Information for health professionals and the wider sector is gradually moving. Until mid-2026, information will either be here, or on our other website — tewhatuora.govt.nz.
Trauma guidelines and resources
Guidelines and resources for trauma professionals.
National guidelines
National guidelines include:
- Out-of-hospital guidelines
- National chest injury guidelines
- Traumatic brain injury toolkit
- Trauma nursing framework.
Regional and local guidelines
Regional guidelines support the national guidelines. Some specific hospital approaches are also made available under the regional information.
Northern Region trauma guidelines
Trauma guidelines for Te Tai Tokerau Northland and Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
Northern Region Trauma Networkexternal link
Auckland City Hospital trauma guidelines
Auckland City Hospital have supplementary guidelines to use with the National and Northern guidelines.
Trauma networks annual and strategic reports
You can download annual and strategic reports for the trauma networks.
Health Quality & Safety Commission resources
Four resources for staff who manage critically bleeding trauma patients in tertiary trauma centres and smaller secondary or provincial hospitals.
Resources for management of critical bleeding — Health Quality & Safety Commissionexternal link
Health Quality & Safety Commission also have information about current and recent trauma quality improvement projects.
Trauma work programme — Health Quality & Safety Commissionexternal link