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JRCALC 2016 and Supplement eBook
(2017)
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Abstract
The Clinical Practice Guidelines are the essential resource for ambulance clinicians. The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, the Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee and the National Ambulance Service Medical Directors welcome the publication of the 2017 supplementary guidelines, now bundled with the 2016 reference edition.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title Page | 2 | ||
| Contents | 3 | ||
| Disclaimer | 5 | ||
| Foreword | 10 | ||
| Guideline Developers and Contributors | 11 | ||
| Methodology | 12 | ||
| Update Analysis | 13 | ||
| List of Abbreviations | 21 | ||
| Section 1 - General Guidance | 24 | ||
| Consent in Pre-hospital Care | 26 | ||
| Patient Confidentiality | 27 | ||
| 2017 Supplement PDF | 568 | ||
| Half Title | 569 | ||
| Title | 571 | ||
| Copyright | 572 | ||
| Contents | 573 | ||
| Disclaimer | 574 | ||
| Foreword | 575 | ||
| Guideline Developers and Contributors | 576 | ||
| Guideline Development Methodology | 579 | ||
| Update Analysis | 581 | ||
| List of Abbreviations | 588 | ||
| Section 1 – General Guidance | 593 | ||
| Pain Management in Adults | 594 | ||
| Pain Management in Children | 34 | ||
| Safeguarding Children | 603 | ||
| Sexual Assault | 612 | ||
| Safeguarding Adults at Risk | 619 | ||
| Domestic Abuse | 624 | ||
| End of Life Care | 49 | ||
| Death of a Child, Including Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy, Children and Adolescents (SUDICA) | 55 | ||
| Staff wellbeing and health | 58 | ||
| Section 2 - Resuscitation | 60 | ||
| Airway and Breathing Management | 62 | ||
| Traumatic Cardiac Arrest | 67 | ||
| Basic Life Support (Adult) | 73 | ||
| Advanced Life Support (Adult) | 75 | ||
| Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (Adult) | 81 | ||
| Maternal Resuscitation | 83 | ||
| Basic Life Support (Child) | 85 | ||
| Newborn Life Support | 89 | ||
| Advanced Life Support (Child) | 93 | ||
| Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (Child) | 97 | ||
| Special circumstances | 100 | ||
| Section 3 - Medical | 106 | ||
| Undifferentiated Complaints | 108 | ||
| Abdominal Pain | 108 | ||
| Cardiac Rhythm Disturbance | 112 | ||
| Section 3a – Medical: Undifferentiated \nComplaints | 627 | ||
| Altered Level of Consciousness | 628 | ||
| Dyspnoea | 119 | ||
| Headache | 123 | ||
| Mental Disorder | 125 | ||
| Mental Capacity Act 2005 (England and Wales) | 134 | ||
| Medical Emergencies in Adults - Overview | 633 | ||
| Medical Emergencies in Adults – Overview | 633 | ||
| Sepsis | 638 | ||
| Non-Traumatic Chest Pain/Discomfort | 145 | ||
| Medical Emergencies in Children - Overview | 147 | ||
| Minor Illness in Children | 152 | ||
| Febrile Illness in Children | 153 | ||
| Respiratory Illness in Children | 157 | ||
| Specific conditions | 160 | ||
| Heat Related Illness | 160 | ||
| Hyperventilation Syndrome | 163 | ||
| Hypothermia | 166 | ||
| Sickle Cell Crisis | 169 | ||
| Meningococcal Meningitis and Septicaemia | 172 | ||
| Acute Coronary Syndrome | 175 | ||
| Allergic Reactions including Anaphylaxis (Adults) | 178 | ||
| Section 3b – Medical: Specific Conditions | 648 | ||
| Asthma (Adults) | 648 | ||
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | 184 | ||
| Convulsions (Adults) | 188 | ||
| Gastrointestinal Bleeding | 192 | ||
| Glycaemic Emergencies (Adults) | 195 | ||
| Heart Failure | 199 | ||
| Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator | 203 | ||
| Overdose and Poisoning (Adults) | 208 | ||
| Pulmonary Embolism | 217 | ||
| Stroke/Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) | 221 | ||
| Asthma (Children) | 653 | ||
| Convulsions (Children) | 229 | ||
| Childhood Gastroenteritis | 234 | ||
| Glycaemic Emergencies (Children) | 238 | ||
| Overdose and Poisoning (Children) | 241 | ||
| Section 4 - Trauma | 244 | ||
| Trauma Emergencies Overview (Children) | 253 | ||
| Abdominal Trauma | 259 | ||
| Head Injury | 261 | ||
| Section 4 – Trauma | 657 | ||
| Limb Trauma | 658 | ||
| Spinal Injury & Spinal Cord Injury | 664 | ||
| Spinal Injury and Spinal Cord Injury | 664 | ||
| Major Pelvic Trauma | 670 | ||
| Thoracic Trauma | 674 | ||
| Falls in Older Adults | 680 | ||
| Trauma in Pregnancy | 283 | ||
| Burns and Scalds (Adults) | 285 | ||
| Burns and Scalds (Children) | 288 | ||
| Electrical Injuries | 291 | ||
| Immersion and Drowning | 294 | ||
| Section 5 - Maternity Care | 691 | ||
| Section 5 – Maternity Care | 691 | ||
| Maternity Care (including Obstetric Emergencies Overview) | 692 | ||
| Birth Imminent: Normal Delivery and Delivery Complications | 699 | ||
| Birth Imminent: Normal Birth and Birth Complications | 699 | ||
| Care of the Newborn | 717 | ||
| Haemorrhage During Pregnancy (including Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy) | 722 | ||
| Pregnancy-induced Hypertension (including Eclampsia) | 727 | ||
| Vaginal Bleeding: Gynaecological Causes | 731 | ||
| Maternal Resuscitation | 733 | ||
| Newborn Life Support | 739 | ||
| Trauma in Pregnancy | 744 | ||
| Section 6 - Drugs | 324 | ||
| Section 6 – Drugs | 747 | ||
| Drugs Overview | 748 | ||
| Adrenaline | 331 | ||
| Amiodarone | 333 | ||
| Aspirin | 334 | ||
| Atropine | 753 | ||
| Benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) | 338 | ||
| Chlorphenamine | 340 | ||
| Clopidogrel | 343 | ||
| Dexamethasone | 344 | ||
| Diazepam | 756 | ||
| Entonox | 759 | ||
| Furosemide | 350 | ||
| Glucagon (Glucagen) | 351 | ||
| Glucose 10% | 353 | ||
| Glucose 40% Oral Gel | 354 | ||
| Glyceryl Trinitrate (GTN, Suscard) | 355 | ||
| Heparin | 356 | ||
| Hydrocortisone | 760 | ||
| Ibuprofen | 361 | ||
| Section 6 - Drugs | 363 | ||
| Ipratropium Bromide (Atrovent) | 363 | ||
| Metoclopramide (Maxolon) | 365 | ||
| Midazolam | 366 | ||
| Patient's Own Buccal Midazolam for Convulsions | 368 | ||
| Misoprostol | 764 | ||
| Morphine Sulphate | 370 | ||
| Naloxone Hydrochloride (Narcan) | 765 | ||
| Ondansetron | 378 | ||
| Oxygen | 769 | ||
| Paracetamol | 776 | ||
| Reteplase | 390 | ||
| Salbutamol | 393 | ||
| 0.9% Sodium Chloride | 781 | ||
| Sodium Lactate Compound (Hartmann's/Ringer's Lactate) | 403 | ||
| Syntometrine | 409 | ||
| Tenecteplase | 410 | ||
| Tetracaine 4% | 413 | ||
| Tranexamic Acid | 786 | ||
| Intravascular Fluid Therapy (Adults) | 788 | ||
| Intravascular Fluid Therapy (Children) | 420 | ||
| Section 6 - Page for Age | 423 | ||
| Page for Age: BIRTH | 423 | ||
| Page for Age: 1 MONTH | 425 | ||
| Page for Age: 3 MONTHS | 427 | ||
| Page for Age: 6 MONTHS | 429 | ||
| Page for Age: 9 MONTHS | 431 | ||
| Page for Age: 12 MONTHS | 433 | ||
| Page for Age: 18 MONTHS | 435 | ||
| Page for Age: 2 YEARS | 437 | ||
| Page for Age: 3 YEARS | 439 | ||
| Page for Age: 4 YEARS | 441 | ||
| Page for Age: 5 YEARS | 443 | ||
| Page for Age: 6 YEARS | 445 | ||
| Page for Age: 7 YEARS | 447 | ||
| Page for Age: 8 YEARS | 449 | ||
| Page for Age: 9 YEARS | 451 | ||
| Page for Age: 10 YEARS | 453 | ||
| Page for Age: 11 YEARS | 455 | ||
| Section 7 - Special Situations | 458 | ||
| Major Incident Management | 460 | ||
| Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive Incidents | 461 | ||
| Atropine (CBRNE) | 470 | ||
| Ciprofloxacin (CBRNE) | 476 | ||
| Dicobalt Edetate (CBRNE) | 477 | ||
| Doxycycline (CBRNE) | 478 | ||
| Obidoxime Chloride (CBRNE) | 479 | ||
| Potassium Iodate (CBRNE) | 480 | ||
| Pralidoxime Mesylate (CBRNE) | 481 | ||
| Incapacitating Agents | 482 | ||
| References | 488 | ||
| Index | 514 | ||
| Index | 795 |