28
Oct
2021
Emergency Department Fact Sheets
Please contact us if you are having difficulties viewing any of the fact sheets available. If you are looking for a fact sheet or topic that isn't here please contact us to let us know as we will be developing more fact sheets.
Adult fact sheets
- Abdominal Pain*
- After a Car Crash: what to expect on the road to recovery - produced by the Motor Accident Authority
- Ankle Sprain*
- Appendicitis*
- Asthma Discharge Plan (ED)
- Back Pain - Acute Low Back Pain
- Bell's Palsy*
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo*
- Bleeding in Early Pregnancy*
- Blood transfusion - information for patients and families - produced by Bloodwatch, Clinical Excellence Commission, March 2014
- Broken Collar Bone
- Brain Injury (Mild) - produced by State Insurance Regulatory Authority, NSW
Institute of Trauma and Injury Management and the Emergency Care Institute, 2016 - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Chest Pain
- Cellulitis*
- Concussion - See Brain Injury (Mild)
- Constipation (Adult)*
- Coping with Grief & Loss in ED
- COVID-19 fact sheets and brochures
- Crutches*
- CTP
- Death reported to the Coroner - developed by NSW Health Pathology's Forensic Medical Serice, NSW Coroner's Court & NSW Police
- Deep Venous Thrombosis - developed by HealthDirect
- Diarrhoea and Vomiting*
- Diverticular Disease
- Driving safety and medicines- produced by NSW Health
- Drug and Alcohol - produced by NSW Health
- Ear Infection (Adults)
- Elbow Pain
- Environmental Health - produced by NSW Health
- Eye - Something in your eye*
- Falls prevention - CEC
- Gallstones*
- Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD)
- Glandular Fever
- Happier and Healthier You*
- Head Injury - See brain Injury (mild)
- Headache (non-migraine)*
- Hypoglycaemia
- Infectious Diseases fact sheets - produced by NSW Health
- Intraosseous Insertion
- Kidney Stone*
- Knee Injuries*
- Lumbar Puncture*
- Mental Health and related issues:
- Medical Imaging - Risk of X-rays and CT scans in pregnancy*
- Medical Imaging - Radiation Protection - developed by ARPANSA
- Migraine*
- Narcotic Painkillers
- Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy
- Nosebleeds*
- Orbital Fractures
- Pain Management
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease*
- Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)
- Plaster Casts*
- Procedural Sedation*
- Prosthetic Hip Dislocation*
- Quit Smoking Fact sheets -produced by iCanQuit
- Rib Fracture
- Seizures - Your first seizure*
- Shingles
- Shoulder Dislocation*
- Skin Cuts and Scrapes*
- Slings
- Smoke Inhalation
- Tick Bite Management
- Tonsillitis*
- Ultrasound (Bedside) Examination
- Urinary Tract Infection*
- Viral Conjunctivitis - produced by Up to Date
- Whiplash - produced by the State Insurance Regulatory Authority
- Wound Care*
* The following factsheets are also available in other languages. See translated links below for more information.