The Prevent Alcohol and Risk‐Related Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y.) Program was established in 1986 by an emergency nurse at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (www.partyprogram.com), and now P.A.R.T.Y. operates at more than 100 sites worldwide in a variety of settings. The program is a dynamic and interactive injury awareness and prevention program which utilises true stories and experiences to show the impact of injury.

The P.A.R.T.Y. Program has run at The Alfred since 2009 as an initiative of the National Trauma Research Institute (NTRI) (www.ntri.org.au). The P.A.R.T.Y. at The Alfred programs provides participants with an authentic experience to create insight into the consequences that patients and their families are faced with because of risk‐related trauma. Participants engage with paramedics, doctors, nurses, allied health practitioners, patients and their families in the hospital or outreach setting. Learning occurs through a combination of classroom‐based information delivery, interactive scenario based learning and proactive demonstrations.

P.A.R.T.Y. at The Alfred initially ran as a single day, In-hospital model delivered to senior school students. The program then adapted content and expanded its delivery models to target different cohorts of participants and achieve greater reach within the population of Victoria.

P.A.R.T.Y. at The Alfred shares a common goal with all P.A.R.T.Y. sites and trauma systems throughout Australia: to reduce the impact of trauma and burden of injury on society.