EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PROTOCOL COMMONS - MASTER INDEX
Version 0.9 - Consultation Edition

PHASE 1 - CORE PROCESSES AND PATIENT FLOW
Protocol 1: Patient Journey
Protocol 2: Triage and Retriage
Protocol 3: Resuscitation and Initial Stabilization
Protocol 4: Clinical Assessment and Documentation
Protocol 5: Investigations, Critical Results, and Results Tracking
Protocol 6: Medication Safety and Administration
Protocol 7: Monitoring and Reassessment
Protocol 8: Consultation and Escalation
Protocol 9: Safe Discharge
Protocol 10: Admission and Ward Transfer
Protocol 11: Interfacility and Overseas Transfer
Protocol 12: Shift Handover and Transfer of Responsibility

PHASE 2 - TIME-CRITICAL MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
Protocol 13: Acute Chest Pain and Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome
Protocol 14: Acute Shortness of Breath and Respiratory Distress
Protocol 15: Shock and Hypotension
Protocol 16: Suspected Sepsis and Severe Infection
Protocol 17: Altered Mental Status and Reduced Level of Consciousness

PHASE 3 - NEUROLOGICAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES
Protocol 18: Acute Focal Neurological Deficit, Suspected Stroke, and TIA
Protocol 19: Seizures and Status Epilepticus
Protocol 20: Acute Severe Headache, Meningism, and Suspected Intracranial Emergency
Protocol 21: Syncope, Collapse, and Transient Loss of Consciousness
Protocol 22: Palpitations and Acute Tachyarrhythmias or Bradyarrhythmias
Protocol 23: Severe Hypertension and Hypertensive Emergency

PHASE 4 - ABDOMINAL, METABOLIC AND TOXICOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES
Protocol 24: Acute Abdominal and Flank Pain
Protocol 25: Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Protocol 26: Acute Vomiting, Diarrhoea, Dehydration, and Electrolyte Disturbance
Protocol 27: Diabetic and Acute Glycaemic Emergencies
Protocol 28: Acute Kidney Injury, Oliguria, and Dangerous Electrolyte Disorders
Protocol 29: Poisoning, Overdose, Intoxication, and Withdrawal
Protocol 30: Anaphylaxis and Severe Allergic Reactions

PHASE 5 - TRAUMA, INJURY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
Protocol 31: Major Trauma and Multiple Injury
Protocol 32: Head and Suspected Spinal Injury
Protocol 33: Thoracic, Abdominal, and Pelvic Trauma
Protocol 34: Limb Injury, Fracture, Dislocation, and Neurovascular Compromise
Protocol 35: Burns, Wounds, Bites, Stings, and Envenomation
Protocol 36: Environmental and Exposure Emergencies
Protocol 37: Acute Eye, ENT, and Dental Emergencies

PHASE 6 - MATERNAL, PAEDIATRIC AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
Protocol 38: Obstetric and Postpartum Emergencies
Protocol 39: Acute Gynaecological Emergencies
Protocol 40: Paediatric Emergency Assessment and the Seriously Ill Child
Protocol 41: Neonatal Emergencies
Protocol 42: Mental-Health Crisis, Self-Harm, Agitation, and Behavioural Emergency
Protocol 43: Safeguarding, Abuse, Neglect, and Sexual Assault
Protocol 44: Frailty, Falls, and Acute Functional Decline in Older Adults
Protocol 45: Sickle Cell Emergencies
Protocol 46: Immunocompromised, Neutropenic, and Oncology Emergencies
Protocol 47: Renal Failure and Dialysis-Related Emergencies

PHASE 7 - HIGH-RISK TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES
Protocol 48: Emergency Airway Management and Ventilatory Support
Protocol 49: Major Haemorrhage, Blood Products, and Transfusion Reactions
Protocol 50: Procedural Sedation, Analgesia, and Recovery

PHASE 8 - COMPLEX DISPOSITION AND END-OF-LIFE CARE
Protocol 51: Capacity, Refusal of Care, and Departure Before Completion
Protocol 52: Palliative Emergencies, Treatment Ceilings, and Death in the Emergency Department
Protocol 53: Emergency Department Observation and Short-Stay Care

PHASE 9 - DEPARTMENTAL RESILIENCE AND OPERATIONAL SAFETY
Protocol 54: Infection Prevention, Isolation, and Outbreak Response
Protocol 55: Emergency Department Crowding, Boarding, Surge, and Capacity Escalation
Protocol 56: Mass-Casualty Incident and Disaster Response
Protocol 57: Power, Oxygen, Information-System, Laboratory, Imaging, and Equipment Downtime
Protocol 58: Security, Violence, Missing Patients, and Staff Safety
Protocol 59: Emergency Department Quality Assurance, Audit, Simulation, and Serious-Incident Learning
