• Sickle cell disease
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Sickle_cell_disease/
    PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia) Vaso-occlusive Crisis (Pain crisis) All episodes of pain should … – moderate exercise, take a bath or shower Do not use ICE Hydration, oxygen, analgesia and alkanization …
  • Cervical spine assessment
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cervical_spine_assessment/
    by alcohol or recreational drugs not heavily sedated by analgesia or sedatives be developmentally able … appropriate questions Provide reassurance and analgesia Whilst minimising neck movement, gently palpate … below the chin. Provide regular analgesia and reassurance Caution should be exercised during moment …
  • Peripheral extravasation injuries: Initial management and washout procedure
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Peripheral_extravasation_injuries__Initial_management_and_washout_procedure/
    procedure Planning for the procedure is critical to ensure success Consider analgesia and sedation … above) To perform a washout procedure: Ensure adequate analgesia and sedation , eg 1% lignocaine (max 4 … instructions Consider ongoing analgesia requirements Daily review by medical staff If the line was placed …
  • Chest pain
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Chest_pain/
    causes and manage appropriately Reassurance with or without simple analgesia is often all … of cardiopulmonary arrest , Major paediatric trauma – the primary survey Offer simple analgesia (eg Paracetamol … with simple analgesia and no serious cause has been identified Vital signs are normal Appropriate follow up …
  • Head injury
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Head_injury/
    with simple analgesia Ensure discharge advice given to parents Mild head injury with other risk factors Child … thereafter Treat pain with simple analgesia Consider anti-emetics A persistent headache, ongoing vomiting … ventilation: Analgesia and sedation with morphine and midazolam should be administered by careful titration …
  • Fingertip and nail injuries – Emergency Department
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/fractures/Fingertip_and_nail_injuries_–_Emergency_Department/
    is the usual ED management of this injury? In young or uncooperative children, consider early analgesia … which is uncontrolled with simple analgesia and distraction should prompt urgent review as it may …
  • Acute otitis media
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_otitis_media/
    Treat pain with adequate and regular simple analgesia. See Acute pain management As an adjunct …, short-term use of topical analgesia eg 2% lignocaine (for injection), 1-2 drops or Benzocaine + Phenazone …
  • Trauma - primary survey
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Major_paediatric_trauma_The_primary_survey/
    transfusion Flail chest : analgesia, consider positive pressure ventilation Request a portable chest X-Ray … blood glucose level on arrival Assess pain Provide analgesia Avoid secondary brain injury by …
  • Acute eye injury
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_eye_injury/
    analgesia will aid examination and procedural sedation may be required in the younger child Seek senior … provided Eye examination See Eye Examination for full eye examination Adequate analgesia will aid …
  • Communicating procedures to children
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Communicating_procedures_to_children/
    and therapeutic play, paired with timely and appropriate analgesia and/or sedation assist to minimise emotional … distress and negative responses to procedures. Analgesia, Anaesthesia, Sedation  Consider the use … of pre-procedure medications (analgesia, sedatives, anxiolytics) Provide coaching on coping behaviours eg breathing …

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.