Teresa (Tess) Rita O'Rourke Cramond (née Brophy) AO, OBE (1926-2015) was an Australian doctor and the director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Centre at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
Brophy attended Eagle Junction State School and St Ursula's College[2] in Toowoomba during World War II.
In time, she advocated for new trainees to receive similar experience in overseas clinics to develop their skills.
[4] Brophy returned to Australia[1] as Senior Anaesthetist in the Kenneth G Jamieson Neurosurgical Unit of the Royal Brisbane Hospital from 1957 to 1991 and pursued changes in the use of anaesthesia.
In 1961, Brophy and colleague Roger Bennett, demonstrated resuscitation techniques for use in surf lifesaving CPR.
[6] After Roger Bennett's death in 1967 due to cancer, Brophy took up the challenging issue of pain management,[4] but continued her commitment to surf lifesaving as their medical adviser for 30 years.
[1] She also advised the Queensland Electricity Commission's Safety Advisory Board from 1976 to 1987 on appropriate rescue and resuscitation techniques, for workers out in the field.