Thank you for attending the COVID-19: Latest update for Queensland general practice on 7 February 2022. Please see below the post event resources and recording from this event.

Event Recording

Presentations

• PowerPoint Presentation Model of Care Pathways DRAFT

Link to consumer resources:

• Queensland Health Asset Library
  • This library will be added to over time
  • Please do not share the link with patients/consumers – simply download/save/print each file as you need it
• Mob Link – Mob Link is an initiative of the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in SEQ by linking them with health and social services.
• Gold Coast Primary Health Network COVID-19 Community Information

Clinician website links

• Frontline COVID Advice emails – currently going out most days, technically geared more towards Queensland Health but has data updates and other clinical guidelines/updates which may be of interest. To receive updates, simply subscribe online.
• The Queensland Health webpage for clinicians has a dedicated primary care page information page and includes links to:
  • vaccination information
  • FAQs about the model/COVID and the vaccines
  • isolation/quarantine and vaccination after infection etc.

Reception phone / on-hold messages

May help answer some questions that consumers call your practice with or direct them to another source of information while on hold:

You can check your symptoms with the COVID Care Self-Checker or the National Coronavirus Helpline to find out what care, if any, you might need. If your symptoms or health conditions mean you need to be cared for by a hospital, someone will call you

Complete the online COVID Care Self-Checker at www.qld.gov.au/health/covid-self-checker. Or you can call the National Coronavirus Helpline 24/7 on 1800 020 080. The Helpline has interpreters and uses the National Relay Service. You can call about yourself or someone you care for.

Most people will be able to care for themselves at home just like you would for other mild viruses. You may feel unwell or have no symptoms at all. Symptoms can include fever, cough, sore throat, headache, runny nose, sneezing, fatigue, diarrhoea, muscle aches and pain, and a loss of taste and smell.

Call Triple Zero (000) or go to a hospital if you have severe symptoms like: 

• difficulty breathing even when moving around your home  
• suddenly find it hard to breathe or your breathing has gotten worse
• coughing up blood 
• significant chest pain 
• collapsing or fainting.  
• feeling cold and sweaty, with pale or blotchy skin 
• have a rash that looks like small bruises or bleeding under the skin and doesn’t fade when you roll a glass over it 
• feeling agitated, confused or very drowsy 
• stopping peeing or peeing much less than usual.