National Asthma Council Brings Experts Together to Strengthen Emergency Asthma Care

National Asthma Council Brings Experts Together to Strengthen Emergency Asthma Care

14 Oct 2026

The announcement was made on International Emergency Nurses Day, highlighting the important contribution emergency nurses make to assessing and treating patients during serious asthma attacks.

The new groups are the Adult Acute Asthma Working Group and the Paediatric Acute Asthma Working Group. Both teams bring together professionals from different healthcare fields, including emergency medicine, general practice, pharmacy, respiratory medicine and nursing.

The team includes Associate Professor Tamsin Jones, who has worked in emergency nursing, research and clinical education for over two decades.She recently took on an Associate Professor of Emergency Nursing role with Monash University and The Alfred Care Group.She also helps improve patient care, train medical staff and address pressure on emergency departments.

Paediatric Acute Asthma Working Group

The group includes the following healthcare professionals:

Dr Jason Hort – Paediatric emergency medicine physician

Professor Simon Craig – Paediatric emergency medicine physician

Dr Charmaine Gray – Paediatric emergency medicine physician

Dr Zondiwe Mwanza – Specialist in emergency care for children and paediatric medicine.

Dr Tim Jones – General practitioner and medical educator

Dr Geshani Jayasuriya – Children’s breathing and sleep specialist.

Adele Berry – Nurse practitioner

Alex Hilton – Senior pharmacist

Adult Acute Asthma Working Group

The adult team includes:

Dr Peter Leman – Emergency medicine physician

Professor Diana Egerton-Warburton – Emergency medicine physician

Associate Professor Kavita Varshney – Emergency and disaster medicine physician

Associate Professor Mark Putland – Emergency medicine physician

Dr Natalia Popowicz – Respiratory clinical pharmacist

Associate Professor Tamsin Jones – Emergency nurse, researcher and clinical educator

Dr Sanjay Ramakrishnan – Specialist respiratory physician

Dr Brett Montgomery – General practitioner

The council praised the team for their experience and commitment to treating patients in emergency situations.

Through the two working groups, the council aims to strengthen emergency asthma management and support better health outcomes for patients and their families.

National Asthma Council Brings Experts Together to Strengthen Emergency Asthma Care

Source: National Asthma Council Australia

 

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