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Acute red eye
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acuity or a history of possible penetrating eye trauma; these conditions require specialist … closure glaucoma Assessment History Time course of the redness Eye pain Vision impairment Eye trauma … Iritis Scleritis Subconjunctival haemorrhage Trauma Vigorous coughing or vomiting Focal conjunctival …
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Haemophilia
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have bleeding into joints. Severe bleeds occur with moderate trauma, surgery & invasive procedures … Mild >5–40 Bleeding occurs with major traumas such as surgery & invasive procedures Management … of suspected bleeding is dependent on the mechanism of injury (trauma) Routine coagulation studies …
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Neck of femur - Emergency Department
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serious consequences. They are generally a result from higher energy trauma. Prompt orthopedic treatment …. What is the usual ED management for this injury? Patients involved in high energy trauma, should … be assessed by Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) principles. Assessment should be made to identify …
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Drowning
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but should be considered if there is a history of trauma eg diving The cause of drowning should be fully … intoxication Examination Evidence of hypoxic brain injury Evidence of respiratory compromise Signs of trauma … particularly head and cervical spine trauma Management Investigations Children who are asymptomatic and alert …
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Ethanol poisoning
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glycol) Other drug ingestion (eg recreational drugs, medications, other deliberate overdose) Trauma … / injury, especially trauma to head Level of neurological depression, and progression of symptoms which … conscious state (keeping in mind that this may not be due to alcohol ingestion: consider trauma, polydrug …
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Clavicle fractures - Emergency Department
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in children. It is the most common perinatal fracture associated with birth trauma. Half of all paediatric …, without a witnessed trauma. Fractures of the medial third are usually the result of direct trauma … fractures should be assessed using the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) principles to ensure associated …
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Altered conscious state
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Altered conscious state Altered conscious state PIC Endorsed See also Head injury Hypoglycaemia Trauma - … defined by a GCS of < 15 Initial assessment of conscious state may be done using AVPU scale Causes Trauma … or MRI (where feasible and only after initial resuscitation and treatment) in suspected trauma, stroke …
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Common causes of ataxia
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* Toxins* Tumours* Immune (eg ADEM)* Metabolic Infections Vascular (eg Stroke) Trauma Conversion disorder … Paediatric Handbook Paediatric Injectable Guidelines Paediatric Trauma Manual Patients and families My RCH …
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Chest pain
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Management Trauma patients, those who are critically unwell or have clear signs of cardiorespiratory … of cardiopulmonary arrest , Major paediatric trauma – the primary survey Offer simple analgesia (eg Paracetamol … possible Electrolytes abnormalities Cardiac ischaemia Pain radiating to arm or neck Blunt chest trauma …
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Humeral shaft fractures - Emergency Department
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from direct trauma, whereas spiral fractures are caused by indirect twisting, as with a fall …. Pathological fractures through a humeral simple bone cyst are relatively common after minimal trauma …. In Green and Swiontkowski: Skeletal Trauma in Children, 4 th Ed. Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia 2008. p …