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  • Foreign bodies inhaled
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Foreign_bodies_inhaled/
    Foreign bodies inhaled …Clinical Practice Guidelines : Foreign bodies inhaled …   >   Health Professionals   >   Clinical Practice Guidelines   >   Foreign bodies inhaled In this section …
  • Lacerations
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Lacerations/
    by dirt or foreign bodies Associated injuries (eg head/ cervical spine in falls, eye in facial trauma … (extremities such as the tip of the nose, fingertips, and ear lobes) require special care Causes (eg animal … cleaning. Foreign bodies must be removed. Grease can be removed using water and cetrimide Thorough …
  • Trauma: Tertiary Survey
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Trauma__Tertiary_Survey/
      Penetrating eye injury ), irregular iris , foreign bodies, subconjunctival haemorrhage, hyphema Ears Bleeding … skull fracture), bruising behind the ears (Battle’s sign: may indicate base of skull fracture … (in blast injuries). Assess hearing Nose Bleeding, septal haematoma,  CSF leak , palpate for bony …
  • Trauma – secondary survey
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Major_paediatric_trauma_the_secondary_survey/
    , foreign bodies, subconjunctival haemorrhage, hyphaema Ears: bleeding, blood behind tympanic membrane … the ears (Battle’s sign: may indicate base of skull fracture), periorbital bruising (“Racoon eyes”: may … (suggestive of base of skull fracture), tympanic membrane perforation (in blast injuries). Assess hearing Nose …
  • Ketamine use for procedural sedation
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Ketamine_use_for_procedural_sedation/
    of foreign bodies from eye, ear, nose, skin where nitrous oxide has been or is likely to be inadequate …