P.A.R.T.Y Program

Students in Year 12 had the opportunity to participate in The Prevent Alcohol and Risk‐related Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y) program on Friday. Students travelled by bus to Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) where the program took place in a hospital-simulated environment. The program provides participants with information to help them recognise potential injury-producing situations, make prevention orientated choices and adopt behaviours to minimise unnecessary risk. 

Students had the opportunity to engage with emergency services professionals, doctors, nurses, allied health practitioners and people who have experienced trauma and survived ‐ often with significant disabilities. The working hospital environment provided participants with an authentic experience that allowed insight into the many consequences patients, families and health professionals face as a result of risk‐related trauma. 

Students took part in a combination of practical sessions facilitated by clinical staff that included: 

Introduction to the P.A.R.T.Y. program (Program Coordinators) 

Choice, Risk and Consequences (Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioner) 

Pre-hospital Care (Victoria Police and Ambulance Victoria) 

Trauma injuries (Emergency Physician) 

Trauma survivor, with discussion and questions 

Emergency Department with a resuscitation mannequin 

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with a resuscitation mannequin 

Rehabilitation station: scenarios such as wheelchair use and assistive devices, disability simulation, fitting braces, feeding someone with a disability and common challenges faced when returning home post trauma 

As always, we are extremely proud of this group representing Maffra Secondary College well by showing our values of respect, resilience, learning and community.