19 March 2026
In Week 6, each of our Stage 2 Health and Wellbeing classes took part in the P.A.R.T.Y. (Prevent Alcohol and Risk Related Trauma in Youth) Program at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. The program aims to help young people recognise potential risks, make safer choices, and understand the life-changing consequences of risk-taking behaviour.
The excursion started with a presentation from nurses and paramedics, who reflected on their experiences trying to save young adults who had lost their lives and suffered debilitating injuries because of reckless behaviours. The students then went to the Intensive Care Unit to run through a simulation of what takes place in emergency situations.
This was followed by an information session run by physiotherapists and prosthetists, who discussed the rehabiliation process for individuals who had lost limbs and suffered from extensive burns. The excursion concluded with a talk from a trauma ambassador, who was confined to a wheelchair after a motorboke accident.
Todd Matthews
Health and Physical Education
Student reflection: The P.A.R.T.Y. programme targets 15–25-year-olds, who are less capable of assessing risk in the moment and naturally overestimate their abilities.
As our Year 12 class fits into this age range, we studied the P.A.R.T.Y programme throughout our first unit of Health and Wellbeing. The P.A.R.T.Y programme gave us valuable information making us more capable of recognising potential injury-causing situations and making prevention-orientated choices. Throughout the day our classes travelled around the Royal Adelaide Hospital, looking at the ICU spaces within the hospital, the ED units and what patients who experience trauma go through in hospital, from when they first arrive to when they are discharged.
I found the real-life scenarios in the P.A.R.T.Y Programme, particularly the presentation by the trauma survivor, quite confronting. I resonated deeply with us all as teenagers, because it allowed us to put a face to the statistics and better understand the real consequences.
Jake Tory
Year 12 Student
