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 mild traumatic brain injury.

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

Mild traumatic brain injuries (MTBI) usually occur through sporting, car or workplace accidents and are usually caused by the head hitting something or being violently shaken. The most common type of MTBI is concussion.

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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