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Waikato Hospital has been formally recognised as a Level 1 Trauma Centre

27 March 2019

Waikato Hospital achieves Level 1 Trauma Verification – a first for New Zealand

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Waikato Hospital has been formally recognised as a Level 1 trauma centre, the first in New Zealand. The Level 1 Trauma Verification was approved by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) Trauma Verification Committee last week. Through a rigorous assessment and service improvement program, Waikato Hospital has demonstrated a full range of capabilities to […]

4 November 2018

Paediatric Trauma Evening – Starship

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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:

12 May 2018

Cleaning up after mass murder – US expert talks about Las Vegas aftermath

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Dr John Fildes is medical director of the trauma centre at the University Medical Centre in Las Vegas. More than 100 injured and wounded people were admitted to the centre on the night of Stephen Paddock’s mass shooting.

23 February 2018

Injured with a broken neck, Mike Bell crawled his way to safety

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Mike Bell had broken his neck, but he didn’t know that. All he knew, when he regained consciousness, was he could move his legs and that there was blood everywhere. And he was alone.

9 December 2017

After the Crash

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Listener article featuring the Midland Trauma System and the dedicated work of our region’s Trauma Services. Read “After the Crash, published December 9 2017, Listener.

4 July 2017

Reducing quad bike trauma through blokes and pies

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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 […]

28 June 2017

Midland Trauma Symposium 2017

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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 […]

28 May 2017

Predicting the unpredictable: The data behind random trauma events

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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 […]

25 May 2017

Students use design thinking to solve industry problems

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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 […]

17 May 2017

Students spread safety message about preventing child falls

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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 by a fall.

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Waikato Hospital achieves Level 1 Trauma Verification – a first for New Zealand

Paediatric Trauma Evening – Starship

Cleaning up after mass murder – US expert talks about Las Vegas aftermath

Injured with a broken neck, Mike Bell crawled his way to safety

After the Crash

Reducing quad bike trauma through blokes and pies

Midland Trauma Symposium 2017

Predicting the unpredictable: The data behind random trauma events

Students use design thinking to solve industry problems

Students spread safety message about preventing child falls

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