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Emergency care

Australia

*Accident & Emergency Nursing - AEN
Contents pages of the journal Accident & Emergency Nursing, produced by Emergency Nurses' Association Victoria, Australia.
 
*Australian College of Emergency Nursing - ACEN
The aim of the ACEN "is to promote and maintain high standards of emergency health care, furthering professional standards for emergency practice, maintain and improving education, promoting and supporting research and representing nurses at local, state, national and international levels."
*Australian Resuscitation Council online including - ARC
The ARC aims to "foster and co-ordinate the practice and teaching of resuscitation, promote uniformity and standardisation of resuscitation and act as a voluntary co-ordinating body. They also develop, publish, review and update guidelines and reviews literature and research in resuscitation.
 
*Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies
This peer-reviewed electronic journal published by Massey University covers disaster and trauma studies within Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific rim. Contains some full-text articles with archives covering 2-3 years.
*College of Emergency Nursing Australasia - CENA
Newly established body which aims to promote and maintain high standard of emergency health care including promotion and research. Provides official representation of emergency nurses at local, state, national and international levels.
 
* Emergency First Aid
"Emergency First Aid Pty Ltd is a first aid training provider committed to providing a fun and interesting way to learn essential life skills." They provide first aid training in Melbourne, Australia.
*SWSAHS Liverpool Trauma Education - Sudden Death Trauma Scenarios
Originally created by Dr. Jon Ryan in 1996 and since then, revamped by the Web Development team at the South Western Sydney Area Health Service. The Trauma Department at Liverpool Hospital has developed the concept of "Sudden Death Trauma Scenarios" to facilitate rapid decision making in critically injured patients.

International

*Emergency Nursing World - ENW
This U.S. site contains information and resources on all aspects of emergency nursing and pre-hospital care including links to clinical articles, reference tools,organisations and research.
*Emergency-Nurse.com
A site for nurses working in emergency fields. Contains an extensive collection of resources, including illustrated tutorials on ECGs and cannulation, guidelines and tutorials.

Please direct all comments to author,
Deb Zott
Nursing/Health Sciences Liaison Librarian
Flinders University Library.