SALE: JRCALC Clinical Guidelines 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1: General Guidance Consent in Pre-hospital Care Patient Confidentiality Pain Management in Adults Pain Management in Children Safeguarding Children Sexual Assault Safeguarding Adults at Risk Domestic Abuse End of Life Care Death of a Child Including Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infants Staff Wellbeing and Health Section 2: Resuscitation Airway and Breathing Management Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Recognition of Life Extinct by Ambulance Clinicians Adult Basic Life Support Adult Advanced Life Support Foreign Body Airway Obstruction, Adult Basic Life Support, Child Advanced Life Support, Child Foreign Body Airway Obstruction, Child Special Circumstances in Resuscitation Section 3: Medical Abdominal Pain Cardiac Rhythm Disturbance Altered Level of Consciousness Dyspnoea Headache Mental Disorder Mental Capacity Act 2005 (England and Wales) Medical Emergencies in Adults – Overview Sepsis Non-Traumatic Chest Pain/Discomfort Medical Emergencies in Children – Overview Minor Illness in Children Febrile Illness in Children Respiratory Illness in Children Heat Related Illness Hyperventilation Syndrome Hypothermia Sickle Cell Crisis Meningococcal Meningitis and Septicaemia Acute Coronary Syndromes Allergic Reactions including Anaphylaxis (Adults) Asthma (Adults) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Adults) Convulsions (Adults) Gastrointestinal Bleeding Glycaemic Emergencies in Adults and Children Heart Failure Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Overdose and Poisoning (Adults) Pulmonary Embolism Stroke/Transient Ischaemic Attack Allergic Reactions including Anaphylaxis (Children) Asthma (Children) Convulsions (Children) Childhood Gastroenteritis Overdose and Poisoning (Children) Section 4: Trauma Trauma Emergencies Overview (Adults) Trauma Emergencies Overview (Children) Abdominal Trauma Head Injury Limb Trauma Spinal Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Major Pelvic Trauma Thoracic Trauma Falls in Older Adults Burns and Scalds (Adults) Burns and Scalds (Children) Electrical Injuries Immersion and Drowning Section 5: Maternity Care Maternity Care, including Obstetric Emergency Overview Birth Imminent: Normal Birth and Birth Complications Care of the Newborn Haemorrhage During Pregnancy (including Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy) Pregnancy-induced Hypertension (including Eclampsia) Vaginal Bleeding: Gynaecological Causes Maternal Resuscitation Newborn Life Support Trauma in Pregnancy Section 6: Medicines Drugs Overview Activated Charcoal Adrenaline Amiodarone Aspirin Atropine Benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) Chlorphenamine Clopidogrel Dexamethasone Diazepam Entonox Furosemide Glucagon (Glucagen) Glucose 10% Glucose 40% Oral Gel Glyceryl Trinitrate (GTN, Suscard) Heparin Hydrocortisone Ibuprofen Ipratropium Bromide (Atrovent) Metoclopramide (Maxolon) Midazolam Patient’s Own Buccal Midazolam for Convulsions Misoprostol Morphine Sulphate Morphine for End of Life Care Naloxone Hydrochloride (Narcan) Ondansetron Oxygen Paracetamol Reteplase Salbutamol 0.9% Sodium Chloride Sodium Lactate Compound (Hartmann’s/Ringer’s Lactate) Syntometrine Tenecteplase Tetracaine 4% Tranexamic Acid Intravascular Fluid Therapy (Adults) Intravascular Fluid Therapy (Children) Section 7: Special Situations Major, Complex or High Risk Incidents Police Incapacitants Atropine Duodote