Help buy lifesaving minutes for critically ill trauma patients

Since 1988 when The Alfred’s Trauma Centre opened as the very first dedicated trauma centre in the country, The Alfred has been at the forefront of cutting-edge trauma care.   

We are the largest trauma service in Australasia, treating more than 4,600 patients a year and the only adult trauma service in Victoria that can receive patients via chopper 24/7, 365 days a year. 

In Emergency and Trauma, critical decisions must be made – ones that can dramatically alter the outcome for the patient before them. Trauma doctors at The Alfred have done the research and found that in the first 30 minutes of trauma resuscitation, a time-critical decision is made roughly every 72 seconds. 

Time is one of the most critical elements in determining outcomes for a trauma patient. Every moment counts in the fight to save a life, and anything we can do to reduce time to treatment can make all the difference.   

Which is why it is absolutely critical that we continue to push boundaries and innovate. It is part of our responsibility as leaders in the field of trauma medicine. 

Right now, our trauma team has developed an Australian first solution that could halve the time it takes to get trauma patients into surgery.  

Moving a critically injured patient between rooms requires extensive and careful management. Multiple monitors, a ventilator, and numerous life-sustaining equipment must be moved with the patient to keep them alive. It all adds significant time and risk to the process of getting a patient the treatment they need. Quick access to a CT scanner is absolutely vital, but also one of our greatest challenges. 

In an Australian first innovation, The Alfred’s trauma team has developed a solution that will mean the patient doesn’t need to be moved at all. Internal scans can be done in the trauma bay, saving precious minutes and in some cases even hours.

As one of the best trauma teams in the world, we already work with incredible precision and speed to save lives. But at The Alfred, trauma care never stands still, our trauma team is always striving to develop more advanced solutions, not only for our patients but solutions that have the potential to change trauma practice globally.  

With your help we can raise $5 million to implement a Trauma Resuscitation and Diagnostic Suite, meaning critically injured patients won’t need to be moved for CT scanning, saving crucial time. 

Please, donate today and help us save precious time and lives.