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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Emergency airway management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Emergency_airway_management/
    of correct endotracheal tube (ETT) placement is of vital importance as an unrecognised oesophageal intubation … is a relatively late (and ominous) sign with regard to determining correct ETT position. There is a lag for a few …
  • Diabetes insipidus
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Diabetes_insipidus/
    diuretics) Examination Dehydration Neurological symptoms or signs (of an underlying disease) Fundal … It is vital that access to water is never limited for children with suspected or confirmed DI, as their thirst …
  • Unsettled or crying babies
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Crying_Baby_Infant_Distress/
    Parental education and close follow-up are vital to managing the unsettled or crying infant Excessive … to recognise signs of tiredness (frowning, clenched hands, jerking arms or legs, crying, grizzling)  Assist …
  • Wound dressings - acute traumatic wounds
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Wound_dressings_acute_traumatic_wounds/
    : animal/human bites penetrating wounds of vital structures (eg eye) contaminated wounds especially when …, monitoring for signs of infection and scar minimisation strategies, including: Avoid sun exposure Scar …
  • Vulval and Vaginal Conditions
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Vulval_and_Vaginal_Conditions/
    menstrual bleeding Assessment and management Be aware of signs of sexual abuse based on history … services is vital Consider transfer when Concern for vaginal foreign body and local services unable …
  • Acute behavioural disturbance: Acute management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_behavioural_disturbance__Acute_management/
    vital signs A child with altered conscious state should have 1:1 clinical support, continuous pulse …
  • Adrenal crisis and acute adrenal insufficiency
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Adrenal_crisis_and_acute_adrenal_insufficiency/
    of dehydration Vital signs: Hypotension Tachycardia Fever Lethargy Hyperpigmentation in skin creases, nail bed …

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.