Injury-Related Services

Follow the links below to find information on support services for people affected by injury.

Reviewed March 2008

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Title:   Rehabilitation for Brain Injuries
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about rehabilitation for brain injuries.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Support groups
Publisher:   Brainlink Foundation
Description:   Brain Foundation maintains an up to date list of contacts for support groups for individuals and carers operating throughout Melbourne and rural Victoria.
Title:   Rural Primary Health Projects
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Primary Health Projects Sub-Program is a part of the Rural Primary Health Program.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Teeth - when a tooth is knocked out
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   When children or adults fall or have a blow to the face sometimes one of their teeth is knocked out. With quick action a permanent tooth that has been knocked out can often be saved. Baby (deciduous) teeth should not be put back.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Child safety - reducing injuries
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   You can never completely 'child-proof' your home. However, you can dramatically reduce the risk of injuries by making a few changes and keeping your child under constant supervision. In any emergency, dial triple zero (000) to call an ambulance.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Self-harm
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The reasons people harm themselves are complicated. Self-harming usually does not mean that a person wants to commit suicide or that they are looking for attention.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Acquired Brain Injury Program
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Information is provided about the services provided by Novita for children who have an acquired brain injury.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Rehabilitation Service
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Information is provided about the specialist service for providing equipment for Novita clients.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Accidents and injuries
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Serious injuries can occur as a result of incidents such as car accidents, falls from high places, industrial and farming accidents, or assaults. Major physical trauma is the term used to describe serious or complex injuries caused by an external force.
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   The NSW trauma registry profile of serious to critical injuries: 2006
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   The NSW Trauma Registry Profile of Serious to Critical Injuries: 2006 is a report which identifies the trauma profile of serious to critically injured patients admitted to Trauma Centres. (This publication is provided by the NSW Insitute of Trauma and Injury Management).
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   Engaging consumers in falls prevention: experiences and outcomes from the Australian Falls Prevention Project for Hospitals and Residential Aged Care Facilities
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Outlines project achievements in developing guidelines to reduce falls, a common cause of injury and death in older people.
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   Self-harm: Australian treatment guide for consumers and carers
Publisher:   Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Description:   This guide is for adults who have engaged in self-harm. It informs them of the best possible assessment, treatment and support and what to expect of services intended to reduce self-harm and its related suffering.
Date:   Jun 2005
Title:   Assessment and management of people at risk of suicide
Publisher:   Ministry of Health (MoH) (New Zealand),New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
Description:   This is a resource for clinical staff in emergency departments and mental health clinicians assessing and working with people who have made a suicide attempt, or are suicide risks. It is based on explicit evidence and synthesised expert opinion.
Date:   May 2003
Title:   Advanced trauma life support training for hospital staff
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Training in 'advanced trauma life support' (ATLS) is increasingly used in both rich and poor countries. ATLS is intended to improve the way in which care to the injured is given and, through this, to cut death and disability rates. Some research has bee...
Date:   Apr 2003
Title:   Australia's health 2000
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Extensive report on patterns of health and illness; supply and use of health services, and health services costs and performance in Australia. This reports specifically on the nation's five health priority areas - cancer control, cardiovascular health, injury prevention and control, mental health, and diabetes.
Date:   Oct 2001
Title:   Australia's health 1998
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Extensive report on patterns of health and illness; supply and use of health services, and health services costs and performance in Australia. This reports specifically on the nation's five health priority areas - cancer control, cardiovascular health, injury prevention and control, mental health, and diabetes.
Date:   Oct 2001
Title:   Health in rural and remote Australia
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report focuses on the health of Australians living in rural and remote areas. It compares the health of people living in rural and remote areas with that of those living in metropolitan areas across Australia. It shows that people living in rural and remote areas have many health disadvantages their urban counterparts do not experience, including shortages of health care providers and services in some areas, difficulties in accessing health care and greater exposure to injury.
Date:   Oct 2001
Title:   Advanced trauma life support training for ambulance crews
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Injury is one of the top ten causes of death and disability worldwide. It results in an early loss of life for many young people and ongoing high medical care costs. Advanced Life Support (ALS) for ambulance officers is believed to have contributed to t...
Date:   Feb 2001
Title:   Detection and management of young people at risk of suicide: guidelines for primary care providers
Publisher:   Ministry of Youth Affairs (NZ)
Description:   The aim of these guidelines is to assist primary care providers to recognise young people, between 12 and 25, at risk of suicide and provide appropriate management or well informed referral to secondary services.
Date:   Sep 1999
Title:   The prevention, recognition and management of young people at risk of suicide: development of guidelines for schools
Publisher:   Ministry of Education (NZ)
Description:   This report focuses on identifying young people at risk of harming themselves. It suggests a range of actions from monitoring the young person within the school environment to immediate referral to a specialist mental health service.
Date:   Jul 1997
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