Party Safe Year 10 HHD

On Thursday, the 19th of October, the Year 10 Health and Human Development class attended the Prevent Alcohol and Risk Related Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y.) program at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, city campus.

The P.A.R.T.Y. program is designed to show the student’s first-hand some of the tragic consequences that can occur if they participate in risk-taking behaviour, as well as the choices they can make to avoid trauma and injury.

Across the day, students were given the opportunity to participate in the following practical sessions:

Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department clinical scenarios with a resuscitation doll (led by nurses)
Physiotherapy activities
Occupational Therapy home disability simulation, where students were encouraged to attempt basic activities of daily living such as getting in the bath or using the toilet whilst in a wheelchair or splints/braces
Orthotics/prosthetics demonstration, where students were encouraged to try on splints, braces and supports, and to handle prosthetic limbs.
Speech Pathology activities including memory and speech exercises, tracheostomy demonstration, and an opportunity to view a vitamised hospital diet

The students were also taken on tours of hospital departments, including:

Emergency Department & Trauma Centre
Intensive Care Unit and Helipad
Trauma/Orthopaedic Ward
Physiotherapy Department
Occupational Therapy Department

Students had the opportunity on these tours to meet and hear patients’ stories.

“It was a real eye opening experience. We got to walk around the trauma ward and meet a car crash victim, who shared his experience with us” --- Jazmin

“The excursion was really informative and interesting. The best part was meeting a paraplegic named Joel, and listening to his story.”

--- Fourlove

DANIELLE COOKE and STEPHANIE BASILE

Year 10 Health and Human Development Teachers