On this page

1. Policies
2. Frameworks
3. Guidelines
4. Forms
5. Emergency resuscitation cue cards
6. Allied health
7. Other NSW Health policies and guidelines

Policies

• Children and Adolescents - Admission to Services Designated Level 1-3 Paediatric Medicine & Surgery (PD2010_032)
• Children and Adolescents - Guidelines for Care in Acute Care Settings (PD2010_034)
• Children and Adolescents - Inter-Facility Transfers (PD2010_031)
• Children and Adolescents - Safety and Security in NSW Acute Health Facilities (PD2010_033)
• Critical Care Tertiary Referral Networks (Paediatrics) (PD2010_030)
• Emergency Paediatric Referrals (PD2005_157)
• Routine Circumcision of Normal Male Infants - Policy (PD2012_009)
• Management of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) (PD2019_035)
• Powerpoint presentation: Management of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI)
• 6.1 Response to Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Roles and Responsibilities
• 6.2 Medical History Guide - Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI)

Frameworks

• NSW Paediatric Service Capability Framework (GL2017_010)
  • Companion Toolkit
• Surgery for Children in Metropolitan Sydney - Strategic Framework

Guidelines

Responsibility for NSW Health’s paediatric clinical practice guidelines has transitioned to the Paediatric Network at the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation. Paediatric clinical practice guidelines are also available via the NSW Health policy distribution system.

• Humidified High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Guideline for Metropolitan Paediatric Wards and EDs (GL2016_004)
• Algorithm
• Implementation Toolkit
• Presentation
• Audit Tool
• Initial Management of Fever or Suspected Sepsis in Paediatric Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Patient (GL2015_013)
  • Algorithm
  • Implementation Toolkit
  • Presentation
  • Audit Tool
• NSW Paediatric Rural Emergency Clinical Guidelines (GL2014_007)
• Paediatric Procedural Sedation - Guide for Emergency Departments, Wards, Clinics and Imaging (GL2018_011)
• Algorithm
• Presentation
• Standards for Paediatric IV Fluids: NSW Health (second edition) (GL2015_008)
• Poster
• Flyer
• Information Bulletin
• Children and Infants - Acute Management of Croup (PD2010_053)
• Algorithm
• Children and Infants - Acute Management of Head Injury (PD2011_024)
• Algorithm
• Children and Infants - Recognition of a Sick Baby or Child in the Emergency Department (PD2011_038)
• Algorithms
• Children and Infants with Abdominal Pain - Acute Management (PD2013_053)
• Algorithm
• Children and Infants with Fever - Acute Management (PD2010_063)
• Algorithm
• Infants and Children - Acute Management of Asthma (PD2012_056)
• Algorithm
• Infants and Children - Acute Management of Bronchiolitis (PD2018_001)
  • Algorithm
• Infants and Children - Acute Management of Altered Consciousness in Emergency Departments, first edition (GL2014_019)
  • Algorithm
• Infants and Children - Acute Management of Bacterial Meningitis (GL2014_013)
  • Algorithm
• Infants and Children: Acute Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia(GL2018_007)
• Algorithm
• Infants and Children: Acute Management of Seizures (GL2018_015)
  • Algorithm
  • Implementation Toolkit
  • Presentation
  • Audit Tool
• Infants and Children - Acute Management of Sore Throat, clinical practice guideline (GL2014_021)
• Infants and Children - Acute Management of the Unsettled and Crying Infant (GL2016_010)
  • Algorithm
  • Implementation Toolkit
  • Presentation
• Infants and Children - Insertion and Confirmation of Placement of Nasogastric and Orogastric Tubes (GL2016_006)
  • Algorithm
  • Implementation Toolkit
  • Presentation
  • Audit Tool
• Infants and Children - Management of Acute Gastroenteritis, fourth edition (GL2014_024)
• Algorithm
• Infants and Children - Otitis Media: Acute Management of Sore Ear, Second Edition (GL2014_023)
  • Algorithm

Emergency resuscitation cue cards

The new Emergency Resuscitation Cue Cards are available via the Paediatric Network at the Agency for Clinical Innovation​ (ACI).

Forms

• Paediatric Risk/ Nursing Assessment Charts
• Paediatric Patient Controlled Analgesia Chart
• Youth Health and Wellbeing Assessment Chart

Allied health

• Feeding Difficulties in Children - A Guide for Allied Health Professionals (GL2016_007)
• Management Of Cerebral Palsy In Children: A Guide For Allied Health Professionals (GL2018_006)
• Management of Infants and Children with Congenital Talipes Equinovarus (GL2014_014)

Other NSW Health policies and guidelines

• Recognition and Management of Patients Who Are Clinically Deteriorating (PD2013_049)
• Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Problems Requiring Inpatient Care (PD2011_016)
• Paediatric Palliative Care Planning Framework 2011-14 (GL2011_014)
• Youth Health and Wellbeing Assessment Guideline (GL2018_003)
• NSW Eating Disorders Toolkit