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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Trauma: Tertiary Survey
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Trauma__Tertiary_Survey/
    , burns, abrasions Feel for soft tissue and bony tenderness or swelling, joint movement and stability …
  • Trauma – secondary survey
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Major_paediatric_trauma_the_secondary_survey/
    fractures, burns, abrasions Feel for soft tissue and bony tenderness or swelling, joint movement …
  • Family Violence
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Family_Violence/
    risk factors Physical Unexplained injuries: burns, bruises, or fractures? (see  Child abuse ) Bruising …
  • Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Croup_Laryngotracheobronchitis/
    tracheitis Epiglottitis Airway burns or trauma Management Investigations Croup is a clinical diagnosis …
  • Abdominal pain - chronic
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Abdominal_pain_-_chronic/
    postprandial fullness Early satiety Epigastric pain and burning not associated with bowel habit Non-specific …
  • Poisoning - Acute Guidelines For Initial Management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Poisoning_-_Acute_Guidelines_For_Initial_Management/
    burns, multi-organ failure Salicylates Strychnine - muscle spasm and respiratory arrest Venlafaxine 150 …
  • Cellulitis and other bacterial skin infections
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Cellulitis_and_other_bacterial_skin_infections/
    (GAS) and Staphylococcus aureus . Predisposing factors include skin abrasions, lacerations, burns …
  • Intravenous access - Peripheral
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Intravenous_access_Peripheral/
    sources) should be used. Normal torches can burn the skin and should never be used Trans-illumination adds …
  • Hypokalaemia
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Hypokalaemia/
    updated October 2024 Reference List Buttner R and Burns E. Hypokalaemia. Life in the fast lane. https …
  • Vulval and Vaginal Conditions
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Vulval_and_Vaginal_Conditions/
    or examination History Quality, location and triggers of pain Burning, stinging, unusual sensation or raw …

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.