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Quick links for health care professionals

Quick link Topical anaethetics Nitrous oxide Oral sedations Midazolam  Sucrose Referrals to the Comfort Kids  Positioning for children Positioning for infants Parent fact sheet Guideline and polices Workshops:

The information on this page provides education and resources to health care professionals to adapt into clinical care. The techniques can be adapted to fit any ambulatory and ward setting. The principles of pharmacological, positioning, and divisional/distraction therapies are not restricted to children and adolescents; the concepts can be used in adult health care setting.

The procedural sedation program at the Royal Children's Hospital was tailored for the ambulatory/ward setting based on stakeholder clinical expertise, environment, medication policies and patient demographics. For health care staff outside RCH please use the sedation program material as a guide  and adapt the concepts to meet the needs of your health care service.

Kids information-  surgical preparation book and coping strategies

Information for parents and guardians

Resources: posters, surgical preparation books and nitrous prep book for children

Workshops Procedural Sedation Leader and Procedural Pain Workshop

Please download the following application form from the link below. All RCH staff will need to have approval from the manager to attend the workshops. Contact olivia.hamilton@rch.org.au ( Wed-Fri)

Non RCH staff please contact the Comfort Kids Program Manager if you are interested in attending the workshop: lisa.takacs@rch.org.au

All Comfort Kids Workshops are held at the Royal Children's Hospital, South East Building, Level 7, MacKinnon Nursing Education & Development Centre, in either Room 5 or Room 4.

• Application for procedural pain workshop 2010
• (overview of non pharmacological and pharmacological  strategies)

1. Pre-reading ( please download the three articles and workbook)
2. Workbook,Article One,Article Two, Article Three, Article Four.

The Procedural Sedation Leader Workshop is designed to train staff memeber to become the nitrous oxide trainer in their clinical area.  Staff who attend this workshop must be accredited to deliver nitrous oxide before attending the workshop. The trainer is the designated staff member who is accountable to accredited staff . Please contact the program educator if you have any questions:olivia.hamilton@rch.org.au( Wed-Fri)

• Application to attend Procedural Sedation Leader Workshop

 

Procedural sedation/ Sucrsoe and topical agents /Referral pathway/Guidelines.

	Topical Anaesthetics- AnGel ( RCH brand) /EmlaTM Quick tips: Topical cream referred to as "numbing cream" rather than magical cream. Inform the child,why cream applied to multiple sites e.g "help you pick out the best vein for the event." Use " plastic straw" to refer to cannula and explain that it, "gives your body a drink or medicine that cannot be eatenen" Important to let the child know that their body will tell us ( health care team) when its time for the drip to come out. Try not to promise a set number of days. Explain "why" behind the blood test e.g "measure salts,sugars or count how many red, white cells you have."		Sucrose - " Be Sweet to Me Baby"-fact sheet Sucrose Guidelines Minimises distress and pain -infants  to children up to eighteen months of age. Give small amount two minutes before start of procedure and small amounts thereafter. Use in conjunction with swaddling, dummy, distraction, singing and other coping strategies.
	Procedural Sedation Guideline Dose guideline for procedural sedation agents		Procedural Pain Managment Policy Procedural Pain Management Guidelines
	Procedural Sedation Program at RCH (wards and outpatient) Procedural Sedation - Emergency Department Oral/ intranals -quick overview and drugs and doses Inhaled agents: nitrous oxide - quick overview and drug/dose. How to become accredited for nitrous oxide Procedural sedation leaders: education and responsibilities Location of nitrous oxide units/spare equipment/cylinders		Fact sheets for parents Top five Midazolam/Chloral Hydrate Nitrous oxide prep book Nitrous oxide Reducing children's distress Medical Imaging information
Referrals	Educational Play Therapy Department - referral terms Comfort Kids ( RCH flagship program) -referral terms Comfort First ( children cancer centre program) 9345 5453	Referral	Psychology

 

Contact the Comfort Kids Program

 Please contact the Comfort Kids Program if you would like additional information about the website or program or feedback about the website to: lisa.takacs@rch.org.au