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Trauma case of the week
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Courses
Medical
- RACS - Training and Education https://www.surgeons.org/education/skills-training-courses/early-management-of-severe-trauma-emst
Nursing
- WATTEU - https://www.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/U_Z/Western-Australian-Trauma-Training-and-Education-Unit
Multi-Disciplinary
- Advanced Paediatric Life Support - https://www.apls.org.au/
Government
- Medicare - https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/medicare
- St John Ambulance WA - https://www.stjohnwa.com.au/
- WA Country Health Service - https://www.wacountry.health.wa.gov.au/
More Information
Western Australian Trauma Training and Education Unit
Phone: 6457 3699
Fax: 9457 1617
Email: WATTEU@health.wa.gov.au
Address: Level 1, R block, Royal Perth Hospital
Western Australian Trauma Training and Education Unit
Phone: 6457 3699
Fax: 9457 1617
Email: WATTEU@health.wa.gov.au
Address: Level 1, R block, Royal Perth Hospital
West Australian Trauma Training and Education Unit
Western Australian Trauma Training and Education Unit (WATTEU)
Western Australia Trauma Training and Education Unit (WATTEU) formerly the Western Australian Trauma Education Committee (WATEC) is now an operational unit that is responsible for the ongoing delivery of trauma training and education for the whole of WA Health.
- Definitive Anaesthetic Trauma Care (DATC) Course
- Definitive Perioperative Nurses Trauma Care Course (DPNTC)
- Definitive Surgical Trauma Care Course (DSTC)
- Early Management of Severe Trauma (EMST) Royal Australian College of Surgeons (external site)
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
- Trauma Team Simulation Training (TTST)
- Western Trauma Course (WTC)
Trauma professional organisation links
Medical
- Australian College of Emergency Medicine https://acem.org.au/
- Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine https://www.acrrm.org.au/
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners https://www.racgp.org.au/
- Western Australian General Practice Education and Training https://www.wagpet.com.au/
- Rural Health West https://ruralhealthwest.com.au/
Nursing
- Australian College of Critical Care Nursing https://acccn.com.au/
- College of Emergency Nursing Australasia https://www.cena.org.au/
- Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia https://crana.org.au/
- Royal College of Nursing, Australia https://crana.org.au/
Trauma
- Australia & New Zealand’s Leading Multidisciplinary Trauma Society https://www.anzts.com.au/
- Injury - Trauma Health Network - https://www.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I/Health-Networks
- Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet - https://healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/learn/health-topics/injury/
- Life in the Fast Lane - https://litfl.com/
Last Updated:
19/09/2025