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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Peripheral extravasation injuries: Initial management and washout procedure
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Peripheral_extravasation_injuries__Initial_management_and_washout_procedure/
    record Ask about pain, burning or stinging, or complete a pain assessment if child is non-verbal … in sensation surrounding or distal to the site eg pain, burning, or tingling. Use a pain scale where …
  • Acute pain management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_pain_management/
    or backslab Applying ice (if age appropriate) and elevating injured limbs           Prompt dressing of burns … (see Burns ) For limb or finger injuries consider regional local anaesthesia/nerve block …
  • Intranasal fentanyl
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Intranasal_fentanyl/
    and dislocations Burns Major lacerations Painful procedures under nitrous oxide Contraindications Known fentanyl …
  • Toxidromes poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Toxidromes_poisoning/
    Livingstone Australia             3. Toce, M., Burns M. The Poisoned Pediatric Patient. Paediatr Rev. 2017;38 …
  • Camphor poisoning
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Camphor_poisoning/
    : oral/epigastric burning, nausea, vomiting CVS: case reports of cardiomyopathy and prolonged QRS and QTc …
  • Hypomagnesaemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hypomagnesaemia/
    redistribution diabetic ketoacidosis hyperthyroidism Miscellaneous burns cardiopulmonary bypass Assessment …
  • Hyponatraemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hyponatraemia/
    : Gastroenteritis Secretory/osmotic diarrhoea Skin losses (CF / burns) Abdominal 3rd spacing Hyperglycaemia Renal …
  • Micronutrient deficiency
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Micronutrient_deficiency/
    of Pediatrics 21st edition. Chapter 61-67. 2020. Elsevier Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 2020 Pazirandeh S, Burns D …, Burns D. Overview of vitamin A. 2022. Up to date. Available from https://www.uptodate.com/ Ranjan S …
  • 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 …
  • 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 …

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.