Emergency Medicine

Acute Asthma Management, Children Under 2 years, Emergency Department
Acute Medical Receiving - streaming from ED direct to CDU
Acute neonatal referral pathways
Acute otitis externa in children, Emergency Department
Acute pain relief services protocol (APRS)
Acute replacement of gastrostomy tubes (Emergency Department SOP)
Acute Sore Throat
Acute wheeze in children 2 years and older: assessment and management
Acute wheeze: escalation to intravenous therapy for Acute Wheeze Integrated Care Pathway (ICP) for patients over 2 years old
Acutely disturbed or challenging behaviour in children with learning disabilities & / or ASD (aged 5-18 years)
Adrenal insufficiency in children, emergency management protocol
Adrenal suppression secondary to exogenous glucocorticoid - guidance for children on long term steroid therapy
Adrenaline auto injector prescription guideline
Antibiotic management of suspected or confirmed invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) infection in children
Antibiotic prophylaxis for paediatric surgery
Antidote locations for RHCG
Aspiration of a foreign body
Atraumatic painful limb
Bell's Palsy
Bomb blast injuries in children: antibiotic management
Brief Resolved Unexplained Event or BRUE (ALTE guideline update)
Bronchiolitis parent information leaflet
Buckle fracture
Burn, looking after your child's (ED parent advice sheet)
Burns – admission & follow up guidance
Burns, airway and smoke inhalation in children
Call out of cardiac theatre and perfusion team for advanced trauma call
Cardiac transplant patient - paediatric acute care management pathway
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
Constipation in children
Critical Care Adolescent Patient Pathway
Croup
Decreased consciousness level in children: management of
Diabetes mellitus, management during surgery
Diabetes, new presentations and suspected diagnoses
Diabetic ketoacidosis including fluid calculation sheet
Diagnosis, treatment and management of UTI in children RHC Glasgow
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 guideline RHCG
Emergency contraception
Emergency paediatric tracheostomy management
Empirical antibiotic therapy in children
Epistaxis management in children
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) guidance
Escalation policy to maintain safety - RHC Standard Operating Procedure
Febrile convulsion parent information leaflet
Febrile neutropenia, out of hours pathway for RHC
Fever in the returning paediatric traveller
Feverish Illness in Children (< 5 years) Paediatric Emergency Department, RHC
First afebrile seizure, management
Fracture manipulation management for RHC ED
Gastroenteritis in children
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
Haemophilia protocol
Hand and finger fractures
Head injury / concussion advice leaflet for parents/guardians
Head injury guideline (Emergency Department)
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
Hypoglycaemia management, Paediatric Emergency Department
Incidental hyperglycaemia / glycosuria
Incidental murmur
Ingested foreign bodies, Emergency Department
Initial diagnosis of Macrophage Activation Syndrome
Intermittent / borderline hyperglycaemia
Intoxicated child/adolescent flow chart
Intravenous fluid guidance for previously well children aged >7 days to 16 years
IV Ketamine Paediatric Sedation Proforma
Jehovah's Witness management, paediatric patients
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), management in children
Ketamine sedation: information leaflet for parents and caregivers
Laboratory Chain of Evidence form & notes for use in the ED
Major haemorrhage protocol
Major Incident Plan, RHC
Major Paediatric Trauma - Imaging Flowchart
Major Trauma Single Point of Contact (SPOC) SOP – RHCG
Malaria treatment guidelines, paediatrics
Maltreatment in children under the age of 1 year, recognition and management
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
Management of inter-hospital transfers by RHC Emergency Department
Management of mpox - RHC Glasgow
Management of the Child with a Non-Blanching Rash (NBR): (i.e. Petechiae, Purpura & Ecchymoses)
Managing SAS pre-alert for newborns delivered in the community - RHC ED
Managing sexual activity in young people: recognition and criteria for referral
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
Nasal injury advice sheet (parent information)
Needlestick injuries and exposure to blood and high risk body fluids: initial action plan
New psychoactive substances (NPS): Emergency Department guidance
Next Day Surgical Procedures (fasting guidance) – parent information leaflet
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 in children, management in the ED
Pneumonia, community acquired: guideline in children
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
Rabies risk assessment and treatment following bat exposure
Radiological imaging transfer / viewing guidance
Rapid access (unscheduled) outpatient clinic: guidelines for referral
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 debriefing proforma
RHC ED Front-door greeter SOP
RHC ED 'Who Takes What?' referrals - Orthopaedics/Plastics/Neurosurgery
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)
RHC Measles guidance
RHCG Fracture Management Guidance
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
Tissue adhesives (management of accidental injury)
Torticollis (congenital and acquired) in children
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
Urticaria not associated with anaphylaxis: management in children
Varicella zoster infection (chickenpox): management in children
Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (VHF) patient pathway 2021 (Paediatric ED)
Virtual Fracture Clinic – Parent information leaflet

NHSGGC Guidelines

Emergency Medicine

Guidance Notes