News and events

Joel shares important message this Motorcyclist Awareness Month

30 October 2023

Motorcyclist Joel is all smiles now - but it was a different story last week when the 31-year-old came off his bike.

Road traumas on the rise in warmer weather

22 December 2022

Data collected by the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) trauma team shows an increase in motor vehicle collision presentations throughout the spring and summer months.

Uncharted territory: navigating a level one trauma service during a global pandemic

16 August 2022

As the health system readjusted to the challenges that COVID-19 posed, the trauma service at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) had to adapt.

Study of illicit drug use and road trauma reveals extent of methamphetamine use

13 August 2021

The first comprehensive study of illicit drug use and motor vehicle trauma has found that one in 8 of those who end up in the emergency major trauma centre, whether a driver, passenger, cyclist or pedestrian, test positive for an illicit drug – and that 77% of these are under the influence of methamphetamine.

10 Years on: how blood transfusions in the air have transformed trauma care

07 June 2021

In 2011 the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) and Air Ambulance Victoria (AAV) worked together to establish the first service to allow helicopters to carry blood products on board.

Not just any P.A.R.T.Y: Young people make positive choices after the RMH Program

19 May 2021

A Royal Melbourne Hospital program is helping change the lives of young people by exposing them to the grim reality of risky behaviour.