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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Shoulder Dislocations - Emergency Department
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/fractures/Shoulder_Dislocations_-_Emergency_Department/
    will often take place under procedural sedation/analgesia in paediatric practice. Shoulders …
  • Trauma – secondary survey
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Major_paediatric_trauma_the_secondary_survey/
    injuries that have been identified Dress wounds and splint fractures Ensure adequate analgesia Prescribe …
  • Distal radial physeal fractures - Emergency Department
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/fractures/Distal_radial_physeal_fractures_Emergency_Department_setting/
    be ordered? Appropriate analgesia and splinting for pain relief prior to x-ray is required. A 'wrist x-ray …
  • Animal and human bites
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Animal_and_human_bites/
    is required Adequate analgesia/anaesthesia/sedation is important to facilitate washout and wound exploration …
  • Recognition of the seriously unwell neonate and young infant
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Recognition_of_the_seriously_unwell_neonate_and_young_infant/
    ) Aciclovir if indicated Adequate analgesia and sedation Careful fluid management: See Neonatal intravenous …
  • Wound dressings - acute traumatic wounds
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Wound_dressings_acute_traumatic_wounds/
    if cleansed and decontaminated adequately Provide adequate analgesia during wound care Background Objectives …
  • Hereditary angioedema (C1-esterase inhibitor deficiency)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hereditary_angioedema_(C1-esterase_inhibitor_deficiency)/
    analgesia including NSAIDs Consider consultation with local paediatric team when First episode of swelling …
  • Intravenous access - Peripheral
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Intravenous_access_Peripheral/
    Thrombophlebitis / infection Unsuccessful procedure Equipment, Analgesia, Anaesthesia and Sedation The patient …
  • Resuscitation: Hospital Management of Cardiopulmonary Arrest COVID-19
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Resuscitation__Hospital_Management_of_Cardiopulmonary_Arrest_COVID-19/
    adequate sedation and analgesia Test for coronavirus once patient is stable: PCR of throat …
  • Acute red eye
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_red_eye/
    Conjunctivitis is the most common cause of acute red eyes Adequate analgesia will aid examination and procedural …

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.