Table 1.
Summary of coded data availability by jurisdiction.
Fig 1.
National Ambulance Surveillance System data collection and coding process.
Processes in orange occur at the jurisdictional ambulance services, with processes in blue occurring at Turning Point.
Table 2.
National Ambulance Surveillance System output variables, including scene patient and clincal details, alcohol, individual illicit drugs and pharmaceutical medication drug classes*.
Table 3.
Identification of relevant cases through the NASS process, Victoria, 2016–2017 financial year*.
Fig 2.
Opioid-related ambulance attendances by jurisdiction, March, June, September and December 2016.
Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Tasmania not presented due to small numbers.
Fig 3.
The number of opioid-related ambulance attendances in one local government area in metropolitan Melbourne.
Ambulance attendances are shown within 250 metre squares, based on GPS data. The map source information is provided by OpenStreetMaps contributors.