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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
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
“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
Sandringham Hospital Emergency Department grows
12 September 2022
Sandringham Hospital’s Emergency Department is now bigger and better following the opening of a new space dedicated to patients needing longer observation and support.
emergency & trauma
Emergency Short Stay Unit development underway
3 June 2022
Construction of a single-story Emergency Short Stay Unit (ESSU) is underway at Sandringham Hospital.
emergency & trauma
Temporary changes to Sandringham Hospital services to ensure safe patient care
19 January 2022
Sandringham Hospital’s surgical and orthopaedic services will temporarily move to The Alfred from Wednesday 19 January.
covid-19
emergency & trauma
Be car seat safe
21 October 2019
At a recent education event, our Emergency Department team learnt some important things about child car seat safety. We hope sharing these messages with you will help keep our community safe on the roads, especially as we head into the holiday season.
emergency & trauma
Elderly at risk of hypothermia at home
17 June 2019
Elderly Australians are dying in hospital of hypothermia developed living in their own homes, a study by The Alfred's Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah has found.
emergency & trauma
research & innovation
Mad Paddle returns to support Sandringham Hospital
8 February 2018
Bayside paddle boarders will be out in force this month in preparation for the 2018 Mad Paddle.
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patients
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