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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 …
  • 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/
    of sepsis consider aciclovir  adequate analgesia and sedation Careful fluid management: fluid resuscitation …
  • 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 …
  • Intravenous access - Peripheral
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Intravenous_access_Peripheral/
    Thrombophlebitis / infection Unsuccessful procedure Equipment, Analgesia, Anaesthesia and Sedation The patient …
  • 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 …
  • 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 …
  • Child abuse
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Child_abuse/
    /ICU monitoring may be required Provide analgesia as required Provide psychological support …

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.