dr. Justin Bowra

04

Dr. Kirsty Short

9

Dr. Richard Paoloni

05

Dr. Kylie Baker

16

Dr. Carl O’Kane

Dr Charlie Tweed

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My Emergency Dr does not replace your GP or the ambulance service. If you suffer a time-critical emergency such as chest pain, call 000 without delay.