“…The place of non-neurosurgeons in trauma care is potentially highly relevant. 5,6 Modified Australian guidelines are available on the Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons website (http://www.aans.org) for adaptation to situations.The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the NSA offer face to face and online training in assessing and managing acute neurotrauma and in basic trauma surgery.This paper serves to remind rural and remote practitioners of the guidelines for managing a neurosurgical emergency, to encourage them to undertake appropriate training, to ensure that a basic neurosurgical instruments are available in the local hospital and to establish a relationship with the appropriate neurosurgical unit.…”