Emergency Medicine

GGC Paediatric Guidelines
NHS GGC

Acute Asthma Management, Children Under 2 years, Emergency Department, Paediatrics (334)

Acute Gastroenteritis Management in Paediatric Emergency Medicine (180)

Acute Medical Receiving - streaming from ED direct to CDU

Acute neonatal referral pathways

Acute Otitis Externa in Children, Emergency Department, Paediatrics (541)

Acute pain relief services protocol (APRS), paediatrics (1119)

Acute replacement of gastrostomy tubes (Emergency Department SOP)

Acute wheeze in children 2 years and older: assessment and management (623)

Acute wheeze: escalation to intravenous therapy for Acute Wheeze Integrated Care Pathway (ICP) for patients over 2 years old (1128)

Acutely disturbed or challenging behaviour in children with learning disabilities & / or ASD (aged 5-18 years)

Adrenal insufficiency in children, emergency management protocol, paediatrics (239)

Adrenal suppression secondary to exogenous glucocorticoid - guidance for children on long term steroid therapy

Adrenaline Auto Injector Prescription, Paediatric Allergy Service (142)

Airway Burns and Inhalation Injury Management Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (044)

Antibiotic management of suspected or confirmed invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) infection in children

Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Paediatric Surgery (228)

Antidote locations for RHCG

Aspiration of a foreign body children, paediatrics (058)

Atraumatic painful limb

Bell's Palsy guidelines, paediatrics (532)

Bomb blast injuries in children: antibiotic management (607)

Brief Resolved Unexplained Event or BRUE (ALTE guideline update), paediatrics (056)

Bronchiolitis

Buckle fracture

Burn, looking after your child's (ED parent advice sheet)

Burns – admission & follow up guidance

Call out of cardiac theatre and perfusion team for advanced trauma call

Cardiac transplant patient - paediatric acute care management pathway (1080)

Child Death Review procedures, RHC

Child protection bundle: Emergency Department & Minor Injury Unit (adult & children)

Child Protection pathways where concern for neglect or abuse - RHC ED

Child Protection Policies & Procedures [Staffnet]

Child sexual exploitation, recognition and response: guidance for health staff

Clinical operation policy for ALL CT imaging requests from the Emergency Department Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow

Community Nursing Teams - Scotland, contact numbers

Conjunctivitis Management in Children, Emergency Department, Paediatrics (075)

Constipation in children, paediatrics (540)

Cow's milk protein allergy in infants, Paediatrics (300)

Critical Care Adolescent Patient Pathway

CROUP Management in Children, Paediatrics (533)

Decreased consciousness level in children: management of

Diabetes mellitus, management during surgery

Diabetes, new presentations and suspected diagnoses

Diabetic ketoacidosis including fluid calculation sheet

Digital camera policy: ED & SSW

Discarded needles, managing injuries from needles discarded in the community

Domestic abuse, identifying and responding to within NHSGGC Children's Services

Electrical injuries, Paediatrics, RHCG (1085)

Emergency Contraception - Paediatric Emergency Medicine (117)

Emergency paediatric tracheostomy management

Epistaxis management in children, paediatrics (490)

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) guidance, paediatrics (126)

Escalation policy to maintain safety - RHC Standard Operating Procedure

Febrile Convulsion

Febrile neutropenia, out of hours pathway for RHC

Fever in the returning paediatric traveller

Feverish Illness in Children (< 5 years), Paediatrics (461)

First Afebrile Seizure Management, Emergency Department, Paediatrics (130)

Fracture manipulation management for RHC ED

Glasgow Emergency Paediatric ECG Guideline (GEPEG)

Guidance for patients with suspected plague (Yersinia pestis infection): RHC ED

Guideline for contacting the ED consultant on call between Midnight and 9am

Guideline for Emergency Departments, Minor Injury Units and Receiving Units where a child or young person presents under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs

Haematuria, management and investigation in Paediatrics (145)

Hand and finger fractures

Head injury / concussion advice leaflet for parents/guardians

Head Injury, Emergency Department, Paediatrics (538)

Headaches in children

Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP) – ‘New’ patient follow-up SOP

How to add a patient to the ED expects list - RHC ED

How to complete a notification of concern form (ED SOP)

Hypercyanotic episodes in tetralogy of fallot, paediatrics (534)

Hypoglycaemia management in children, Emergency Department, Paediatrics (507)

Incidental hyperglycaemia / glycosuria

Incidental murmur guideline, paediatrics (399)

Infection management guideline: empirical antibiotic therapy in children (122)

Ingested foreign bodies, Emergency Department, Paediatrics (535)

Initial diagnosis of Macrophage Activation Syndrome

Intermittent / borderline hyperglycaemia

Intoxicated children and adolescents (170)

Intravenous Fluid Guidance in Previously Well Children Aged 7 Days to 16 Years (172)

IV Ketamine Paediatric Sedation Proforma

Jehovah's Witness management, paediatric patients (644)

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), management in children (536)

Ketamine sedation: information leaflet for parents and caregivers

Laboratory Chain of Evidence form & notes for use in the ED

Major haemorrhage protocol

RHC Major Incident Plan

Major Paediatric Trauma - Imaging Flowchart

Major Trauma Single Point of Contact (SPOC) SOP – RHCG

Malaria treatment guidelines, paediatrics

Recognition and management of maltreatment in infants (children under the age of 1)

Maltreatment in children under the age of 1: injury proforma [Staffnet]

Management of acutely disturbed or challenging behaviour in children aged 5-12 years

Management of atopic eczema in children (356)

Management of inter-hospital transfers by RHC Emergency Department

Management of mpox, RHC Glasgow

Managing SAS pre-alert for newborns delivered in the community - RHC ED

Managing sexual activity in young people: recognition and criteria for referral (1090)

Medical Acute Receiving Unit Guide for Hi-Flo (AIRVO) Use in Bronchiolitis

MERS - Middle East Respiratory Syndrome - RHC ED patient pathway guidance

Moving and handling the child with suspected/diagnosed spinal injury: application of Miami-Jr and Miami J collar, Standard Operating Procedure

Moving and handling the child with suspected/diagnosed spinal injury: log rolling, Standard Operating Procedure

MRI Imaging Out of Hours: Acute Spinal Trauma, RHCG

Nasal injuries in children, emergency department, Paediatrics (197)

Nasal injury advice sheet (parent information)

Needlestick injuries and exposure to blood and high risk body fluids: initial action plan

New psychoactive substances, emergency department, Paediatrics (364)

Next Day Surgical Procedures (fasting guidance) – parent information leaflet

NHSGGC Guideline for the Management of non IgE Cows Milk Allergy in Infants

Non-Blanching Rash, management in children, Paediatrics (537)

Notification of diseases to Public Health

Orbital cellulitis protocol, ENT department

Paediatric General Surgery - Processes in ED

Paediatric neck lumps (diagnosis and management)

Paediatric Procedural Sedation with IV Ketamine SOP – RHCG ED

Paediatric Transfer Documentation – GG&C

Paediatric Transfer Traffic Light : risk assessment

Pain management in children, paediatric emergency medicine (335)

Pneumonia, community acquired guideline in children (230)

Pregnancy testing guidelines for girls aged 12 yrs & over (RHC)

Procedure for notification of child deaths [Staffnet]

Proteinuria on urinalysis in the Emergency Department

Pulled elbow, emergency medicine, paediatrics (187)

Rabies risk assessment and treatment following bat exposure

Radiological imaging transfer / viewing guidance

Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia for intubation: checklist

Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia for intubation: intubation drugs

Rapid tranquilisation of young people aged 12-17 years, algorithm

Referral Criteria for Paediatric Continence Service

Referral Pathway for Paediatric Continence Service

Referral Pathways for Head Injury Patients from Emergency Departments to RHC

Referral to Paediatric Major Trauma Centres in Scotland

Refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people: guidelines for use in the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow

RHC ED 'Who Takes What?' referrals - Orthopaedics/Plastics/Neurosurgery

RHC ED debriefing proforma

RHC ED Front-door greeter SOP

RHC ED, CDU & Outpatient pathway for Infants with suspected Non IgE Cows milk protein allergy (CMPA)

RHC Fracture Clinic Pathway & how to arrange follow up (Ortho & Physiotherapy) (801)

RHC Glasgow - Acute admissions winter respiratory virus PCR testing

RHC Measles guidance (1144)

RHCG Fracture Management Guidance (940)

RHCG Major Trauma Team Emergency Department Activation and Response - Standard Operating Procedure

RHCG Paracetamol overdose guidance - 12-hr shortened N-acetylcysteine dosing schedule (SNAP protocol)

Roles and responsibilities of ED-based junior paediatric staff

Status Epilepticus Management

Sudden unexpected death in infancy and childhood: Multi-agency guidelines for care and investigation

Surgical and Urological Advice for RHCG ED

Suspected vascular injury clinical care pathway

Tertiary Survey Proforma for trauma – RHCG

Tetanus vaccination in children

Throat Infections, Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics (336)

Tissue adhesives (management of accidental injury)

Torticollis (Congenital and acquired) Children, Emergency Department, Paediatrics (365)

Tranexamic acid in paediatric surgery and trauma

Trauma team roles and responsibilities

Unplanned return patient checklist, ED RHC

Unscheduled CAMHS referral flowchart

Upper limb injuries: assessment of neurological status

Urinary Tract Infection, Acute Management in Childhood, Paediatrics (273)

Urticaria Not Associated with Anaphylaxis, Management in Children, Paediatrics (508)

Varicella zoster infection (chickenpox): management in children (1008)

Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (VHF) patient pathway 2021 (Paediatric ED)

Virtual Fracture Clinic – Parent information leaflet (945)