AAP - 10-01-2023
Victorian workers lost 150 limbs, fingers and thumbs in workplace accidents over the past year. There were 137 claims accepted by WorkSafe for amputation injuries,
AAP - 24-12-2022
As the festive season kicks into full swing, health experts are urging the public to take extra precaution during what is otherwise known as the busiest period for burns injuries.
AAP - 19-12-2022
Victorians are being warned to keep themselves out of hospital this "silly season" as doctors report a recent spike in traumatic injuries. Melbourne's
AAP - 07-12-2022
It is feared there could be a jump in the number of children who drown this summer because of a deadly combination of kids missing swimming lessons and too many parents being
AAP - 20-11-2022
Australia needs to establish its own Centre for Disease Control to help lead a global coordinated effort to prevent a looming medical "dark age", doctors say.
AAP - 22-10-2022
Injuries from electric scooter accidents in Darwin cost the medical system more than $350,000 over the past eight months, with booze a significant contributing factor, a study
AAP - 03-08-2022
A boy who accidentally slashed his throat when he rode his motorbike into a fence, a burns victim, and an elderly Indigenous woman who wanted to die on country - all are among
HealthTimes - 20-10-2015
Quick decisions are the most common cause of misdiagnosis, a leading United States emergency nurse practitioner (ENP) warned nurses in Melbourne last month.
Karen Keast - 12-02-2015
The National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre is at the forefront of Australia’s disaster and trauma care. Karen Keast takes a look at the organisation providing
Health Insights - 13-09-2016
Major trauma is the leading cause of morbidity, mortality and reduction in quality of life in the under 40 age group. The impact on healthcare
Karen Keast - 12-02-2015
The area of disaster health has come a long way since Australia’s first major international response to the tsunami that wiped out the western coastal areas of Aceh
Sharon Smith - 18-05-2018
Emergency Department (ED) attendance has been shown to be a major predictor
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