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Abdominal pain - acute
Abdominal pain - chronic
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: services and support
Acceptable ranges for physiological variables
Acquired Torticollis
Acute asthma
Acute behavioural disturbance: Acute management
Acute behavioural disturbance: Code Response
Acute eye injury
Acute Knee Injuries - Emergency Department
Acute meningococcal disease
Acute otitis media
Acute pain management
Acute red eye
Acute scrotal pain or swelling
Acute upper airway obstruction
Admission criteria for general medicine SSU and IPU
Adolescent gynaecology (see >> Vulval and Vaginal Conditions)
Adolescent gynaecology - Heavy menstrual bleeding
Adolescent gynaecology - lower abdominal pain
Adolescent gynaecology - Sexually transmitted infections (see >> Sexually transmitted infections (STIs))
Adolescent gynaecology - vulval ulcers (see >> Vulval ulcers)
Adolescent patient - engagement and assessment (see >> Engaging with and assessing the adolescent patient)
Adolescent substance use (see >> Substance use (abuse))
Adrenal crisis and acute adrenal insufficiency
Adrenal insufficiency steroid replacement before and after surgery or procedure requiring GA
Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting
Afebrile seizures
Airway management (see >> Emergency airway management)
Airway Obstruction (see >> Acute upper airway obstruction)
Alkaline Ingestion (see >> Alkalis poisoning)
Alkaline Poisoning (see >> Alkalis poisoning)
Alkalis poisoning
ALTE (see >> Brief Resolved Unexplained Event BRUE)
Altered conscious state
Anaemia
Analgesia and sedation (see >> Acute pain management)
Anaphylaxis
Angioedema (see >> C1 Esterase inhibitor deficiency)
Animal and human bites
Antenatal urinary tract dilation
Antibiotic prescribing in children with reported penicillin or cephalosporin allergy
Antibiotics (see >> Antimicrobial guidelines)
Anticholinergic Syndrome
Anticoagulation therapy
Anticonvulsant poisoning
Antifungal prophylaxis for children with cancer or undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplant
Antihistamine poisoning
Antimicrobial guidelines
Anxiety: identification and management
Apparent life threatening event ALTE (see >> Brief Resolved Unexplained Event BRUE)
Arthritis (see >> The acutely swollen joint)
Assessment of severity of respiratory conditions
Asthma acute (see >> Acute asthma)
Asthma in adolescents (12 years and over)
Asthma in preschool-aged children (1-5 years) (see >> Preschool asthma (1-5 years))
Asthma in primary school-aged children (6-11 years)
Asylum seeker issues (see >> Immigrant health resources)
Ataxia
Australian Bat Lyssavirus (see >> Rabies and Australian Bat Lyssavirus post exposure prophylaxis)
Autism and developmental disability: Management of distress/agitation
B
Balanitis (see >> The penis and foreskin)
Basic Paediatric ECG interpretation
BC algorithm (see >> Childrens cancer centre - blood culture)
Bedwetting (see >> Enuresis - Bed wetting and Monosymptomatic Enuresis)
Bell's palsy (see >> Facial weakness and Bell's palsy)
Benzodiazepine poisoning
Bier block
Bites (see >> Animal and human bites)
Bleeding dental socket (see >> Dental conditions - non traumatic)
Bleeding Disorders (see >> Haemophilia)
Blood Culture Guidelines (see >> Childrens cancer centre - blood culture)
Blood Pressure Charts (see >> Hypertension in children and adolescents)
Blood product prescription
Bone and joint infection
Bradycardia during sleep
Brief Resolved Unexplained Event BRUE
Bronchiolitis
Burns - Acute Management
Burns - Post Acute Care and Dressings
Button battery ingestion (see >> Foreign body ingestion)
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C1 Esterase inhibitor deficiency
Camphor poisoning
Can’t intubate can’t oxygenate (CICO) airway emergency management
Cannabis withdrawal syndrome
Capsicum spray
Carbamazepine poisoning
Care of the seriously unwell child (see >> Resuscitation: Care of the seriously unwell child)
Cellulitis and other bacterial skin infections
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral Palsy - chest infection
Cerebral Palsy - Increased Seizures
Cerebral palsy - pain and irritability
Cervical lymphadenopathy
Cervical spine assessment
Charcoal in Poisonings (see >> Use of Activated Charcoal in Poisonings)
Chest drain insertion (see >> Thoracocentesis and chest drain insertion)
Chest pain
Chickenpox (varicella)
Child abuse
Childrens cancer centre - blood culture
Chloral Hydrate Poisoning
Chroming (see >> InhalantsVolatile Substance Use - Chroming)
Circumcision (see >> The penis and foreskin)
Colic (see >> Unsettled or crying babies)
Coma (see >> Altered conscious state)
Common Causes of Ataxia
Communicating procedures to children
Community acquired needle stick injury
Community acquired pneumonia
Congenital Torticollis
Constipation
Contact prophylaxis for invasive meningococcal or Hib disease
Contraception
Convulsions (see >> Febrile seizure)
Convulsions (see >> Afebrile seizures)
Coronavirus (see >> COVID-19)
Coroner (see >> Death of a child)
Corrosives - Caustic Poisoning
Cough
COVID clinical management guidelines package (RCH)
COVID-19
COVID-19 emergency airway management (see >> Emergency airway management in COVID-19 context)
COVID-19 swabbing
Cow's milk allergy (see >> Non-IgE mediated food allergy)
CPG Committee Calendar
CPG information
CPR (see >> Resuscitation: Hospital Management of Cardiopulmonary Arrest)
CPR (COVID) (see >> Resuscitation: Hospital Management of Cardiopulmonary Arrest COVID-19)
Criteria led discharge link
Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis)
CSF interpretation
Cyanotic Episodes in Congenital Heart Disease
D
Daytime wetting (see >> Urinary Incontinence - Daytime wetting)
Death Certificate (see >> Death of a child)
Death of a child
Death of a child: New South Wales resources
Death of a child: Queensland resources
Death of a child: Resources
Death of a child: Sudden unexpected death in infancy SUDI
Death of a child: Victorian resources
Dehydration
Dental abscess (see >> Dental conditions - non traumatic)
Dental conditions - non traumatic
Dental trauma
Depressed Consious State (see >> Altered conscious state)
Developmental disability (see >> Autism and developmental disability: Management of distress/agitation)
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus and endoscopy
Diabetes mellitus and surgery
Diabetes Phone Calls (see >> Management of diabetes phone calls)
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Distraction techniques for COVID-19 swabbing
DKA (see >> Diabetic Ketoacidosis)
Drowning
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Eating disorders (see >> Management of Eating Disorders in the Emergency Department)
Ebola (see >> Empiric treatment of infectious diseases in Ebola suspect)
ECG interpretation (see >> Basic Paediatric ECG interpretation)
Eczema
Elbow Dislocations
Elbow Dislocations - Emergency Department
Electrolyte abnormalities
Emergency airway management
Emergency airway management in COVID-19 context
Emergency medication and resuscitation resources
Empiric treatment of infectious diseases in Ebola suspect
Empyema (see >> Parapneumonic effusion)
Encephalitis (see >> Meningitis and encephalitis)
Engaging with and assessing the adolescent patient
Enuresis - Bed wetting and Monosymptomatic Enuresis
Envenomation and Bites (see >> Snakebite)
Epididymoorchitis (see >> Acute scrotal pain or swelling)
Epiglottitis (see >> Acute upper airway obstruction)
Epistaxis
Essential Oil Poisoning
Ethanol poisoning
Eucalyptus Oil Poisoning
Extravasation (see >> Peripheral extravasation injuries: Initial management and washout procedure)
Eye (see >> Acute eye injury)
Eye (see >> Penetrating eye injury)
Eye Examination
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Facial weakness and Bell's palsy
Failure to thrive (see >> Slow weight gain)
Family Violence
Fascia iliaca block of the femoral nerve
Fasting
Febrile child
Febrile neutropenia (see >> Fever and suspected or confirmed neutropenia)
Febrile seizure
Fever and petechiae – purpura (see >> Petechiae and purpura)
Fever and sickle cell disease (see >> Sickle cell disease)
Fever and suspected or confirmed neutropenia
Fever in the recently returned traveller
Fingertip and nail injuries – Emergency Department
Fluids (see >> Intravenous fluids)
Fluids (see >> Nasogastric Fluids)
Food allergy - IgE mediated food allergy
Food allergy - Non-IgE mediated food allergy (see >> Non-IgE mediated food allergy)
Foreign bodies inhaled
Foreign body ingestion
Foreskin (see >> The penis and foreskin)
Fracture casting videos
Fractures
G
Gastroenteritis
Gastrooesophageal reflux disease in infants
Gastrostomy - common problems
Gastrostomy acute replacement of displaced tubes
Gynaecology (see >> Adolescent gynaecology - lower abdominal pain)
Gynaecology (see >> Adolescent gynaecology - Heavy menstrual bleeding)
H
Haematuria
Haemophilia
Head injury
Headache
Heart Rate - Normal (see >> Acceptable ranges for physiological variables)
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding (see >> Adolescent gynaecology - Heavy menstrual bleeding)
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
Heparin infusion (see >> Anticoagulation therapy)
Hereditary Angioedema (see >> C1 Esterase inhibitor deficiency)
High risk - low dose paediatric ingestions
Hirschsprung associated enterocolitis HAEC
HSP (see >> Henoch-Schönlein purpura)
HSV Gingivostomatitis
Hydrocarbon poisoning
Hydrocoele (see >> Acute scrotal pain or swelling)
Hydrofluoric acid exposure
Hydronephrosis (see >> Antenatal urinary tract dilation)
Hyperkalaemia
Hypermagnesaemia
Hypernatraemia
Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state
Hyperphosphataemia
Hypertension in children and adolescents
Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (see >> Pyloric stenosis)
Hypoglycaemia
Hypoglycaemic poisoning (see >> Oral Hypoglycaemic Poisoning)
Hypokalaemia
Hypomagnesaemia
Hyponatraemia
Hypophosphataemia
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Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome (see >> Nephrotic syndrome)
Immigrant health - acute presentations
Immigrant health resources
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
Incontinence (see >> Urinary Incontinence - Daytime wetting)
Infant Distress (see >> Unsettled or crying babies)
Infantile Spasms
Influenza
Inguinal hernia (see >> Acute scrotal pain or swelling)
InhalantsVolatile Substance Use - Chroming
Intranasal fentanyl
Intraosseous access
Intraosseous needle insertion (see >> Intraosseous access)
Intravenous access - Peripheral
Intravenous fluids
Intravenous fluids – neonatal (see >> Neonatal intravenous fluids)
Intussusception
Invasive group A streptococcal infections: management of household contacts
Iron deficiency
Iron poisoning
IV Immunoglobulin
IV insertion (see >> Intravenous access - Peripheral)
J
Jaundice in early infancy
Joint infections (see >> Bone and joint infection)
Joint Pain (see >> The acutely swollen joint)
K
Kawasaki disease
Ketamine use for procedural sedation
L
Lacerations
Laryngotracheobronchitis (see >> Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis))
Lichen Sclerosus (et Atrophicus) (see >> Vulval and Vaginal Conditions)
Limping or non-weight bearing Child (see >> The limping or non-weight bearing child)
Local anaesthetic poisoning
Lumbar puncture
Lymphadenitis (see >> Cervical lymphadenopathy)
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Major paediatric trauma (see >> Trauma - primary survey)
Major paediatric trauma (see >> Trauma – secondary survey)
Malaria
Management of diabetes phone calls
Management of Distress and Agitation (see >> Autism and developmental disability: Management of distress/agitation)
Management of Eating Disorders in the Emergency Department
Management of tetanus-prone wounds
Medical Emergency Team (see >> MET criteria - call 2222 for help)
Meningitis and encephalitis
Meningococcal infection (see >> Acute meningococcal disease)
Menstrual management in adolescents with disabilities
Mental state examination
MET criteria - call 2222 for help
Metabolic disorders
Micronutrient deficiency
Minimising distress in healthcare setting
Mobile apps
Molluscum Contagiosum
N
Nappy rash
Nasal Discharge (see >> Persistent nasal discharge rhinosinusitis)
Nasogastric Fluids
Needlestick injury (community acquired) (see >> Community acquired needle stick injury)
Neonatal intravenous fluids
Neonates (see >> Recognition of the seriously unwell neonate and young infant)
Nephrotic syndrome
Neutropenia (see >> Fever and suspected or confirmed neutropenia)
Nicotine Poisoning
Nitrous Oxide - oxygen mix
Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Misuse (see >> Nitrous Oxide Misuse)
Nitrous Oxide Misuse
Non Accidental Injury (see >> Child abuse)
Non-IgE mediated food allergy
Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug NSAID poisoning
Normal Ranges for Physiological Variables (see >> Acceptable ranges for physiological variables)
NPA
NPA in oncology patients (see >> NPA)
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Observations - Normal Ranges (see >> Acceptable ranges for physiological variables)
Okee in Medical Imaging app
Oncology patients with known or suspected respiratory infections (see >> NPA)
Oral Hypoglycaemic Poisoning
Orbital Cellulitis (see >> Periorbital and orbital cellulitis)
Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis (see >> Bone and joint infection)
Other resources
Otitis Media (see >> Acute otitis media)
P
Paediatric Improvement Collaborative
Pain - acute pain management link
Pain management (see >> Acute pain management)
Pain management - Intranasal fentanyl (see >> Intranasal fentanyl)
Paracetamol poisoning
Paraphimosis (see >> The penis and foreskin)
Parapneumonic effusion
Parent resources
Patient Blood Management in the Surgical Setting
Pelvic injury (see >> Trauma - Pelvic injury)
Pelvic Pain (see >> Adolescent gynaecology - lower abdominal pain)
Penetrating eye injury
Penis (see >> The penis and foreskin)
Periorbital and orbital cellulitis
Peripheral extravasation injuries: Initial management and washout procedure
Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation (see >> Intravenous access - Peripheral)
Persistent nasal discharge rhinosinusitis
Pertussis (see >> Whooping cough (pertussis))
Petechiae and purpura
Petrol Poisoning (see >> Hydrocarbon poisoning)
Pharyngitis (see >> Sore throat)
Phenobarbitone poisoning
Phenytoin poisoning
Plagiocephaly (see >> Positional plagiocephaly)
Pleural effusion (see >> Parapneumonic effusion)
Pneumonia (see >> Community acquired pneumonia)
Pneumothorax (see >> Primary spontaneous pneumothorax)
Poisoning - Acute Guidelines For Initial Management
Poisoning - Alkaline (see >> Alkalis poisoning)
Poisoning – Anticholinergic Syndrome (see >> Anticholinergic Syndrome)
Poisoning - Anticonvulsant (see >> Anticonvulsant poisoning)
Poisoning - Antihistamine (see >> Antihistamine poisoning)
Poisoning - Benzodiazepine (see >> Benzodiazepine poisoning)
Poisoning - Camphor (see >> Camphor poisoning)
Poisoning – Carbamazepine (see >> Carbamazepine poisoning)
Poisoning – Chloral Hydrate Poisoning (see >> Chloral Hydrate Poisoning)
Poisoning – Corrosives / Caustic (see >> Corrosives - Caustic Poisoning)
Poisoning - Essential Oil (see >> Essential Oil Poisoning)
Poisoning – Ethanol (see >> Ethanol poisoning)
Poisoning - Eucalyptus Oil (see >> Eucalyptus Oil Poisoning)
Poisoning – High risk – low dose ingestions (see >> High risk - low dose paediatric ingestions)
Poisoning - Hydrocarbon (see >> Hydrocarbon poisoning)
Poisoning – Hydrofluoric acid (see >> Hydrofluoric acid exposure)
Poisoning – Inhalants/volatile substance use (see >> InhalantsVolatile Substance Use - Chroming)
Poisoning - Iron (see >> Iron poisoning)
Poisoning – Local anaesthetic (see >> Local anaesthetic poisoning)
Poisoning – Nicotine (see >> Nicotine Poisoning)
Poisoning – Nitrous Oxide (see >> Nitrous Oxide Misuse)
Poisoning - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) (see >> Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug NSAID poisoning)
Poisoning - Oral Hypoglycaemic (see >> Oral Hypoglycaemic Poisoning)
Poisoning - Paracetamol (see >> Paracetamol poisoning)
Poisoning - Petrol (see >> Hydrocarbon poisoning)
Poisoning – Phenobarbitone (see >> Phenobarbitone poisoning)
Poisoning – Phenytoin (see >> Phenytoin poisoning)
Poisoning – Quetiapine (see >> Quetiapine Poisoning)
Poisoning - Recreational drug use and overdose (see >> Recreational drug use and overdose)
Poisoning – Risperidone (see >> Risperidone Poisoning)
Poisoning - Salicylates (see >> Salicylates poisoning)
Poisoning - Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) (see >> Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors SSRIs poisoning)
Poisoning - Serotonin and Noradrenaline Re-uptake Inhibitors (SNRIs) (see >> Serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors SNRIs poisoning)
Poisoning - Serotonin Syndrome (see >> Serotonin toxicity)
Poisoning – Snakebite (see >> Snakebite)
Poisoning – Sodium Valproate (see >> Sodium valproate poisoning)
Poisoning - Spider Bite - Big Black Spider (see >> Spider Bite - Big Black Spider)
Poisoning - Spider Bite - Redback Spider (see >> Spider Bite – Redback Spider)
Poisoning - Theophylline (see >> Theophylline poisoning)
Poisoning - Toxidromes (see >> Toxidromes poisoning)
Poisoning - Tricyclic Overdose (see >> Tricyclic Antidepressant (TCA) Poisoning)
Poisoning - Use of Activated Charcoal in Poisonings (see >> Use of Activated Charcoal in Poisonings)
Poor growth (see >> Slow weight gain)
Positional plagiocephaly
Preschool asthma (1-5 years)
Primary immunodeficiencies
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax
Procedural sedation
Procedures (see >> Communicating procedures to children)
Pulled elbow
Pyelonephritis (see >> Urinary tract infection)
Pyloric stenosis
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Quetiapine Poisoning
R
Rabies and Australian Bat Lyssavirus post exposure prophylaxis
Radiology - Acute indications
Rapid rehydration (see >> Nasogastric Fluids)
Recognition of the seriously unwell neonate and young infant
Recreational drug use and overdose
Refugee issues (see >> Immigrant health resources)
Respiratory Rate - Normal (see >> Acceptable ranges for physiological variables)
Restraint (aggressive patient) (see >> Acute behavioural disturbance: Code Response)
Resuscitation - Appendices
Resuscitation: Care of the seriously unwell child
Resuscitation: Hospital Management of Cardiopulmonary Arrest
Resuscitation: Hospital Management of Cardiopulmonary Arrest COVID-19
Retrieval services
Rhinosinusitis (see >> Persistent nasal discharge rhinosinusitis)
Risperidone Poisoning
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Salicylates poisoning
Scan meeting resources
Scrotum (see >> Acute scrotal pain or swelling)
Sedation (see >> Acute pain management)
Seizures (see >> Febrile seizure)
Seizures (see >> Infantile Spasms)
Seizures (see >> Afebrile seizures)
Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors SSRIs poisoning
Sepsis – assessment and management
Seriously unwell neonate and young infant (see >> Recognition of the seriously unwell neonate and young infant)
Serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors SNRIs poisoning
Serotonin syndrome (see >> Serotonin toxicity)
Serotonin toxicity
Serum Sickness and Serum Sickness like reactions (SSLRs)
Sexual health history taking in the adolescent
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
Short Stay Unit Admission Guidelines (see >> Admission criteria for general medicine SSU and IPU)
Sickle cell disease
Sinusitis (see >> Persistent nasal discharge rhinosinusitis)
Sizing a one-piece hard collar
Skin Infections (see >> Cellulitis and other bacterial skin infections)
Slipped upper femoral epiphysis SUFE - Emergency Department
Slow weight gain
Smoking parents
Snakebite
Sodium valproate poisoning
Sore throat
SPA (see >> Suprapubic aspirate)
Spider Bite - Big Black Spider
Spider Bite – Redback Spider
Standard Heparin (see >> Anticoagulation therapy)
Status epilepticus (see >> Afebrile seizures)
Straddle injuries
Stroke
Substance use (abuse)
Suprapubic aspirate
Supraventricular Tachycardia SVT
Swabbing for COVID-19 (see >> COVID-19 swabbing)
Swine Flu (see >> Influenza)
Syncope
T
TB guidelines for children and adolescents (Victorian Tuberculosis Program)
Testis (see >> Acute scrotal pain or swelling)
Tetanus-prone wounds (see >> Management of tetanus-prone wounds)
The acutely swollen joint
The limping or non-weight bearing child
The penis and foreskin
Theophylline poisoning
Thoracic elevation device - Airway pad
Thoracocentesis and chest drain insertion
Tonsillitis (see >> Sore throat)
Torticollis (see >> Congenital Torticollis)
Torticollis (see >> Acquired Torticollis)
Toxicology (see >> Poisoning - Acute Guidelines For Initial Management)
Toxidromes poisoning
Transfusion (see >> Blood product prescription)
Trauma (see >> Trauma – secondary survey)
Trauma (see >> Trauma - primary survey)
Trauma - Pelvic injury
Trauma - primary survey
Trauma – secondary survey
Trauma: Tertiary Survey
Tricyclic Antidepressant (TCA) Poisoning
U
Unfractionated heparin (see >> Anticoagulation therapy)
Unsettled or crying babies
Upper Airway Obstruction (see >> Acute upper airway obstruction)
Upper limb non-use
Urinary Incontinence - Daytime wetting
Urinary tract infection
Urticaria
Use of Activated Charcoal in Poisonings
V
Vaginal Bleeding (see >> Vulval and Vaginal Conditions)
Valproate poisoning (see >> Sodium valproate poisoning)
Vancomycin
Varicella (see >> Chickenpox (varicella))
Violence (see >> Family Violence)
Vitamin D deficiency
Volatile substance use (see >> InhalantsVolatile Substance Use - Chroming)
Vomiting
Von Willebrand Disease vWD
Vulval and Vaginal Conditions
Vulval ulcers
Vulvodynia (see >> Vulval and Vaginal Conditions)
Vulvovaginitis (see >> Vulval and Vaginal Conditions)
W
Weight loss acute
Wheeze (see >> Acute asthma)
Whooping cough (pertussis)
work of breathing (see >> Assessment of severity of respiratory conditions)
Wound dressings - acute traumatic wounds
X
x - Complete an Online Death Certificate
Z
Zipper Injury (see >> The penis and foreskin)
State-wide clinical practice guidelines
Abdominal pain - acute
Acute eye injury
Acute meningococcal disease
Family Violence
Eye (see >> Acute eye injury)
Meningococcal infection (see >> Acute meningococcal disease)
Violence (see >> Family Violence)
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