Key messages

When a patient presents to an emergency department or urgent care centre, they should be given the best available information.

This updated fact sheet helps ensure clinicians and patients have access to easy-to-read information about different emergency conditions.

Give this fact sheet to your patients when discharging them from an emergency department or urgent care centre.

Please note that this guidance is currently undergoing review by Safer Care Victoria to ensure  the content is up to date. In the meantime, we recommend that you also refer to more contemporaneous evidence where possible.

Download our fact sheet to provide your patients with easy to follow guidance on fractures and plaster care.

This fact sheet has the #withconsumers tick from the Consumers Health Forum of Australia

Knee injuries happen to people of all ages. They can have many causes and can affect several different structures that support the knee. Common knee injuries include sprains (over-stretching of the ligaments), strains (over-stretching of muscles and tendons), tearing of the cartilage (meniscus) that lines the joints and irritation of the kneecap (patellofemoral) joint.

Patient fact sheet

Get in touch

Clinical Guidance Team
Safer Care Victoria
clinicalguidance@safercare.vic.gov.au

Version history

First published: June 2019
Due for review: June 2022

Related links

Kids Health Info fact sheets - Royal Children's Hospital
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