The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

Procedures & analgesia

Part 2 - Procedures and Pain Management

Chapter 3 - Procedures

• Georgia Paxton and Peter Barnett
  
  • www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide [Suprapubic Aspirate Guideline] — Includes video of procedure and flowchart of using a bladder ultrasound.
  • www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide [Lumbar Puncture Guideline] — Includes video of procedure, interpretation of CSF and patient information handouts.
  • www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide [Intraosseous Access]
  • www.netsvic.org.au/nets/handbook [Umbilical Artery/Vein Catheterisation] — Excellent website from the Newborn Emergency Transport Service (NETS) of Victoria.

Chapter 4 - Pain management

• George Chalkiadis, Greta Palmer and Jane Munro
  
  • www.rch.org.au/anaes/pain — RCH Acute Pain Management Service Clinical Practice Guidelines. Links to many topics including: morphine by intermittent bolus guideline; opioid by infusion and patient controlled analgesia (PCA) .
  • www.rch.org.au/rchcpg [Procedural Pain Management] — RCH guidelines for procedural pain management.
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide [Analgesia & Sedation] — RCH Clinical Practice Guidelines including links to Nitrous Oxide and Ketamine Guidelines.
  • www.pediatric-pain.ca— Pediatric Pain Research Lab. Site created by a Canadian research group, devoted to the topic. Contains useful downloadable pamphlets and protocols.