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JRCALC Clinical Practice Guidelines 2017 Pocket Book

JRCALC Clinical Practice Guidelines 2017 Pocket Book

(2017)

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Abstract

The JRCALC Clinical Practice Guidelines 2017 Pocket Book is up to date with both the 2016 guidelines and the 2017 supplementary guidelines. It includes the latest guidance on drug administration for diazepam, misoprostol, paracetamol, oxygen, naloxone hydrochloride and 0.9% sodium chloride. The Pocket Book is also up to date with best practice on pain management and spinal injury algorithms.

This quick reference tool provides reference and reassurance for all out of hospital clinicians.


Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Title i
Disclaimer ii
Contents iv
RESUSCITATION vi
Basic Life Support (Adult) 2
Advanced Life Support (Adult) 2
Airway and Breathing Management 4
Recognition of Life Extinct byAmbulance Clinicians 6
Action to be Taken afterVerification of Fact of Death 6
Implantable CardioverterDefibrillator 8
Foreign Body Airway Obstruction(Adult) 8
GENERAL 10
MEDICAL 17
Acute Coronary Syndrome 18
Adult Bradycardia Algorithm 18
Adult Tachycardia (With Pulse) 20
Heart Failure 20
Pulmonary Embolism 22
Asthma (Adults) 22
Asthma Peak Flow Charts 24
Chronic Obstructive PulmonaryDisease 24
Hyperventilation Syndrome 26
Convulsions (Adults) 26
Glycaemic Emergencies (Adults) 28
Allergic Reactions includingAnaphylaxis (Adults) 28
Sickle Cell Crisis 30
TRAUMA 30
Trauma – SCENE 32
Trauma – ATMIST 32
Trauma Survey 34
Trauma Emergencies Overview(Adults) 34
Intravascular Fluid Therapy(Adults) 36
Spinal Injury and Spinal Cord Injury 38
SPECIALSITUATIONS 40
methane Report Format 42
Triage Model 42
Chemical, Biological, Radiological,Nuclear and Explosive Incidents 44
PAEDIATRICS 47
Basic Life Support (Child) 48
Advanced Life Support (Child) 48
Newborn Life Support 50
Foreign Body Airway Obstruction(Child) 50
Death of a Child, including SuddenUnexpected Death in Infancy,Children and Adolescents (SUDICA) 52
The Wong-Baker FACES Pain RatingScale 52
The FLACC Scale 54
GREEN: NICE ‘Traffic Lights’Clinical Assessment Tool forFebrile Illness in Children 55
AMBER: NICE ‘Traffic Lights’Clinical Assessment Tool forFebrile Illness in Children 56
RED: NICE ‘Traffic Lights’Clinical Assessment Tool forFebrile Illness in Children 56
Modified Taussig Croup Score 58
Meningococcal Meningitis andSepticaemia 58
Allergic Reactions includingAnaphylaxis (Children) 60
Asthma (Children) 60
Peak Expiratory Flow Chart 62
Convulsions (Children) 62
Trauma Emergencies Overview(Children) 64
Intravascular Fluid Therapy(Children) 66
DRUGS 69
Adrenaline 70
Amiodarone 72
Aspirin 74
Atropine 76
Benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) 80
Chlorphenamine 82
Clopidogrel 84
Dexamethasone 88
Diazepam 90
Entonox 96
Furosemide 98
Glucagon (Glucagen) 100
Glucose 40% Oral Gel 106
Glyceryl Trinitrate 108
Heparin 110
Hydrocortisone 112
Ibuprofen 116
Ipratropium Bromide 118
Metoclopramide 122
Midazolam 124
Patient’s Own Buccal 128
Misoprostol 130
Morphine Sulphate 134
Naloxone Hydrochloride 140
Ondansetron 144
Oxygen 148
Paracetamol 162
Reteplase 174
Salbutamol 176
0.9% Sodium Chloride 180
Sodium Lactate Compound 196
Syntometrine 209
Tenecteplase 210
Tetracaine 4% 214
Tranexamic Acid 218
PAGE FOR AGE 221
BIRTH 222
1month 228
3months 236
6months 243
9months 250
12months 257
18months 264
2YEARS 270
3YEARS 278
4YEARS 286
5YEARS 292
6YEARS 300
7YEARS 307
8YEARS 314
9YEARS 321
10YEARS 328
11YEARS 335