Aged care patients at Caulfield Hospital are now less likely to be readmitted after they leave hospital thanks to a simple initiative that’s gaining world-wide attention.

For Melbourne-based high school teacher, David Schenkel, the road to recovery from an acquired brain injury has been a long one but, buoyed by rehabilitation and a passion for making music, he continues to improve each day.

The Alfred has increased its capacity to care for the state’s sickest and most severely injured patients thanks to a multi-million-dollar upgrade of the Eva and Les Erdi Emergency and Trauma Centre.

The Procedures Course is a 2 day course that will teach you how to confidently perform a wide range of basic and complex resuscitative procedures. It is a collaboration between The Alfred Emergency Department, The Alfred Trauma Unit, The National Trauma Research Institute, and Monash University.

We're hosting a day to bring together cardiac anatomy and imaging at their finest.