Use this tool developed by Children’s Advice and Transport Coordination Hub (CATCH) and Retrieval Services Queensland (RSQ) to help you identify children who are likely to need critical care support and inter-hospital transfer.

The 2025 Trauma Forum ‘Paediatrics from a regional perspective’ was hosted at Townsville University Hospital (TUH). Consumers and clinicians from TUH and Queensland Children’s Hospital presented across a variety of clinical topics related to paediatric trauma, across the healthcare continuum.

Guidelines from the Queensland Children’s Hospital, the only dedicated Major Trauma Centre (MTC) in Queensland treating paediatric patients.

The Advanced Paediatric Life Support course is an internationally recognised three day program for increasing your confidence and skills in managing paediatric emergencies.

DFTB’s paediatric trauma course covers key paediatric major trauma presentations.

Optimising the approach to resuscitation in paediatric trauma. For nursing and medical staff. Create a trauma specific approach to the seriously unwell child.

This checklist has been adapted from the Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH) “Management of severe brain injury in the paediatric intensive care unit” guideline.