Injury and illness fact sheets
Information to help patients, family and carers understand their injury, illness or condition.
- Abdominal pain (PDF 221 kB)
- Acute knee injury (PDF 528 kB)
- Anaphylaxis (PDF 207 kB)
- Ankle sprain (PDF 1566 kB)
- Anterior shoulder dislocation (PDF 876 kB)
- Arthritis – Osteoarthritis (PDF 217 kB)
- Arthritis – Spondyloarthritis (PDF 312 kB)
- Asthma (PDF 237 kB)
- Burns (PDF 233 kB)
- Cellulitis (PDF 215 kB)
- Chest infection (PDF 215 kB)
- Chest pain (PDF 233 kB)
- Cold and flu (PDF 215 kB)
- Constipation (PDF 215 kB)
- Depression (PDF 222 kB)
- Ear infection (outer ear, otitis externa) (PDF 215 kB)
- Eye injury – flash burn (PDF 217 kB)
- Eye injury – foreign body (PDF 220 kB)
- Fracture (PDF 264 kB)
- Fracture – Weber A and distal fibular avulsion (PDF 668 kB)
- Gastroenteritis (PDF 269 kB)
- Gout (PDF 215 kB)
- Head injury (minor) (PDF 271 kB)
- Kidney stones (PDF 236 kB)
- Migraine headache (PDF 231 kB)
- Miscarriage (PDF 493 kB)
- Overdose (PDF 228 kB)
- Pregnancy pain and bleeding (early pregnancy) (PDF 329 kB)
- Radial head or neck fracture (PDF 907 kB)
- Seizures (PDF 233 kB)
- Tension headache (PDF 254 kB)
- Tonsillitis (PDF 229 kB)
- Urinary tract infection (PDF 230 kB)
- Vertigo (PDF 231 kB)
- Wound care (PDF 225 kB)
- Wound glue (PDF 216 kB)
You can find information about children's conditions on the Children's Health Queensland website.
Care in hospital
Information to help patients understand the process of criteria led discharge while in hospital.
Care after death or bereavement
Support for family and carers of someone who has died.
- When a loved one dies (PDF 215 kB)
- Practical issues when a loved one dies (PDF 222 kB)
- Bereavement support services (PDF 217 kB)
- Coronial investigations explained (PDF 226 kB)
Domestic and family violence
Support for patients, family and carers experiencing domestic and family violence.
Last updated: 9 April 2025