Download a flyer to promote
these resources from the CIAP Promotions page.
CIAP would like to thank the Quality and Safety Branch for
their generous support in sponsoring these titles.
‘His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.’
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
New CIAP Resources and Changes
New Therapeutic Guideline: Oral and Dental
The July eTG Complete update includes a new title
- TG: Oral and Dental - written in conjunction with the Australian Dental Association.
TG: Oral and Dental was written to assist general dental
practitioners in their day-to-day practice. However, during the writing process it became quite
apparent that the content would be valuable for other health professionals, particularly those
working in rural and remote communities.
Therapeutic Guidelines (eTG) is available under
‘Other Drug Resources’ or ‘Clinical Guidelines’ on left hand menu of CIAP.
Journal of Addiction Medicine - This peer-reviewed journal, from the
American Society for Addiction Medicine, covers a wide range of relevant topics, including
addiction in pregnancy, adolescent addiction, the drug-exposed neonate, pharmacology,
neuroimaging techniques, pathophysiology of addiction, biological and non-biological
therapies, issues in graduate medical education, and more.
Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy – This new resource publishes
research articles, critical reviews, case reports, and special interest papers that contribute to
the development of theory, evidence and the effective use of physical therapy for individuals
with neurologic conditions.
Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness is the first comprehensive
and authoritative journal emphasizing public health preparedness and disaster response for all
health care and public health professionals globally.
Nursing Consult - 3 new nursing journals now available
Nursing Outlook – The Official Journal of the American Academy of
Nursing, Nursing Outlook provides innovative ideas for leaders in the nursing profession
through peer-reviewed articles and timely reports. Each issue examines current issues and
trends in nursing practice, education, and research, offering progressive solutions to the
problems facing the profession.
BMJ Clinical Evidence– move from OVID to BMJ Platform
Access to Clinical Evidence is available until 31 July 2007 via
the BMJ or OVID. After this date the OVID version will be withdrawn.
Clinical Evidence is the continually updated international
source of the best available evidence on the effects of common healthcare interventions. It describes
the best available evidence and if there is no good evidence it says so. Clinical Evidence specifically
aims not to make recommendations. Instead it provides the raw material for developing locally
applicable clinical practice guidelines.
You will find the links to each platform on the left hand menu of
CIAP under ‘Evidence Based Practice’.
‘One ought, each day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.’
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
New Clinical Guidelines available on CIAP
Revised Snakebite & Spiderbite Clinical Management Guidelines - The guidelines
are available on a new webpage for Snakebite & Spiderbite which also includes articles authored by
Geoffrey Isbister on Snakebite and Spiderbite Management with a third to be coming shortly on
Marine Sting Management.
Rural Emergency Clinical Guidelines for Adults - The intention of these
guidelines are to ensure early appropriate management of immediately, or imminently life threatening
conditions, and to relieve pain and suffering for patients at hospitals where medical practitioners are
not immediately available. The Guidelines reflect best clinical practice and are not mandatory, however,
they have been adopted and implemented across the State since 2004 providing essential clinical
support for clinicians.
Eye Emergency Manual - The Eye Emergency Manual: An Illustrated Guide
is now available via CIAP. This manual is designed for use by all medical and nursing staff in
Emergency Departments across NSW. It allows a quick and simple guide to recognizing important
signs and symptoms, and management of common eye emergencies.
These guidelines can be accessed under Clinical Guidelines
in the left hand menu on the front page of CIAP.
‘Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it.’
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) quoted in Boswell’s Life of Johnson
Training Report
Coming traing dates:
Wauchope
Kempsey
OVID WebEx training - Embase (31st July 2007).
June has been a very busy month for Victoria Gardner
(CIAP Training Coordinator). Rural
and remote areas have been the focus with 13 hospitals visited with a total road distance of
4,500kms covered in 14 days. There were 175 attendees at the sessions.
July 2007
Comments and Feedback
CIAP welcomes your comments and feedback.
We would like to be informed on your experiences when using the CIAP site. All feedback received is assessed and taken into
account to improve the viability of the site and increase the useability at the point of care.
If you have any comments, suggestions, or feedback, please or call us on
1800 824 279.
Did You Know? Martindale is available on CIAP?
Martindale
Encyclopaedic facts about drugs and medicines:
Over 6,300 drug monographs
149,000 preparations
40,700 references
14,700 manufacturers
Enables identification of medicines, the local equivalent and the manufacturer
Includes herbals, diagnostic agents, radiopharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical excipients,
toxins, and poisons as well as drugs and medicines
Martindale is situated in Micromedex. You will need to
login to Micromedex and have the main search box visible. On the right hand side at the
bottom of the search box there is a button for Search Databases. Click this to
access Martindale by ticking the check box.
Did you know - you can find out the trade names of drugs used overseas?
Why? Imagine that a patient on holidays from the
UK comes to see you because they have run out of their medication and want a new
prescription. The only thing they can remember is the brand name of the drug, Lustral,
not the generic name. That brand isn’t sold in Australia. You want to find out the generic name.
Here’s how:
Log in to CIAP
Choose ‘MICROMEDEX’ from the menu
Move the mouse over the ‘Drugs’ tab, and select the ‘Trade/Generic Drugs List’ option
Type the trade name, Lustral, into the ‘Search drug Name’ box
Choose either DRUGDEX or MARTINDALE
Click the Search button
Click on the link to Lustral in the ‘Tradename’ column to go to the information on the generic drug …
… in this case Sertraline which is available in Australia
Drug Database Updates
CIAP online resources are updated regularly
according to the following schedule:
eTG Complete (Therapeutic Guidelines) is updated every four months, last
updated 30/06/2007
Micromedex is updated quarterly, last updated on 07/07/2007.
MIMS is updated monthly (usually first Saturday of the month), last
updated on 30/06/2007.
pAHM (Australian Medicines Handbook for PDA) is updated twice a year (January/July).
If you have downloaded this just before the new version is released (within 1 week) then
the validation code that will be emailed to you will not work with the old version. To
correct this you will need to delete the old version and start again with the new version.
A new release date of pAHM for the PalmOS version is September 2007.
New CIAP Promotional Material available
Ready for you to print
We now have a promotions page on CIAP to enable
you to download the new CIAP brochure and a number of different flyers including Children’s
Hospital at Westmead Handbook, Interactive ECG and MIMS Online.
Please feel free to print
these and place them on noticeboards throughout your workplace. You will find these
resources by clicking on Promotional Material at the bottom
of the front page of CIAP.
We hope that you have enjoyed this newsletter. If you have something that you
would like published in CIAP Newsletter, please send an email to the .
The next issue will be available in September 2007.
