The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) Trauma Evening - Keeping kids safe in cars: what matters and why? https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/rch-trauma-evening-2019-tickets-61010228235 - Live video stream https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/153405444 SWANN conference (Australia) July 25 2019 https://swanconference.com/ Starship Trauma Symposium (Auckland) July 30 https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/bbebfb_facf73351534477d88be5f3bde425994.pdf Injury conference (Auckland) August 8 2019 http://www.injury2019.nz/ South Island trauma conference (Dunedin) September 5 2019 ATS conference (Sydney) October…
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Midland Trauma Symposium 2019
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…
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Paediatric trauma evening
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 now be accessed here.
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Cleaning up after mass murder – US expert talks about Las Vegas aftermath
Original article posted on Stuff 12 May 2018 On the night the unimaginable rained down on the brightly lit Las Vegas Strip, it was the faces of the familiar that jarred Dr John Fildes. On October 1 last year, a wave of injured and wounded poured through the front doors of the trauma centre at the University Medical Centre…
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Injured with a broken neck, Mike Bell crawled his way to safety – article from STUFF 23 February 2018
Marokopa's Michael Bell managed to crawl to a fence and make it 100 metres with a broken neck after a quad bike accident on his family farm. Read the full article below: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/101713867/injured-with-a-broken-neck-mike-bell-crawled-his-way-to-safety
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‘After the Crash’
'After the Crash' 9-15 December 2017 Listener article featuring the Midland Trauma System and the dedicated work of our region's Trauma Services.
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Reducing quad bike trauma through blokes and pies
Dave’s a 57 year old Waikato Farmer. He’s really practical and hands on, and achieves a lot in one day. He’s married with three adult children, doesn’t use Facebook or other online platforms, preferring traditional methods of communication. He’s driven quad bikes most of his life, enjoys a beer with the boys – when he…
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Midland Trauma Symposium 2017
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…
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Students use design thinking to solve industry problems
Making breakfast and keeping the coffee coming for a room full of industry partners and Wintec staff was one of the easier challenges given to the first intake of students at Wintec’s Design Hub. The students were asked to cater for an industry breakfast to present the Design Hub, a new kind of creative environment…
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Students spread safety message about preventing child falls
Source: The University of Waikato Kids falling off the monkey bars at school is often seen as part of growing up. But some child falls can lead to serious head or spinal injuries, or even be fatal. More than 4,000 children under 15 are hospitalised in New Zealand every year due to serious injuries caused…
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