An education session that discusses chest injury rehabilitation

An education session for ward nurses that reviews the relevant chest anatomy for assessment of patients with suspected blunt chest trauma

Clinical Specialists from retrievals, emergency, surgical, anaesthetics, intensive care, nursing and allied health provide an insight into the journey of a patient who has sustained major trauma in far north Queensland. Key practice points from the Blunt Chest Trauma clinical guideline are used to highlight the importance of an integrated and cohesive trauma system.

Clinical Specialists from retrievals, emergency, surgical, anaesthetics, intensive care, nursing and allied health provide an insight into the journey of a patient who has sustained major trauma in far north Queensland. Key practice points from the Blunt Chest Trauma clinical guideline are used to highlight the importance of an integrated and cohesive trauma system.

Queensland Aeromedical’s Standard Operating Procedure for Chest Trauma.

Clinical Excellence Queensland’s Blunt Chest Trauma CPG – Blunt chest trauma refers to any injury of the chest wall or within the thoracic cavity arising from a blunt mechanism or force.

Queensland Ambulance Service’s Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) have advice and recommendations to help guide clinical decision making and optimise patient care and safety. Scroll down to search field and enter “chest” for the current guideline.

This resource kit provides healthcare workers with the knowledge and skills to perform the insertion of an intercostal catheter (ICC) to manage a patient with blunt chest trauma, including the indications and considerations for ICC placement.

This resource kit provides healthcare workers with the knowledge and skills on how to optimise the management of a patient with an ICC and chest drainage systems following a traumatic chest injury.