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This site contains a variety of copyright material. Some of this is the intellectual property of the Trauma & Acute Care Surgery. Some material is owned by others (clearly indicated) and yet other material is in the public domain. Except for material which is unambiguously and unarguably in the public domain, you may not reproduce or communicate any of the content on this website, including files downloadable from this website, without the permission of the copyright owner. TACS reserves the right to revoke that permission at any time. Permission is not given for any commercial use or sale of this material.
No other material anywhere on this website may be copied (except as legally allowed for private use and study) or further disseminated without the express and written permission of the legal holder of that copyright.

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While the TACS has attempted to make the information on this server as accurate as possible, the information on this Web server is for personal and/or educational use only and is provided in good faith without any express or implied warranty. There is no guarantee given as to the accuracy or currency of any individual item on the server. Persons accessing the server who require confirmation of any information should contact TACS through Contact Page. TACS does not accept responsibility for any loss or damage occasioned by use of the information contained on the server nor from any access to the server. While TACS will make every effort to ensure the availability and integrity of its ICT resources, it cannot guarantee that these will always be available, and/or free of any defects, including viruses. Users should take this into account when accessing the resources. All access and use is at the risk of the user.

Quality of information – always check the information

The Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Unit, Liverpool Hospital makes every effort to ensure the quality of the information available on this website and updates the information regularly. Before relying on the information on this website, however, users should carefully evaluate its accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance for their purposes, and should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances. The Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Unit, cannot guarantee nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information. Medical information provided on this website is intended for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice and should not be relied on as health or personal advice.

Links to external websites

This website contains links to other websites which are external to the Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Unit. The Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Unit takes reasonable care in selecting linking websites. It is the responsibility of the user to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of information contained in linked external websites.

Linkage to external websites should not be taken to be an endorsement or a recommendation of any third party products or services offered by virtue of any information, material or content linked from or to this website. Users of links provided by this website are responsible for being aware of which organisation is hosting the website they visit.

Views or recommendations provided in linked websites do not necessarily reflect those of the Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Unit.

Security of the Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Unit website

Every endeavour is made to ensure that this website is secure. However, users should be aware that the World Wide Web is an insecure public network that gives rise to a potential risk that a user’s transactions are being viewed, intercepted or modified by third parties or that files which the user downloads may contain computer viruses or other defects.

The Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Unit accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to a user’s computer system, software or data occurring in connection with this website. Users are encouraged to take appropriate and adequate precautions to ensure that whatever is selected from this website is free of viruses or other contamination that may interfere with or damage the user’s computer system, software or data.

Dr Valerie Malka is the Director of the Trauma and Acute Care Surgical Unit at Liverpool Hospital. She was the previous Director of Trauma Services at Westmead Hospital for over a decade. She is an EMST Director and DSTC Instructor with a great passion for trauma and acute care surgery. With special interests in education and quality assurance she has worked extensively in patient safety and the maintenance of ethics in healthcare. Valerie has worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Rescue Committee and holds a Diploma in International Humanitarian Assistance from Geneva University and a Master’s Degree in International Public Health with a major in Humanitarian Law. She also holds a Master’s degree in Journalism and works freelance writing medical, health and wellbeing articles.