Emergency department fact sheets

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• Abdominal pain
• Acute low back pain
• After a car crash
  Source: SIRA (scroll for translated resources)
• Ankle sprain
• Appendicitis
• Asthma action plan
• Bell's palsy
• Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
• Bleeding in early pregnancy
• Blood transfusion
  Source: Australian Red Cross (scroll down to resources)
• Brain injury (mild), concussion
• COVID (managing at home)
  Source: NSW Health
• Care of temporary casts
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Cellulitis
• Chest pain
• Clavical fracture (broken collar bone)
• Constipation
• Coping with grief and loss of a loved one
  Source: Griefline
• Crutches
• Death reported to the coroner brochure
• Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
• Diverticular disease
  Source: healthdirect
• Driving safety and medicines
  Source: NSW Health
• Drug and alcohol
  Source: NSW Health
• Ear infection
• Elbow bursitis
• Elbow tendinopathy (tennis and golfer's elbow)
• Falls prevention (CEC)
  Source: Clinical Excellence Commission
• Gallstones
• Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)
• Gastroenteritis
• Glandular fever
• Headache (non-migraine)
• Hypoglycaemia
  Source: NDSS
• Kidney stones
• Knee injuries
• Lumbar puncture
• Mental health
• Migraine
• Narcotic pain management
  Source: Department of Health, Victoria
• Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
• Nosebleed
• Orbital fractures
• Pain management
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
  Source: healthdirect
• Peptic ulcer disease
• Procedural sedation
• Prosthetic hip dislocation
• Quit smoking
• Rib fracture
• Seizure
• Shingles
  Source: healthdirect
• Shoulder dislocation
• Slings
• Smoke inhalation
• Tonsillitis
• Urinary tract infection (UTI) in women
• Viral conjunctivitis
  Source: healthdirect
• Whiplash (SIRA)
  Source: SIRA
• Wound care