Guidelines: diseases

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Disclaimer

These clinical guidelines represent the views of the Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team. They have been produced after careful consideration of available evidence in conjunction with clinical expertise and experience.

The guidance does not override the individual responsibility of healthcare professionals to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual patient. 

Clinical advice is always available from SORT on a case by case basis. Please feel free to contact us regarding these documents if there are any queries.

Cardiac

• Anaphylaxis
• Anaphylaxis (Refractory)
• Arrhythmias
• Cardiac arrest (advanced life support)
• Haemorrhage (quick reference guide)
• Neonatal collapse
• Return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) management in children

Endocrine/metabolic

• DKA guideline (BSPED full version)
• DKA guideline BSPED (algorithm version)
• DKA calculator
• Electrolyte replacement
• Glucose concentrations and calculator
• Hyperkalaemia
• Hypertonic saline (3% sodium chloride)
• Metabolic guidelines (external website)
• Neonatal collapse

Gastrointestinal

• Acute abdomen referal pathway

Infectious diseases

• Acutely unwell child with suspected PIMS-TS
• Bronchiolitis
• Empyema
• Neonatal collapse
• PIMS-TS (paediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19)
• Sepsis (quick reference guide)
• Sepsis screening tool (Wessex and Thames Valley) (opens on PIER Network website)

Neurology

• Decreased level of consciousness (DECON)
• DKA guideline (BSPED reference document)
• Hypertonic saline (3% sodium chloride)
• Sedation withdrawal and weaning
• Seizures
• Stroke
• Traumatic brain injury (quick reference guide)
• Traumatic brain injury (reference document)

Respiratory

• Anaesthesia for emergencies
• Anaphylaxis
• Asthma
• Bronchiolitis
• Care of the ventilated child checklist (while awaiting SORT)
• Empyema
• Intubation of children with COVID-19 (opens PICS outside link)
• Secretion clearance in the intubated child
• Sickle cell emergencies
• Suctioning using in-line closed-circuit suction catheters
• Ventilation initiation during stabilisation

Trauma

• Drowning
• Extravasation injury management
• Haemorrhage (quick reference guide)
• Hypertonic saline (3% sodium chloride) 
• Hypothermia
• Intraosseous (IO) insertion guide
• Intraosseous needle (IO) observation chart
• Neonatal collapse
• Time critical transfer checklist
• Trauma guidelines (reference document)
• Traumatic brain injury (quick reference guide)
• Traumatic brain injury (reference document)