• Uncontrollable bleeding
  • Assault with any weapon 
  • Injuries caused by motor vehicle accident >60km/h, including pedestrian or cyclist >30km/h
  • Fall from greater than own height
  • Suspected spinal injury
  • ​Severe burns (bigger than patient's hand) or deeper than top layers
Priority One - Ambulance OOO
  • Broken bones or dislocated joints - deformed or not in normal alignment
  • Deep cuts that require sutures - especially on the face
  • Head injuries - where there has been a loss of consciousness or persistent dizziness and/or vomiting
  • Anything impaled in any part of the body
  • Burns to the face or genitals
  • Cuts with exposed tissue underneath or where the feeling or temperature of the part is not normal
Priority Two - Emergency Department
Some of these conditions may require Ambulance treatment and transport to an Emergency Department 
  • Cuts - if the bleeding cannot be controlled or is from an body orifice or is longer than 20mm or if there is white or yellow substances visible in the wound; this is highly suggestive of referral directly to an Emergency Department. 
  • Limb Injury -  the limb is deformed or not in normal alignment or is pale compared to the other limb or there is a loss of function or feeling in the limb or the patient cannot bear weight/walk; this is highly suggestive of referral directly to an Emergency Department.​
Priority Three - General Practice or AH Service
DISCUSS WITH GP OR NURSE NOW
  • Back Pain - associated with an accident (e.g. fall, MVA, lifting) provided the patient has no loss of feeling or function in a limb and no loss of bladder or bowel control.
Priority Six - Make an appointment today or within 6 hours
IF UNABLE TO MEET TIME FRAME, DISCUSS WITH NURSE OR GP