CARPA Standard Treatment Manual

8th edition

A clinic manual for primary health care practitioners in remote and Aboriginal health services in central and northern Australia

Cover painting © Dinny Tjampitjimpa Nolan, a Ngangkari of the Warlpiri people. No further reproduction permitted without permission.

Illustrations by Stephanie Mackie-Schneider from Flinders University, except where otherwise marked.

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Suggested acknowledgement
CARPA Standard Treatment Manual, 8th edition 2022, CC-BY-NC

Publication details
ISBN: 978-0-6455848-0-6 (hardcopy)
ISBN: 978-0-6455848-1-3 (electronic)

Published by Flinders University
PO Box 4066, Alice Springs, NT, 0871, Australia
E-mail: remotephcmanuals@flinders.edu.au
Website: www.remotephcmanuals.com.au

First edition 1992
Second edition 1994
Third edition 1997
Fourth edition 2003, Reprinted 2006
Fifth edition 2009, Reprinted 2011
Sixth edition 2014
Seventh edition 2017
Eighth edition 2022

Suggested citation
Remote Primary Health Care Manuals. (2022). CARPA Standard Treatment Manual (8th edition). Alice Springs, NT: Flinders University

Disclaimer
The CARPA Standard Treatment Manual has been written, edited, published, sold and distributed on the basis that all parties to its publication (including the authors, editors, editorial committee members, advisors, contributors and publishers) exclude any and all liability including for damages or loss, including but not limited to, by their negligence or defamation, arising out of the use, reliance upon or by reference to the information contained in the material. They are not responsible for errors, omissions, or for any consequences of application of the information contained herein and make no warranty in respect of its accuracy, currency or completeness.

Information within this publication should not be used as a substitute for professional qualified help or advice. Application of this information in a particular situation is the responsibility of the health practitioner, not the publication. The practice of medical procedures is risky and includes inherent risks, both known and unknown, in the practice of the procedures contained herein. The material is made available, sold and distributed expressly on the condition that all users of the material or people referring to this material agree to legally assume all the risks of injury and loss whatsoever, including the risk of our own negligence.