Trauma and Injury Management Resources

These resources relate to the management of patients who have suffered serious injury, including pre-hospital and retrieval, hospital and rehabilitation phases of care, together with injury prevention.

Airway guideline (Australian Resuscitation Council, 2014)

http://resus.org.au/?wpfb_dl=15

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Airway Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 5 September 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

Emergency Airway Management in the Trauma Patient (ITIM, 2007)

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/trauma-and-injury-management/airway/airway_cpg

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Airway Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 22 August 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

Emergency Tracheal Intubation Immediately Following Traumatic Injury (EAST, 2012)

http://www.east.org/resources/treatment-guidelines/emergency-tracheal-intubation-immediately-following-traumatic-injury

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Airway Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 5 September 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

Practice guidelines for management of the difficult airway (American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2013)

http://www.asahq.org/~/media/sites/asahq/files/public/resources/standards-guidelines/practice-guidelines-for-management-of-the-difficult-airway.pdf

Format: PDF File

Subcategory: Airway Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 5 September 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

European Practice Guidelines for Burn Care (European Burns Association, Version 3, 2015)

http://euroburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/EBA-Guidelines-Version-3-2015.pdf

Format: PDF File

Subcategory: Burn Injury Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 5 September 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

Burn Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Guidelines

Physiotherapists and occupational therapists, as part of the specialist burn multidisciplinary team, have many overlapping skills and roles in the care of patients with burn injuries. The information in these guidelines is for ‘burn therapy’ which may involve either or both physiotherapists and occupational therapists.

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/236151/Burns-PT-OT-Guidelines.pdf

Format: PDF File (5.6 MB) Alternate Content: --

Subcategory: Burn Injury Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 18 August 2014 Updated: 5 March 2018

NSW Burn Transfer Guidelines 4th ed.

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/162634/Burns-Transfer-Guidelines.pdf

Format: PDF File (2.3 MB) Alternate Content: --

Subcategory: Burn Injury Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 10 February 2012 Updated: 5 March 2018

ACI: Brain Injury Rehabilitation Network

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/networks/brain-injury-rehabilitation

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: External Links

Added: 28 August 2013 Updated: 29 October 2015

Brain Injury Association of NSW

http://www.biansw.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: External Links

Added: 28 August 2013 Updated: 29 October 2015

Brain Injury Australia

http://www.braininjuryaustralia.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: External Links

Added: 28 August 2013 Updated: 29 October 2015

Brain Trauma Foundation (BTF) guidelines

https://www.braintrauma.org/coma/guidelines

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: External Links

Added: 28 August 2013 Updated: 29 October 2015

Sports Concussion Assessment Tool for children aged 5-12 years, (Child-SCAT3) (Concussion in Sports Group, 2013)

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/195610/Child-Sports_Concussion_Assessment_Tool_SCAT3.pdf

Format: PDF File (317.4 KB) Alternate Content: --

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: Toolkits

Added: 27 August 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

Closed Head Injury CPG 2nd Ed. Algorithm 1

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/195152/Closed_Head_Injury_CPG_2nd_Ed_Algorithm_1.pdf

Format: PDF File (118.0 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 22 August 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

Closed Head Injury CPG 2nd Ed. Algorithm 2

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/195153/Closed_Head_Injury_CPG_2nd_Ed_Algorithm_2.pdf

Format: PDF File (94.0 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 22 August 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

Closed Head Injury CPG 2nd Ed. Full report

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/195150/Closed_Head_Injury_CPG_2nd_Ed_Full_document.pdf

Format: PDF File (1.8 MB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 22 August 2013 Updated: 19 August 2015

Closed Head Injury CPG 2nd Ed. Summary Report

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/195151/Closed_Head_Injury_CPG_2nd_Ed_Summary_document.pdf

Format: PDF File (810.9 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 22 August 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

Early management of patients with a head injury (SIGN, 2009)

http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/110/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 27 August 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

European Brain Injury Consortium

http://www.ebic.nl/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: External Links

Added: 28 August 2013 Updated: 29 October 2015

Evaluation and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (EAST, 2012)

http://www.east.org/resources/treatment-guidelines/mild-traumatic-brain-injury,-evaluation-and-management-of

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 27 August 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

Infants and Children: Acute Management of Head Injury (NSW Health, 2011)

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/pd/2011/pdf/PD2011_024.pdf

Format: PDF File

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 27 August 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

Initial Management of Closed Head Injury in Adults (ITIM, 2011)

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/trauma-and-injury-management/head_injury/head_injury_cpg

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 22 August 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

International Mission for Prognosis and Analysis for Traumatic Brain Injury (IMPACT)

http://www.tbi-impact.org/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: External Links

Added: 28 August 2013 Updated: 29 October 2015

Neurosurgical Society of Australasia

http://www.nsa.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: External Links

Added: 28 August 2013 Updated: 29 October 2015

Mild Head Injury Discharge Advice (English) 2017

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/195154/NH700194-Mild-brain-injury-discharge-advice-for-adults.pdf

Format: PDF File (129.5 KB) Alternate Content: Plain Text

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: Consumer Information

Added: 22 August 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney

http://www.royalrehab.com.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: External Links

Added: 28 August 2013 Updated: 29 October 2015

Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT3) (Concussion in Sports Group, 2013)

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/195609/Sports_Concussion_Assessment_Tool_3_SCAT3.pdf

Format: PDF File (906.4 KB) Alternate Content: --

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: Toolkits

Added: 27 August 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

The Management of Acute Neurotrauma in Rural and Remote Locations, 3rd Ed. (Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 2009)

http://www.surgeons.org/media/425936/pos_2009-9-14_management_of_acute_neurotrauma_in_rural_and_remote_locations.pdf

Format: PDF File

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 27 August 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

Triage, assessment, investigation and early management of head injury in infants, children and adults (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2014)

http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/CG176

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Added: 27 August 2013 Updated: 25 July 2014

Westmead Post-Traumatic Amnesia Scale (PTA protocol)

http://www.psy.mq.edu.au/pta/index.html

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Head Injury Resource Type: External Links

Added: 28 August 2013 Updated: 29 October 2015

NSW Trauma Minimum Data Set 2002 Annual Report

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/195328/NSW_Trauma_Minimum_Data_Set_2002_Annual_Report.pdf

Format: PDF File (1.4 MB) Alternate Content: Plain Text