Department of Health

Victorian State Trauma System

Facilitating the management and treatment of major trauma patients in Victoria.

Guidelines and eduction

About the Victorian State Trauma System

The Victorian State Trauma System has made significant improvement in major trauma patient care, including lower mortality rates.

Clinical trauma advice and retrieval of trauma patients

Specialist services for adult and child trauma patients provide advice, care coordination, referral and retrieval services to assist treating clinicians.

Definition of major trauma

The Victorian State Trauma Registry has identified the injuries that fulfill the criteria of major trauma.

Trauma services

Find out about Victoria's trauma service levels: major trauma, metro care, regional support, urgent, and primary care and their vital roles in the Victorian State Trauma System.

Reviewed 07 December 2023

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