| EXPERT REVIEW GROUP AT TIME OF GUIDELINE PUBLICATION 2017 | |||
| Name | Position | Organisation | Role |
| A/Prof Marcus Kennedy MBBS, FACEM, FRACGP, DA(UK), DipIMC(RCSEd), MHlth ServMt, GAICD |
Director | Adult Retrieval Victoria | Oversight of all guideline content and review |
| Danielle McDonald | Project Co-ordinator, Trauma Victoria, Clinical Nurse Educator, ICU Retrieval Critical Care Registered Nurse |
Ambulance Victoria
Royal Melbourne Hospital Ambulance |
Project oversight, development and co-ordination Content development and maintenance of all Trauma Victoria resources |
| Georgie Hodgson | Project Officer, Trauma Victoria
CCRN, Emergency Retrieval Critical Care Registered Nurse |
Ambulance Victoria
St Vincents Hospital, Ambulance Vicotria |
Content development and maintenance of Trauma Vicotria resources |
| Dr Andrew Nunn MBBS,FAFRM,FACRM (RACP) | Director, Victorian Spinal Cord Service | Austin Health, Victoria | Spinal trauma guideline content review |
| Yvonne Singer RN |
Victorian Burns Program Coordinator Vice President |
The Alfred, Victoria Australian & New Zealand Burn Association |
Major burns adult and paediatric guideline content review
Graphic |
| Dr Emily Yu Sum Huning MB.BS (Hons), FRANZCOG |
Obstetrician Gynaecologist Clinical Senior Lecturer |
University Hospital Geelong
School of Medicine Deakin University |
Obstetric trauma guideline content review & poster production |
| Mr Rondhir Jithoo FRACS |
Consultant Neurosurgeon RAAF Specialist Reserve Medical Officer |
The Alfred, Victoria | Traumatic Brain Injury guideline content and review
|
| Dr Claire Wilkin | Paediatric Emergency Trauma Fellow | Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria | Paediatric trauma guideline inclusive of sub-guidelines content and review. |
| Prof Julie Considine RN, RM, BN, GDipNurs(AcuteCare), GCertHigherEd, MN, PhD |
Professor of Nursing | Deakin University & Eastern Health, Victoria | The Deteriorating Trauma Patient guideline content and review |
| Bill Barger ASM, MPA |
Manager, Operational Quality & Improvement, | Ambulance Victoria | Pre-hospital triage guideline and content review |
| Dr Mark Dent | Retrieval & Emergency Consultant | Adult Retrieval Victoria Sunshine Hospital |
Inter-hospital transfer guideline and content review |
| Carolyn Pinto | Senior Project Officer | Department of Health | Victorian state trauma system guideline content and review Graphic and photography assistance. |
| Dr Andrew Tagg BSc, MBBS, MRCSEd, FACEM |
Emergency Physician | Western Health, Victoria | Teamwork and Communication guideline content and review |
| Dr Emmeline Finn | Retrieval & Emergency Consultant | Adult Retrieval Victoria St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne |
Early Trauma Care guideline content and review |
| Dr Bjorn Makein | Retrieval & Emergency Consultant | Adult Retrieval Victoria Royal Melbourne Hospital |
Preparation for Retrieval guideline content and review |
| Prof Biswadev Mitra MBBS(Melb), MHSM, PhD, FACEM |
Head, Clinical Research NHMRC Research fellow |
National Trauma Research Institute Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine |
Anticoagulation in Trauma guideline content and review |
| Dr Giles Kelsy FRCPA, MBChB, BScMedSci |
Consultant Haematologist | Royal Melbourne Hospital & The Alfred Hospital | Anticoagulation in Trauma guideline content and review |
| Dr Thomas Razga | Emergency Medicine Consultant | Royal Melbourne Hospital | Elder Trauma guideline content and review |
| Dr Kate Martin | General and Trauma Surgeon | The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne | Thoracic and abdominal trauma guideline content and review |
| Prof Steve Bernard | Senior Medical Advisor | Ambulance Victoria | Traumatic cardiac arrest guideline content and review |
| A/Prof Dinesh Varma M.B.B.S, FRANZCR |
Acting Program Director of Radiology Head of Emergency & Trauma Radiology |
The Alfred Health & Monash University | Imaging in Trauma guideline content and review |
| TRAUMA VICTORIA GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT GROUP AT TIME OF PUBLICATION 2017 | ||
| Name | Position | Organisation |
| Dr Kate Martin | General and Trauma Surgeon | The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne |
| Michael Langley | Senior Project Officer | Department of Health |
| Susan McLellan RN, GRAD CERT (EMERG), CAISS |
Trauma Registry Data Manager | Victorian State Trauma Registry (VSTR) Victorian Orthopaedic Trauma Outcomes Registry (VOTOR) |
| Pat Standen | Regional Trauma Coordinator | Grampians Region, Department of Health |
| Sharon Tonkin | Manager | East Wimmera Health Service |
| Dr Ben McKenzie | Emergency Physician, Director Emergency Medicine Training | Bendigo Health |
| Dr Andrew Nunn MBBS,FAFRM,FACRM (RACP) | Director, Victorian Spinal Cord Service | Austin Health, Victoria |
| Dr Matt Walsh MBChB, FACEM |
Emergency Physician | The Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| Dr Claire Wilkin | Paediatric Emergency Trauma Fellow | Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria |
| Scott Bennetts | Manager Clinical Effectiveness | Ambulance Victoria |
| Mr Rondhir Jithoo FRACS |
Consultant Neurosurgeon RAAF Specialist Reserve Medical Officer |
The Alfred, Victoria |
| 2022 Onwards | |||
| Name | Position | Organisation | Role |
| Dr Marc Schnekenburger FACEM |
Emergency & Retrieval Consultant | Alfred Health, Victoria Adult Retrieval Victoria |
Thoracic trauma guideline review Elderly trauma guideline review |
| Professor Peter Cameron MBBS, MD, FACEM |
Emergency Physician Academic Director |
Alfred Health, Victoria Monash University |
Thoracic trauma guideline review |
| Angela Sormaz | Senior Manager Sectors Partnerships & Performance | Transport Accident Commission | Thoracic trauma guideline review Pre-hospital triage guideline review |
| Dr Nicholas Bailey | MBChB, FACEM, MMed Dip | Emergency Consultant Retrieval Consultant St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne |
Pre-hospital triage guideline review |
| Assoc. Professor. David Anderson | MStJ MBChB FCICM | Medical Director Adjunct Associate Professor Intensivist |
Ambulance Victoria Monash University Department of Paramedicine Alfred Health, Victoria Pre-hospital triage guideline review |
| Dr Amelia Crabtree | MBBS MBA FRACP | Consultant Geriatrician Alfred Health, Victoria |
Safer Care Victoria Elderly trauma guideline review |
| Associate Professor Alan Eade | ASM FACPara | Intensive Care Paramedic Chief Paramedic Officer |
Ambulance Victoria Safer Care Victoria Thoracic trauma guideline review Pre-hospital triage guideline review |
| Michaela Catanzariti | BEmergHealth(Pmed), GradDipSpecParamed, MSpecParamed | Intensive Care Paramedic | Ambulance Victoria Thoracic trauma guideline review Pre-hospital triage guideline review Elderly trauma guideline review |
| Professor Joseph E Ibrahim | MBBS, GradCertHE, PhD, FAFPHM, FRACP | Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine | Barwon Health La Trobe University Elderly trauma guideline review |
| Dr Jason Gabriel Anyassor | MBBS | Emergency Physician Retrieval Consultant Royal Melbourne Hospital Adult Retrieval Victoria |
Thoracic Trauma |
| Professor Belinda Gabbe | BPhysio(Hons), MAppSc, MBiostat, PhD | Head of the Victorian State Trauma Outcomes Registry and Monitoring Group School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University |
Thoracic trauma guideline review Pre-hospital triage guideline review |
| Dr Andrew Clift | MBBS(Hon), BMedSciClinNut(Hon),FCICM, FACTM,AFFTM,FACRRM,JCCA,CCPU, PGrDip US(echocardiography),DRANZCOG,DCH, MPH,MSc (Inf Dis),PGrDip Aboriginal & Islander Studies | Intensive Care Consultant Retrieval Consultant Adult Retrieval Victoria Bendigo & Ballarat Health Townsville Uni Hospital WNSW Health District |
Pre-hospital triage guideline review |
| Dr. Ruth Boylan | FCAI., FANZCA, EDRA. | Trauma Anaesthesiology Fellow Alfred Health, Victoria |
Thoracic trauma guideline review |
| STATE TRAUMA COMMITTEE AT TIME OF PUBLICATION | ||
| Name | Position | Organisation |
| Dr Michael Ben-Meir MBBS, FACEM, M.HlthEthics, Dranzcog, GCMA |
Director of Emergency | Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne |
| Dr Kate Martin MBBS FRACS |
General and Trauma Surgeon Supervisor of General Surgical Training |
The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne |
| Susan McLellan RN, GRAD CERT (EMERG), CAISS |
Trauma Registry Data Manager | Victorian State Trauma Registry (VSTR) Victorian Orthopaedic Trauma Outcomes Registry (VOTOR) |
| A/Prof Marcus Kennedy MBBS, FACEM, FRACGP, DA(UK), DipIMC(RCSEd), MHlth ServMt, GAICD |
Director | Adult Retrieval Victoria |
| Prof Mark Fitzgerald | Director of Trauma Services | The Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre. |
| A/Prof Rodney Judson | Director of Trauma Services | The Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| Prof Peter Cameron MBBS MD FACEM FCEM (Hon) |
Academic Director | The Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre. |
| Dr Matthew Maiden | Intensive Care Physician/ Emergency | Barwon Health |
| Sharon Tonkin | Manager | East Wimmera Health Service |
| Mr Rondhir Jithoo FRACS |
Consultant Neurosurgeon RAAF Specialist Reserve Medical Officer |
The Alfred, Victoria |
| Ms Sue Williams |
Chief Executive Officer | Peninsula Health |
| Dr Warwick Teague | Director of Trauma Services | The Royal Children’s Hospital |
| Dr Andrew Nunn | Director, Victorian Spinal Cord Service | Austin Health, Victoria |
| Professor Belinda Gabbe | Head | Victorian State Trauma Registry |
| Ms Rebecca Weir | Staff Programs Coordinator | North East Health |
| Mrs Nicole Waldron | Executive Director | Epworth Richmond |
| Ms Leonie Scott | Acting Assistant Director Acute Programs |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| Ms Karen Fox | Executive Director, Clinical Operations | Surgery, Women & Children’s, Mental Health, Medical Imaging and State-wide Services, Eastern Health |
| Dr Sara MacKenzie | Emergency Physician | Peninsula Health |
| Mr Bruce Crossett | Head of Rapid Recovery | Transport Accident Commission |
| A/Prof Ian Patrick | General Manager, Clinical and Community Services | Ambulance Victoria |
| Ms Donna Sherringham | Executive Director, Clinical Operations | Goulburn Valley Health |
| Dr Michael Stewart | Director | Paediatric Infant Perinatal Retrieval Service |
| Ms Sharon Tonkin | Manager, Donald Campus | East Wimmera Health Service |
| Prof Joseph Ibrahim | Clinical Director Subacute Services | Ballarat Health |
| TRAUMA SYSTEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE (As of 1 March 2023) | ||
| Name | Position | Organisation |
| Adj Prof David Plunkett - CHAIR | Chief Executive Officer, Eastern Health | Eastern Health |
| Jen Bliss | Executive Director- Health Services & Aged Care Policy, Improvement and Engagement | Department of Health |
| A/Prof Joseph Mathew | Deputy Director Trauma, Alfred Health | Alfred Health |
| Dr Kate Martin | General and Trauma Surgeon, RMH, Clinical Senior Lecturer Dept Surgery, University of Melbourne, Director DSTC Melbourne Chair, Trauma Case Review Group |
Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| Ms Donna Sheeringham | Executive Director Clinical Operations, Shepparton Hospital | Goulburn Valley Health |
| Angela Sormaz | Senior Manager Sectors Partnerships & Performance, Transport Accident Commission | Transport Accident Commission |
| Prof Mark Fitzgerald | Director of Trauma Services, Alfred Health | Alfred Health |
| David Read | Director of Trauma Services, Royal Melbourne Hospital | Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| David Read | Director of Trauma Services, Royal Melbourne Hospital | Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| Jason McClure | Director, Adult Retrieval Victoria | Adult Retrieval Victoria, Ambulance Victoria |
| A/Prof Michael Stewart | Medical Director PIPER and NETS, Royal Children's Hospital | Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria |
| Dr Andrew Nunn | Director, Victorian Spinal Cord Service, Austin Hospital | Austin Health |
| A/Prof Warwick Teague | Director of Trauma Services, Royal Children's Hospital | Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria |
| Prof Joseph Ibrahim | Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care |Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing (AIPCA), La Trobe University | Elderly Trauma Services Specialist |
| A/Prof Steve McGloughlin | Director ICU, Alfred Health | Alfred Health |
| Dr Cameron Knott | Deputy Clinical Unit Head, Intensive Care Unit, Bendigo Health | Bendigo Health |
A big thank you goes
out to the following people for all their help, encouragement and advice.
- Wendy Rossiter
- Paul Burke
- Fiona Landgren
- Ian Patrick
- James Oswald
- .........and all the wonderful team at ARV.