On April 5 2019 the Midland Trauma System hosted the Trauma Symposium at Waikato Hospital. The event attracted over 130 staff from around New Zealand. The Symposium was open to all health related personnel including nursing, medicine, allied health as well as St John. Delegates were treated to numerous presentations from a variety of speakers […]
During November Starship offered a paediatric trauma evening where a variety of speakers discussed such topics as paediatric head injury and button battery ingestion. The videos from the evening can be viewed in the playlist below:
Trauma it’s the major cause of death in ages 45 and under in the Midland’s community. A snap shot of some of the data collected on overall trauma between 2012-2013 showed on average 4,500 people from rural and urban areas, children and elderly were hospitalised due to injury caused by falls, vehicles and assaults. This […]
If you’re aged 55 to 65 and ride a quad bike, watch out. If you’re Maori, male and play rugby in the Bay of Plenty, good luck. And if you’re a man riding a pushbike around the Lakes district, best keep your wits about you. Road smashes, falls, burns, assaults and workplace accidents – events which, to the untrained eye, seem like […]
The Midland Trauma System (MTS) hosted a workshop for the MTS Trauma nurse group in Hamilton on July 20. This workshop was sponsored by the Midland Directors of Nursing and was organised to discuss the role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist –Trauma role and how it was operationalised in each of the Midland DHB’s. There […]
The staff from Midland Trauma and Waikato Mental Health and Addictions got out their gumboots and headed off to Mystery Creek for the 2016 Agriculture Fieldays. With over 130,000 people visiting the Fieldays, we were not alone. Our first appearance at the Fieldays was well received. Our stand’s backdrop reflected rural New Zealand, with written […]
Speech notes to launch Midland Regional Trauma System
Thank you for the introduction, Dr Christey. Thanks for inviting me here today to attend the launch...
New trauma patient system expected to save lives
A new approach in dealing with trauma patients launched in Hamilton is expected to save about 20 liv...