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Emergency & Trauma
Taking e-scooter safety into your own hands
12 September 2024
A leading trauma doctor is urging e-scooter riders to take greater personal responsibility when it comes to use of the popular energy-efficient vehicles.
emergency & trauma
Alfred trauma physician Dr Chris Groombridge collaborating with an emergency nursing colleague
“The rushing is never worth it”: staying safe on the roads this Easter
28 March 2024
High numbers of admissions to hospital following road accidents in 2023 has physicians from The Alfred’s Emergency and Trauma Centre urging caution on the roads in anticipation of the 2024 Easter long weekend.
emergency & trauma
Geriatric Trauma Service lead Dr Margot Lodge and geriatrician Dr Faye Liu consult with a patient
Problem-solving to improve patient care: Geriatric Trauma Service forms to address growing needs
12 March 2024
With the number of older people needing hospital care following falls and other accidents on the rise, trauma specialists and geriatricians at The Alfred are working side-by-side to improve patient outcomes.
emergency & trauma
patients
trauma
Members of the Alfred Emergency Academic Centre alongside WHO Chief Nurse Dr Amelia in Abu Dhabi
Driven to improve global emergency care
4 March 2024
The Alfred continues to support the advancement of global emergency care, with a team of talented multidisciplinary staff recently returning from delivering training for their emergency care counterparts in the United Arab Emirates.
emergency & trauma
patients
research & innovation
Stay safe in summer with these heat health essentials
22 January 2024
With summer in full swing and hot days on the horizon it’s important to take some simple steps to stay safe and cool when temperatures soar.
emergency & trauma
health promotion
patients
“Physics doesn’t take a holiday”: Alfred Emergency and Trauma specialists issue holiday message
14 December 2023
A significant increase in 2023 of trauma presentations to The Alfred’s Emergency and Trauma Centre has doctors urging Victorians to take care leading into the busy holiday season.
emergency & trauma
patients
trauma
P.A.R.T.Y. program educating students from Sandringham College in October 2023
“Even if only one student is listening, it’s a success”: P.A.R.T.Y. returns to The Alfred
3 November 2023
The in-hospital education program that places high school students face-to-face with the life-changing reality of trauma has returned to The Alfred for the first time since the Covid pandemic.
education
emergency & trauma
trauma
Red hot water bottle
Take care with hot water bottles this winter
20 June 2023
Doctors are issuing a warning to people using hot water bottles after seeing a significant increase in patients suffering severe burns admitted to the Victorian Adult Burns Service at The Alfred. 
burns
emergency & trauma
patients
Urgent plea ahead of Easter
6 April 2023
Trauma specialists from The Alfred are issuing an urgent plea to road users ahead of what is traditionally one of their busiest periods.
emergency & trauma
patients
Donors help fund Australian-first technology
6 April 2023
In an Australian first, The Alfred Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is now home to a mobile computed tomography (CT) scanner. With no other ICU in the country using mobile CT, the installation of the machine in 2022 was the culmination of a six-year project to revolutionise the way ICU patients, especially those who need head CT scans, are cared for. Costing just more than $1 million to purchase and install, the project could never have been achieved without the $850,000 generously contributed by the community.
emergency & trauma
icu
intensive care
patients
radiology
research & innovation
staff
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