Nurse experiences and confidence in treating critically ill and injured patients following the completion of the First Line Emergency Care Course.

Introduction: The geographical vastness of Australia in rural and remote regions provides challenges for hospital nursing staff when a medical officer is not immediately available. Delaying treatment until a medical officer arrives can potentially impact on patient outcomes. Some Registered Nurses in rural and remote New South Wales have received advanced training and credentialing through the First Line Emergency Care Course (FLECC) enabling them to initiate treatment prior to the medical officer's arrival.

Optimizing triage consistency in Australian emergency departments: the Emergency Triage Education Kit.

Objective: The Emergency Triage Education Kit was designed to optimize consistency of triage using the Australasian Triage Scale. The present study was conducted to determine the interrater reliability of a set of scenarios for inclusion in the programme.

Methods: A postal survey of 237 paper-based triage scenarios was utilized.