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  • Sepsis – assessment and management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/SEPSIS_assessment_and_management/
    treatment Recent surgery or burns Management Key principles in managing severe sepsis or septic shock Early …
  • Trauma: Tertiary Survey
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Trauma__Tertiary_Survey/
    , burns, abrasions Feel for soft tissue and bony tenderness or swelling, joint movement and stability …
  • Nitrous Oxide - oxygen mix
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Nitrous_Oxide_Oxygen_Mix/
    burns dressings Incision and drainage of abscess Local anaesthetic injection Absolute contraindications …
  • Trauma – secondary survey
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Major_paediatric_trauma_the_secondary_survey/
    fractures, burns, abrasions Feel for soft tissue and bony tenderness or swelling, joint movement …
  • Abdominal pain - chronic
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Abdominal_pain_-_chronic/
    postprandial fullness Early satiety Epigastric pain and burning not associated with bowel habit Non-specific …
  • Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Croup_Laryngotracheobronchitis/
    tracheitis Epiglottitis Airway burns or trauma Management Investigations Croup is a clinical diagnosis …
  • Cellulitis and other bacterial skin infections
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cellulitis_and_other_bacterial_skin_infections/
    (GAS) and Staphylococcus aureus . Predisposing factors include skin abrasions, lacerations, burns …
  • Poisoning - Acute Guidelines For Initial Management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Poisoning_-_Acute_Guidelines_For_Initial_Management/
    burns, multi-organ failure Salicylates Strychnine - muscle spasm and respiratory arrest Venlafaxine 150 …
  • Family Violence
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Family_Violence/
    under Lethality risk factors Physical Unexplained injuries: burns, bruises, or fractures? (see  Child …
  • Hypokalaemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hypokalaemia/
    updated October 2024 Reference List Buttner R and Burns E. Hypokalaemia. Life in the fast lane. https …