Blogs

Paediatric Emergencies

• Management of Critically Unwell Children Arriving at UHL CED

• Management of Children with Acute Decrease in Consciousness

• Paediatric Emergencies Drugs (ED calculator)

Medical Illnesses

• Management of Wheeze and Asthma in Children

• Bronchiolitis

• Croup

• Febrile convulsion

• First Afebrile Seizure Management in Children

• Upper GI Bleed UHL Children's Guideline

• UTI in Children

• Bone and Joint infections UHL Childrens Guideline

• Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Childrens Hospital Guideline

• POPS and PEWS in the Children's Emergency Department

• Preseptal and Orbital Cellulitis UHL Childrens Hospital Guideline

• Syncope Evaluation in Children

Injuries

• Buckle fracture - distal radius (Paediatric ED management proforma)

• Burn management (Paediatric ED guideline)

• Burns in children aged < 2 years - ED safeguarding assessment

• Button batteries and magnets - potential ingestion or insertion

• Clavicle fracture (CED pathway)

• Dental injuries (CED SOP)

• Finger tip injuries (CED guideline)

• Fracture and dislocation management (QRG for Covid-19 crisis only)

• Fractures in children aged < 2 years - ED safeguarding assessment

• Hand service referrals (ED SOP)

• Head injury - imaging algorithm for children (NICE CG176)

• Head injury - nurse-led discharge (CED guideline)

• Imaging in major trauma - PED decision aid (RCR guidance)

• Limping

• Needlestick injuries (CED and Children's Hospital Guideline)

• Pulled elbow

• Wounds (simple)

Medication & Prescribing

• Intranasal analgesia (fentanyl and diamorphine) for Children in the Emergency Department

• Tranexamic acid in Paediatric Trauma

• Humidified High Flow Nasal Oxygen (HHFNO) UHL Paediatric ED guideline