Emergency Care Acute Pain Management Manual
The NHMRC Acute Pain Management Manual is a practical resource designed to support emergency clinicians to identify evidence-based quality pain management options. This resource has been endorsed by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, the College of Emergency Nurses Australasia and the Australian College of Emergency Nursing.
Emergency care community of practice newsletters
These newsletters keep you up to date with the NICS emergency care community of practice.
This program is no longer active however you can view the newsletters which were a part of this Initiative here.
Emergency care evidence in practice series - cervical spine x-rays in trauma
These 2006 emergency care evidence in practice series of brochures were developed as part of the NICS emergency care community of practice. The brochures aim to highlight areas where evidence exists to inform best practice and potential opportunities to improve the quality of care.
Emergency care evidence in practice series - Lumbar imaging in acute non-specific low back pain
These 2008 emergency care evidence in practice series of brochures were developed as part of the NICS emergency care community of practice. The brochures aim to highlight areas where evidence exists to inform best practice and potential opportunities to improve the quality of care.
Emergency care evidence in practice series - management of migraine
These 2006 emergency care evidence in practice series of brochures were developed as part of the NICS emergency care community of practice. The brochures aim to highlight areas where evidence exists to inform best practice and potential opportunities to improve the quality of care.
Emergency care evidence in practice series - Pain medication for acute abdominal pain
These 2008 emergency care evidence in practice series of brochures were developed as part of the NICS emergency care community of practice. The brochures aim to highlight areas where evidence exists to inform best practice and potential opportunities to improve the quality of care.
Emergency care evidence in practice series - Rate or rhythm control for recurrent atrial fibrillation
These 2008 emergency care evidence in practice series of brochures were developed as part of the NICS emergency care community of practice. The brochures aim to highlight areas where evidence exists to inform best practice and potential opportunities to improve the quality of care.
Emergency care evidence in practice series - use of Ipratropium Bromide for acute asthma
These 2006 emergency care evidence in practice series of brochures were developed as part of the NICS emergency care community of practice. The brochures aim to highlight areas where evidence exists to inform best practice and potential opportunities to improve the quality of care.
Emergency Department Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack Care Bundle
The NICS Emergency Care Community of Practice (EC CoP) identified management of acute stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) in the emergency department (ED) as an evidence-practice gap requiring attention.
National emergency department collaborative final report
The emergency department collaborative (EDC) was one of NICS' initial projects. The EDC involved 47 hospitals from across Australia seeking to improve emergency care, with a national focus to reduce time to pain relief. This 2004 report describes the project and the project's outcomes.
National emergency department collaborative qualitative evaluation report
NICS commissioned this 2003 qualitative evaluation of its emergency department collaborative to identify the key elements for success that can be applied to other evidence implementation projects.