Seconds Saves Lives Initiative
AUSiMED is a not-for-profit that secures funding to support collaborative medical research projects.
At a recent event co-hosted by Australia/Israel Medical Research (AUSiMED) and Chabad Malvern on March 4, guest speakers Dr Nir Samuel, an Israeli emergency medicine and trauma specialist from the Schneider Children’s Medical Centre and Professor Mark Fitzgerald, director of the Eva and Les Erdi Emergency and Trauma Centre at the Alfred Hospital, captivated the large audience with insights about trauma management in Israel and Australia and the AUSiMED Seconds Saves Lives initiative.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has faced a surge in casualties, with emergency departments nationwide continuing to receive severely wounded civilian and military patients. In response, the Israeli medical system has developed advanced trauma-management systems and lifesaving innovations. The AUSIMED Seconds Saves Lives initiative, is a partnership with the Alfred Trauma Service, which aims to enhance trauma care expertise in Israel and Australia, ultimately saving lives.
Samuel highlighted Israel’s urgent need to train more critical care physicians in lifesaving trauma skills, while Fitzgerald shared key lessons Australia can learn from Israel’s advances in trauma care and mass casualty management.
AUSiMED is a not-for-profit organisation which seeks philanthropic funding to facilitate and financially support new opportunities for collaborative medical research, international fellowships and knowledge exchange partnerships between world-leading Australian and Israeli medical scientists and health professionals, enabling them to combine their ideas and talents to advance the development of new treatments and improvements in healthcare.
At a recent event marking AUSiMED’s 10-year milestone, former federal health minister Greg Hunt said, “AUSiMED is a medical research partnership between Australia and Israel. It is a powerful example of how civilian cooperation and medical research collaboration can build ties between people, religions and cultures.”
Over the past decade, AUSiMED has supported 14 medical fellows, spearheaded international knowledge exchange initiatives, and its research projects have tackled major diseases with pioneering approaches, including innovative studies in bowel cancer, ovarian cancer and paediatric kidney disease.
To learn more visit: www.ausimed.org/seconds-saves-lives/
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