caulfield hospital
The hospital plays a statewide role in rehabilitation services, which includes the Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre, neurological rehabilitation, spinal rehabilitation and care for amputee patients.
Services are provided in hospital, in the community and at home, depending on the individual’s needs. Care is focused on enhancing people’s health, independence and overall wellbeing.
There are no Emergency services at Caulfield Hospital. Call 000 in an emergency, or go to The Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre.
For many of us, wearing a mask is a necessary inconvenience. But for the one in six people in our community who are deaf or hearing impaired, wearing masks can be incredibly isolating. Anthony Cignarella is a nurse educator in our heart and lung team – he’s also hearing impaired. He’s put together some tips on communicating while wearing a mask.
COVID-19 is not a standard respiratory virus, it’s a serious threat to a number of vital organs. As medical specialists learn more about the virus and how it affects the human body, alarming complications are becoming evident including life-threatening blood clots in the lungs, heart and brain of COVID-19 patients.
Due to COVID-19, Semester 2 of the EMRC will be delivered completely online!
Take advantage of current social distancing measures by utilising the extra time spent at home to complete your Australasian College for Emergency Medicine 4.10 requirement.
Come along to an information session to learn more about how you can plan for a time when you might be too sick to make your own medical decisions or communicate your wishes.