Guides: Intensive Care: Patient Information

CIAP Resources

Information is empowering and also increases the likelihood patients and their carers will be able to adhere to medical advice. There are a number of valuable resources available to help patients to understand their condition, diagnosis, medications and procedures. CIAP also provides a Patient Education Guide which links to a number of valuable resources such as:

Access Medicine Patient information
This link goes to A-Z list of patient handouts - US based resources
Better Health Channel
Funded by Victorian Government to provide health information to the public. Browse by condition, test or treatment and body part. Includes articles on healthy living.
BMJ Best Practice
Browse patient leaflets or search for a condition and see patient leaflets linked under Resources
Health Direct
A federal and state resource which provides "quality, approved health information and advice". Browse A-Z list of all topics or see lists of conditions, symptoms, drugs and
Intensive Care NSW
These pages explain some of the common conditions and critical illnesses experienced by people admitted to an ICU.
MIMS
MIMS includes Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) leaflets on pharmaceuticals available in Australia. MIMS can be searched by brand or generic name or ingredient.
Natural medicines
Information on dietary supplements, natural medicines and complementary therapies. Search on a topic then find patient handouts linked from the professional-level articles
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
This service is dedicated to supporting CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse) communities in NSW. Website includes more than 500 multilingual publications.
Therapeutic Guidelines
eTG provides therapeutic information for a range of diseases from an Australian perspective. It includes patient information sheets which can be accessed via 'Quick links' in the top menu.
UpToDate
UpToDate offers two levels of patient content - Basics and Beyond the Basics. You can browse patient information by topic or search for your topic and see linked patient information.

Medline Plus

Critical Care

Patient Education Handouts

UpToDate
UpToDate offers two levels of patient content - Basics and Beyond the Basics. You can browse patient information by topic or search for your topic and see linked patient information.

Evaluating Health Information

Evaluating Health Information | Medline Plus

WSLHD

WSLHD Information

Intensive Care

CIAP Resources

Medline Plus

Patient Education Handouts

Evaluating Health Information

Other useful patient information links

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