Cardiac Resources

These resources relate to cardiac services and better health outcomes for people diagnosed with heart conditions throughout NSW.

SCRS Clincian Information - poster

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/211099/ACI13-006-cardiac-reperfusion-clinician-poster-web.pdf

Format: PDF File (300.2 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: State Cardiac Reperfusion Strategy Resource Type: Posters

Added: 7 March 2014 Updated: 7 March 2014

SCRS Clinician Information - factsheet

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/201797/cardiac-reperfusion-clinician.pdf

Format: PDF File (604.0 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: State Cardiac Reperfusion Strategy Resource Type: Factsheets

Added: 28 October 2013 Updated: 28 October 2013

Heart Attack: SCRS Community Information

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/201795/Heart-attack.pdf

Format: PDF File (109.9 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: State Cardiac Reperfusion Strategy Resource Type: Consumer Information

Added: 28 October 2013 Updated: 28 October 2013

Nurse administered thrombolysis: clinician fact sheet

Summary for NAT for STEMI.

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/319196/NAT-clinican.pdf

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Subcategory: State Cardiac Reperfusion Strategy Resource Type: Clinician Summaries

Added: 12 July 2016 Updated: 12 July 2016

Nurse administered thrombolysis: patient fact sheet

A summary of NAT for consumers, covering suitability, what happens, how it works.

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/319198/NAT-patient.pdf

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Subcategory: State Cardiac Reperfusion Strategy Resource Type: Consumer Information

Added: 12 July 2016 Updated: 12 July 2016

State Cardiac Reperfusion Strategy

The State Cardiac Reperfusion Strategy (SCRS) is a system of care for patients with a suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/cardiac/state_cardiac_reperfusion_strategy/scrs

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: State Cardiac Reperfusion Strategy Resource Type: Web Resources

Added: 7 March 2014 Updated: 26 July 2016

State Cardiac Reperfusion Strategy – Clinician Information

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/280208/State_Cardiac_Reperfusion_Strategy_Clinician.pdf

Format: PDF File (101.0 KB) Alternate Content: --

Subcategory: State Cardiac Reperfusion Strategy Resource Type: Clinician Summaries

Added: 13 August 2015 Updated: 13 August 2015

American College of Cardiology

http://www.acc.org/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Added: 9 July 2014 Updated: 25 July 2014

American Heart Association

http://www.americanheart.org/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Added: 9 July 2014 Updated: 25 July 2014

Australasian Cardiovascular Nursing College

http://www.acnc.net.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Added: 9 July 2014 Updated: 25 July 2014

British Cardiovascular Society

http://www.bcs.com/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Added: 9 July 2014 Updated: 25 July 2014

British Heart Foundation

http://www.bhf.org.uk/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Added: 9 July 2014 Updated: 25 July 2014

Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

http://www.csanz.edu.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Added: 9 July 2014 Updated: 25 July 2014

European Society of Cardiology

http://www.escardio.org/Pages/index.aspx

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Added: 9 July 2014 Updated: 25 July 2014

Heart Foundation of Australia

http://www.heartfoundation.com.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Added: 9 July 2014 Updated: 25 July 2014

HeartKids

https://www.heartkids.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations Resource Type: Other

Added: 28 November 2016 Updated: 28 November 2016

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

http://www.nice.org.uk/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Added: 9 July 2014 Updated: 25 July 2014

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

http://www.sign.ac.uk/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Added: 9 July 2014 Updated: 25 July 2014

The Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons

http://www.ascts.org/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations Resource Type: External Links

Added: 9 July 2014 Updated: 25 July 2014

The model of care supports the ideal cardiology patient journey. It presents a set of options for cardiac care, supplemented with experiences from other jurisdictions and from the published literature

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/cardiac/model-of-care/cardiacc-mocs

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Model of Care Resource Type: Models of Care

Added: 4 February 2014 Updated: 16 January 2015

Statewide Chest Pain Pathway

Minimum standard of care for chest pain patients presenting to emergency departments. A component of the Cardiology Model of Care

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/cardiac/model-of-care/chest-pain-pathway

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Model of Care Resource Type: Models of Care

Added: 7 June 2011 Updated: 9 January 2015

Guidelines for Deactivation of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators at the End of Life

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/179990/ACI-Deactivate-ICDs.pdf

Format: PDF File (774.4 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Clinical Guidelines Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 5 March 2013 Updated: 19 February 2014

NSW clinical service framework for chronic heart failure 2016

This framework updates the 2003 framework and it will be useful for people working in primary care, community care, secondary care and hospital and rehabilitation settings.

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/350399/Clinical-service-framework-chronic-heart-failure.pdf

Format: PDF File (1.5 MB) Alternate Content: --

Subcategory: Clinical Guidelines Resource Type: Frameworks

Added: 6 March 2017 Updated: 20 December 2017

Use of Drug Eluting Coronary Artery Stents in NSW Public Hospitals

The 2008 recommendation on the use of DES has been updated to incorporate contemporary evidence.

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/451157/Drug-Eluting-Coronary-Artery-Stents-Summary.pdf

Format: PDF File (113.3 KB) Alternate Content: --

Subcategory: Clinical Guidelines Resource Type: Clinician Summaries

Added: 19 October 2018 Updated: 19 October 2018

Evidence based management of heart failure

Presntations by Andrew Sidone and Kimberly Bardsley - QuIC webinar October 2017

https://vimeo.com/248398273

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Clinical Guidelines Resource Type: Presentations

Added: 5 April 2018 Updated: 5 April 2018

Clinical Guidelines for the use of Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators for Prognostic Reasons in Patients with Impaired Ventricular Function Without Known Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/154501/implantable_cardiac_defibrillators.pdf

Format: PDF File (75.4 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Clinical Guidelines Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 29 June 2011 Updated: 13 February 2012

2017/07 -'Cardiac electrophysiology and catheter ablation'

https://vimeo.com/248410134/55d76fe6f4

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Nurses Education Program Resource Type: Other

Added: 12 February 2018 Updated: 12 February 2018

2018/01 - 'What Now For Cardiac Rehabilitation?'

by Professor Robyn Gallagher, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney

Subtitles are available for this presentation

https://vimeo.com/254251325

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Nurses Education Program Resource Type: Presentations

Added: 12 February 2018 Updated: 12 February 2018

2018/02 - Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: A consumer perspective

Presentation by Sarah Ford for the ACI Cardiac Network nurse education program, February 2018

https://vimeo.com/267339653

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Nurses Education Program Resource Type: Presentations

Added: 1 May 2018 Updated: 1 May 2018

2018/03 - Takotsubo Syndrome

Presentation by Paula Candlish for the ACI Cardiac Network nurse education program, April 2018

https://vimeo.com/269104358

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Nurses Education Program Resource Type: Presentations

Added: 24 May 2018 Updated: 24 May 2018

2018/05 - Cardiac Trauma Managment

Presentation by Taneal Wiseman for the ACI Cardiac Network nurse education program, May 2018

https://vimeo.com/272295224

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Nurses Education Program Resource Type: Presentations

Added: 3 July 2018 Updated: 3 July 2018

Next Steps After Audit

Lea Kirkwood presenting on on the next stage of the investigating clinical variation process, after the audit - QuIC webinar February 2018

https://vimeo.com/263991549/98272998da

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Clinical variation Resource Type: Presentations

Added: 1 June 2018 Updated: 1 June 2018

Cardiac Resources

SCRS Clincian Information - poster

SCRS Clinician Information - factsheet

Heart Attack: SCRS Community Information

Nurse administered thrombolysis: clinician fact sheet

Nurse administered thrombolysis: patient fact sheet

State Cardiac Reperfusion Strategy

State Cardiac Reperfusion Strategy – Clinician Information

American College of Cardiology

American Heart Association

Australasian Cardiovascular Nursing College

British Cardiovascular Society

British Heart Foundation

Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

European Society of Cardiology

Heart Foundation of Australia

HeartKids

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

The Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons

Cardiac Models of Care

Statewide Chest Pain Pathway

Guidelines for Deactivation of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators at the End of Life

NSW clinical service framework for chronic heart failure 2016

Use of Drug Eluting Coronary Artery Stents in NSW Public Hospitals

Evidence based management of heart failure

Clinical Guidelines for the use of Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators for Prognostic Reasons in Patients with Impaired Ventricular Function Without Known Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias

2017/07 -'Cardiac electrophysiology and catheter ablation'

2018/01 - 'What Now For Cardiac Rehabilitation?'

2018/02 - Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: A consumer perspective

2018/03 - Takotsubo Syndrome

2018/05 - Cardiac Trauma Managment

Next Steps After Audit

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