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Critical Ill Airways (CIA) course

24 October 2023

Airway management of the critically ill, particularly in settings outside of the operating theatre is uniquely challenging.

Hector’s incredible fight for survival

12 September 2023

Hector is the second person in Australia to receive a lung transplant following COVID-19, after six months in The Alfred ICU.

Dad saved by Australian-first trial

01 August 2023

When 43-year-old Melbourne dad Mark Wohlers suffered a cardiac arrest last year, it was an Australian-first clinical trial that gave him a second chance at life.

Why talking about death is so important

24 July 2023

Working in the intensive care unit (ICU) as a consultant and medical donation specialist, Dr Dashiell Gantner understands that at the end of a person’s life, knowing that their choices will be respected is very important.

Donors help fund Australian-first technology

06 April 2023

In an Australian first, The Alfred Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is now home to a mobile computed tomography (CT) scanner. With no other ICU in the country using mobile CT, the installation of the machine in 2022 was the culmination of a six-year project to revolutionise the way ICU patients, especially those who need head CT scans, are cared for.