Northern Territory of Australia
Government Gazette ISSN-0157-833X No. S22 12 April 2019
Northern Territory of Australia Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act CareFlight Revocation, Declarations and Approvals I, Hugh Crosbie Heggie, Chief Health Officer:
(a) under sections 252, 254(1) and 250(1)(a) of the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act and with reference to section 43 of the Interpretation Act, revoke the declarations and approvals made by the instrument entitled "Care Flight: Declaration of Places, Approval of Scheduled Substance Treatment Protocols and Approval for Nurses and Midwives to Deal with Schedule 4 or 8 Substances" dated 28 April 2014 and published in Gazette No. S22 of 30 April 2014; and
(b) under section 252 of the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act, declare each health centre or clinic specified in the Schedule, Part A, to be a place to which Part 2.6 of the Act applies; and
(c) under section 254(1) of the Act, approve each Scheduled substance treatment protocol specified in the Schedule, Part B, for each health centre or clinic specified in the Schedule, Part A; and
(d) under section 250(1)(a) of the Act, declare each nurse or midwife practising at a health centre or clinic specified in the Schedule, Part A, to be an approved nurse or midwife (as appropriate) to supply, administer to another person and possess the Northern Territory Government Gazette No. S22, 12 April 2019
Schedule 4 and 8 substances specified in the Schedule, Part C, in accordance with each Scheduled substance treatment protocol specified in the Schedule, Part B; and
(e) under section 250(1)(c) of the Act, declare each paramedic practising at a health centre or clinic specified in the Schedule, Part A, to be an approved paramedic to administer and possess the Schedule 3, 4 and 8 substances specified in the Schedule, Part C, in accordance with each Scheduled substance treatment protocol specified in the Schedule, Part B.
Dated 11 April 2019
H. C. Heggie Chief Health Officer
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Schedule
Part A
Blaydin Point Clinic Top End Medical Retrieval Service Wickham Point Road Darwin International Airport Wickham NT 0822 12 Lancaster Drive Eaton NT 0812 CareFlight International Top End Medical Retrieval Service Darwin International Airport Gove Airport 10B Lancaster Drive Melville Bay Road Eaton NT 0812 Nhulunbuy NT 0881
Part B
Title Publication Date Author
CareFlight Clinical 26 March 2018 CareFlight Practice Guidelines for Intensive Care Paramedics – IC-040-04
CareFlight Clinical 16 January 2014 CareFlight Governance MS-004-03
CareFlight Medication 23 November 2018 CareFlight Guidelines MS-012-08
CareFlight Medication 20 December 2017 CareFlight Management MS-008-05
CareFlight Primary 2016 CareFlight Clinical Care, 9th Edition IC-050-01
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Part C
Schedule 3 Substances
Glucagon
Magnesium sulphate
Schedule 4 Substances
Acetylcysteine Mefenamic acid
Aciclovir Meropenem
Adenosine Metaraminol
Adrenaline Methoxyflurane
Alprostadil Metoprolol
Amiodarone Metronidazole
Antisera – polyvalent snake Midazolam
Aspirin Misoprostol
Atropine Naloxone
Benzatropine Nifedipine
Benzylpenicillin Noradrenaline
Betamethasone Omeprazole
Ceftriaxone Ondansetron
Cetirizine Oxytocin
Clopidogrel Pancuronium
Codeine when compounded with Paracetamol paracetamol in divided preparations containing 30 mg or less of codeine per dosage unit
Dexamethasone Phenobarbital
Dopamine Phenylephrine
Enoxaparin Phenytoin
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Ergometrine Poractant
Fexofenadine Potassium chloride
Furosemide (frusemide) Prochlorperazine
Gentamicin Promethazine
Glyceryl trinitrate Propofol
Haloperidol Ranitidine
Heparins Rocuronium
Hydralazine Salbutamol
Hydrocortisone Suxamethonium
Ibuprofen Tenecteplase
Insulins Terlipressin
Ipratropium Thiopental
Isosorbide dinitrate Tranexamic acid
Levetiracetam Vancomycin
Lidocaine
Schedule 8 Substances
Fentanyl Morphine
Ketamine Oxycodone
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