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Adult Retrieval Victoria

1300 36 86 61 Adult Retrieval Victoria (ARV), part of Ambulance Victoria, is a single contact point for Major Trauma and Critical Care Advice, Critical Care Bed Access, and Retrieval of Critical Care Adult Patients Statewide. This statewide service is available 24 hours, 365 days a year.

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Paediatric Infant Perinatal Emergency Retrieval

1300 137 650 PIPER is available 24 hours a day for telephone advice, video consultations and for retrieval of critically ill children, infants and pregnant women in Victoria, Tasmania, and Southern New South Wales.  For all Paediatric, Neonatal and Perinatal Emergency Calls.

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Victorian Trauma Grand Rounds

Victorian Trauma Grand Round a Collaborative Trauma Education Program

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The Alfred

The Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre operates 24 hours a day to provide the community with timely, quality care for people who are acutely ill and injured.

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The Royal Melbourne Hospital
We treat 5,000 trauma patients every year, with over 1,000 of those being classified as major traumas. We provide emergency, trauma and critical care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The trauma service provides care for patients with multisystem injuries. This includes those from falls, assaults, motor vehicle...
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The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
Welcome to The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Trauma Service home page. The RCH Trauma Service was established in 1999 in response to a ministerial report (RoTES report) which also designated the RCH as the Paediatric Major Trauma Service (MTS) for Victoria. As the Paediatric Major Trauma Service the RCH provides...
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Victorian State Trauma Registry – Department of Health
The Victorian State Trauma System (VSTS) was established in 2000 in response to the Review of trauma and emergency services 1999 (RoTES) report. This report made more than 100 recommendations to reduce trauma morbidity and mortality by enhancing trauma patient management. The implementation of the VSTS has resulted in significant...
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Victorian State Trauma Outcomes Registry (VSTORM)
We gather and interpret information about causes of traumatic injury and treatment from trauma centres across Victoria. We work to improve quality of trauma care across the State, and to identify and reduce major risk factors for trauma in the community. Our aim is to reduce preventable deaths and permanent...
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Major Trauma in Victoria – Better Health Channel
In Victoria, the state trauma system responds in a coordinated way to provide immediate care to anyone experiencing a major trauma event. The ongoing coordination of the Victorian State Trauma System (VSTS) is co-funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) to...
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Victorian Burns Unit
The aim of these guidelines is to provide direction to health care professionals caring for adults or children with burn injuries in the primary care setting in Victoria. This includes emergency department staff, general practitioners, physicians, general surgeons, nurses and paramedics. The guidelines include: Transfer & referral criteria Initial management...
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