Emergency Care Related Links

Documents of Interest

Remote Area Nurses Emergency Guidelines (RANEG)http://www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/Media/docs/RANEG_2010_2011-1af6b72c-0083-4372-acb2-8bf0b500845d-0.pdf

 Primary Care Clinical Manual (PCCM)  http://www.health.qld.gov.au/pccm/

External Websites

Ambulance Victoria (External Website) Ambulance Victoria covers both metropolitan and rural ambulance services along with air ambulance and Adult Retrieval Victoria. Both Ambulance Victoria Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Remote Area Nurses Emergency Guidelines are available on this website.

Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetics (External Website) The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists has a proud record of promoting professional standards and patient safety in the many areas of anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine.  It does this through education in the science and practice of anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine.

Australian College For Emergency Medicine (External Website)

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine is an incorporated educational institution whose prime objective is the training and examination of specialist emergency physicians for Australia and New Zealand and the ongoing Maintenance of Professional Standards of the Fellows.

Med-E-Serv (External Website) Australia’s leading provider of continuing professional development for the health care sector

College of Emergency Nursing Australia (External Website) The College of Emergency Nursing Australasia Ltd. (CENA) is the peak national nursing specialty organisation representing emergency nurses.

West Vic Division of General Practice (External Website) The West Vic Division supports 33 general practices in the townships of Ararat, Horsham, Maryborough Stawell, Beaufort, Birchip, Casterton, Coleraine, Dimboola, Donald, Dunkeld, Edenhope, Jeparit, Kaniva, Murtoa, Natimuk, Nhill, Rupanyup, St. Arnaud and Warracknabeal.

Victorian State Trauma System (External Website) A Department of Health website that provides information on the Victorian State Trauma Sysytem

Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia (External Website) CRANAplus is the professional voice of remote health in Australia.

Trauma.org (External Website) Trauma.org is an independent, non-profit organisation providing global education, information and communication resources for professionals in trauma and critical care.

Royal Childrens Hospital (External Website)

The Royal Children's Hospital is a specialist paediatric hospital and provides a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and adolescents. The hospital is the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria, and also cares for children from Tasmania and southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

Monash Accident and Research Centre (External Website) Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) is Australia’s largest injury prevention specialist. Our research, consultancy and training include safety in all modes of transport, in the workplace, in the community and in the home.

Liverpool Trauma Unit (External Website) To enjoy the Liverpool Trauma Web Site fully, they invite you to become a member of LivTrauma. You will be able to enjoy Trauma cases and complete multiple choice questionnaires.

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (External Website)

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners is the professional organisation that focuses on the safety and quality of general practice.

Clinicians Health Channel  (External Website) A Department of Health website providing a variety of information for health professionals

Australian Resuscitation Council (External Website) The Australian Resuscitation Council produces Guidelines to meet its objectives in fostering uniformity and simplicity in resuscitation techniques and terminology. Guidelines are produced after consideration of all available scientific and published material and are only issued after acceptance by all member organisations.

Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (External Website) The Australian College of Critical Care Nurses represents over 2,000 critical care nurses nationally. Our members work across the critical care clinical spectrum - cardiothoracic and general intensive care units, emergency, coronary care, high dependency, academic and educational settings. Our College activities focus on the care of both adult and paediatric critically ill patients, and includes many clinical sub-specialities (Special Interest Groups) and professional issues (Advisory Panels). We provide a suite of resucitation programs including Advanced Life Support (ALS).

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (External Website) The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), formed in 1927, is a non-profit organisation training surgeons and maintaining surgical standards in Australia and New Zealand. The College's purpose is to be the unifying force for surgery in Australia and New Zealand, with FRACS standing for excellence in surgical care.

Last updated August 2010