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- Support and advice in hospital
A hospital stay can be stressful for patients and their loved ones. All Victorian hospitals offer hospital support and hospital advice to people needing extra help.
- Support groups
Support groups offer valuable advice and support and give you the chance to share information with others in a similar situation to you.
- Surfing - health benefits
Take surfing lessons to learn the correct technique and get started safely.
- Surfing - preventing injury
The main cause of injury when surfing is contact with a surfer?s own board or that of another surfer.
- Surgery
Ask your doctor or surgeon about the benefits, risks and possible side effects of surgery.
- Surgery
Information about surgery and links to fact sheets about anaesthetic and types of surgery by body system.
- Surgery - recovery and rehabilitation
Major surgery can require some time to recover from. After your discharge from hospital, you may need intensive physical rehabilitation, or to simply take it easy for a few days. Make sure you get the required care after your hospital discharge.
- Surrogacy
Surrogacy is a form of assisted reproductive treatment (ART) in which a woman carries a child within her uterus on behalf of another person or couple.
- Survivor reactions to traumatic events
If you have survived a traumatic event, whether you were injured or not, it's important to recognise that trauma also causes emotional harm. Survival is often associated with complex emotional reactions that cause distress and make it hard to resume everyday life after the event. These are known as ‘survivor reactions’.
- Sweat
Sweat's main function is to control body temperature.