• Patellar Dislocation - Emergency Department
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/fractures/Patellar_Dislocation_-_Emergency_Department/
    pressure on the patella - analgesia may be required. Some patients will present with spontaneous reduction … With appropriate analgesia AP, lateral, and skyline images should be obtained. Each view should be carefully … is dislocated on arrival adequate analgesia should be given (penthrane or N2O) and the knee gently extended …
  • Abdominal pain - acute
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Abdominal_pain_-_acute/
    Appropriate analgesia should be used and will not mask potentially serious causes of pain Investigations … resuscitation may be required (see Intravenous fluids ) Provide adequate analgesia. IV morphine or intranasal … fentanyl may be required as initial analgesia in severe pain (see  Acute pain management ) Consider fasting …
  • Acquired Torticollis
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acquired_Torticollis/
    to establish a cause  Most children will have a muscular torticollis and can be managed with simple analgesia … are present severe pain is not alleviated by analgesia or relaxants bone anomaly is suspected clinically … about imaging Treatment For most children, heat pack, massage and basic analgesia is appropriate …
  • Nitrous Oxide - oxygen mix
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Nitrous_Oxide_Oxygen_Mix/
    to children Key points Nitrous oxide provides amnesia, anxiolysis and modest analgesia with minimal … (Entonox) can be used for analgesia on a demand triggered system Indications Nitrous can be considered … fasting state and adverse events in children receiving nitrous oxide for procedural sedation and analgesia
  • Ketamine use for procedural sedation
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Ketamine_use_for_procedural_sedation/
    . Detailed description of other uses (analgesia, agitation, pre-sedation, rapid sequence induction … increased muscle tone is maintained Analgesia: effective analgesia Amnesia is usually total Airway reflexes … of Anaesthetists. Guideline on sedation and/or analgesia for diagnostic and interventional medical, dental …
  • Straddle injuries
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Straddle_injuries/
    are minor Consider analgesia +/- procedural sedation early for examination Although infrequently associated … analgesia +/- procedural sedation Document a detailed description of the injury. A clock face can often … analgesia GP Non-minor Ongoing bleeding, laceration borders not visualised, labia minora tear, unable …
  • Fascia iliaca block of the femoral nerve
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Fascia_iliaca_block_of_the_femoral_nerve/
    of the femoral nerve by either method provides good analgesia for femoral fractures and wounds … to the femoral nerve/vessels, provided the needle tip is kept within view on ultrasound Analgesia, sedation …, anaesthesia Supplementary analgesia or sedation (eg topical local anaesthetic creams, fentanyl and/or nitrous …
  • Upper limb non-use
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Upper_Limb_NonUse/
    and joint infection Child abuse Key Points The most common cause is trauma eg pulled elbow Give analgesia … diagnosis Simple analgesia (paracetamol +/- NSAID). Escalation of analgesia may be required but should … analgesia AND High risk diagnoses have been considered AND There is an adequate follow up plan in place …
  • Intussusception
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Intussusception/
    with Hypovolaemic shock Management Analgesia and resuscitation should precede investigation (see flowchart below … hypovolaemic shock with IV boluses of 20 mL/kg normal saline Give adequate analgesia (usually intranasal …, ensure they have adequate analgesia, venous access and intravenous fluids prior to transfer, as third …
  • The penis and foreskin
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/The_penis_and_foreskin/
    , miconazole) if candida suspected Oral analgesia may be needed Topical antibiotic ointments and creams … surgery: Give oral analgesia and reassurance Wrap a firm compression bandage (ideally 1 inch, for example … (e.g. scrotum) may become entrapped in the teeth of a zipper Treatment: Give oral analgesia +/- …

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.