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Acute pain management
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of injuries, useful strategies include: Immediate immobilisation of potential fractures with a splint … (see Burns ) For limb or finger injuries consider regional local anaesthesia/nerve block … Pharmacological management Local analgesia Context Suggested topical agent Limb or finger injuries: local …
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Recognition of the seriously unwell neonate and young infant
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or encephalopathy Influenza and other respiratory viruses Fever, poor feeding, lethargic, nasal congestion …, dysmorphism Hypoglycaemia, metabolic acidosis Non-accidental injury (NAI) Child abuse Bruising, unexplained … injury, signs of intracranial injury, signs of neglect Other Acute bilirubin encephalopathy Jaundice …
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Seizures - acute management
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hypoxic injury trauma Assessment Assessment and management should occur concurrently if the child … recordings Ask about aura, focal features level of awareness recent trauma, consider non-accidental injury …, raised temperature, diaphoresis, diarrhoea, tremors, hyperreflexia) Red Flags Head injury with delayed …
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Substance use (abuse)
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for the presentation (eg head injury, acute infection, electrolyte imbalance, CVA, hypoglycemia, psychosis, severe …, cellulitis, phlebitis, skin abscesses, nasal erosion, irritation or rash around nostrils, septum or mouth …
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Headache
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Headache PIC Endorsed See also Acute otitis media Meningitis and encephalitis Head injury Key points … injury Known systemic disorder: haematological condition (bleeding tendency, prothrombotic state … Encephalitis Intracranial abscess Dental caries Headache associated with trauma Head injury Raised intracranial …
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Emergency airway management
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, T-piece, CPAP, BiPAP or HFNC) Consider providing apnoeic oxygenation with nasal cannula oxygen 2 L/kg/min … injury or intoxication (loss of pharyngeal tone) Trauma (injury to the airway or compression due to neck …