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The Emergency Department (ED) Reference Guideline for Common Adult Orthopaedic Limb Injuries is a pathway that helps with the treatment of most common peripheral musculoskeletal injuries in the ED...

The Mater Homefront program is a partnership between Mater Hospital Brisbane, Mater at Home and MICAH Projects. Funded through Queensland Health Connected Community Pathways and in operation since...

A project was undertaken to pilot a new service to improving dysphagia identification and management in Emergency Department (ED). It was anticipated that earlier identification would support...

The Hands Rapid Access Service was successfully implemented as an innovative occupational therapy led, care substitution model, that fast tracks stable non-surgical hand injuries out of The Prince...

Wheeze is one of the most common emergency department presentations for pre-school aged children (greater than 1 year, but less than 5 years).  The typical treatment regime involves an...

Imagine an Emergency Department designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people… how would it look? how would the staff look? what conversations would they be having?  how do we...

Acute Gastrointestinal Bleed (AGIB) is a common emergency presentation associated with high morbidity and mortality.  AGIB is categorised into Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed (UGIB) and Lower...

The Gastroenterology and Hepatology departments at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) initiated a model of care for people with liver disease to address the high number of patients...

Category 2 walk-in chest pain patients are at the highest risk in the Emergency Department (ED) waiting room because of an inability to access electrocardiogram (ECG) within recommended timeframes...

Staff at the Ipswich Hospital Emergency Department (ED) realised there was an opportunity to standardise processes and streamline interdepartmental transfers, particularly for patients...