ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Many people and organisations have been involved in the development of this kit. Their feedback and contribution is gratefully appreciated.
The contributing authors were:
• University of Melbourne, School of Enterprise – Marie Frances Gerdtz – Julie Considine – Natisha Sands – Carmel Josephine Stewart – Diane Crellin – Wendy Elizabeth Pollock.
• LearnPRN – Robin Tchernomoroff – Kaye Knight.
• Amanda Charles.
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The National Education Framework for Emergency Triage Working Party, oversaw production and validation of the education tools detailed in this manual. The members were:
• Dr Matthew Chu, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine( ACEM), Director of Emergency Medicine, Canterbury Hospital
• Ms Tracey Couttie, Paediatrics Triage Clinical Nurse Consultant, Paediatrics Triage, Emergency Department, Wollongong Hospital
• Ms Judy Harris, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia( CENA), State Management Committee member of CENA, Redcliffe Hospital
• Dr Marie Gerdtz, Nurse Education, Lecturer in Nurse Education, School of Post Graduate Nursing, University of Melbourne
• Mr Audas Grant, Rural Clinical Nurse Consultant, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Albury Base Hospital
• Dr Didier Palmer, Emergency Medicine, Senior Lecturer and Consultant, Emergency Physician, Royal Darwin Hospital
• Ms Cecily Pollard, Mental Health Liaison Nurse, Liaison Psychiatry Unit, Royal Hobart Hospital
• Ms Karen Schnitzerling, Director of Nursing, West Coast District Hospital. Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia( CRANA)
• Ms Robin Tchernomoroff, Board Member, Australian College of Emergency Nursing Ltd( ACEN), Director LearnPRN Pty Ltd
• Associate Professor Jeff Wassertheil, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine( ACEM), Director Emergency Medicine, Peninsula Health
• Mr Rob Wyber-Hughes, Director, Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia( CRANA),
• Mr Gordon Tomes, Project Director, Department of Health and Ageing, Acute Care Division.
The Department of Health and Ageing would also like to acknowledge the assistance of the expert panel of Triage Nurses throughout Australia for validating the scenarios provided in this kit.
Department of Health and Ageing – Emergency Triage Education Kit