Paediatric Anaesthesia Department

Protocols and Guidelines

Protocols and guidelines followed within the department.

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Policy

• Must be adhered to e.g. checking the anaesthetic machine
• Serious consequences if not adhered to
• Officially endorsed by Director of Anaesthesia/Hospital Board/ANZCA

Protocol

Agreed way of performing routine tasks to promote uniformity and, therefore, safety e.g. PCA and morphine infusions

Guidelines

• Agreed suggested techniques and practices
• Administrative e.g. Day Surgery
• Clinical e.g. Post-op management of Ex-premature Infants
• Can be varied according to circumstances and individual judgement

Advice for Parents

Anaesthesia and Your Child

Discharge Advice for Parents after Day Case Surgery

Instructions to Parents of Children for Day Case Surgery

General approach to paediatric patients

Conceptual Anaesthetic Plan

Basic pre-operative assessment and documentation

Pre-medication

Pre-operative investigations

Fasting

Guidelines for the Administration of Oral Medications to Patients Fasting for Anaesthesia

Pre-anaesthetic Feeding and Fasting

Patient Monitoring

Documentation in anaesthetic form

Recovery of patients

Management of Ex-Premature Infants and Neonates

Day Case

Guidelines for the Suitability of Children for "Day Stay Procedures"

The Child with a Respiratory Tract Infection Facing Anaesthesia

Intra- and post-op analgesia:

Caudals a) indications b) technique

Guidelines for Spinal Anaesthesia in Infants

Paediatric Acute Pain Management Handbook

Intra-venous fluids

indications

need for Hb assessment/blood transfusion

Zen and the art of venepuncture

Surgery for the neonate (? extend this to infants <10kg)

Anaesthesia for particular procedures

ENT

Laser Surgery

Post-tonsillectomy Bleeding

Tonsillectomy

Myringoplasty

Laryngoscopy / Bronchoscopy

Plastic

Cleft lip and palate surgery

Cleft lip post-operative analgesia

Craniofacial surgery

Orthopaedic

Scoliosis Surgery

Fractured Forearm

Neurosurgery

Child With Raised Intra-cranial Pressure

Ventriculo Peritoneal shunt

Craniotomy

post-op IPPV

Spina Bifida

Dental Procedures

Radiology

CT scan

MRI Scan

Eyes

Penetrating eye injury

Squint repair

Trauma

Anaesthetic Management of Children with an Unstable Cervical Spine)

Airway Management of the Paediatric Trauma Patient with Potential Cervical Spine Injuries

Fibreoptic Intubation with an Unstable Cervical Spine

Airway Trauma Protocol

Protocol for the Initial Management of Severe Trauma (WCH Trauma Management Committee)

Protocol for the Early Management of Head Injury (WCH Trauma Management Committee)

General Surgery

Pyloric stenosis

Renal transplant

Tracheo-oesophageal fistula

Anaesthesia for particular patients

Endocrine

Diabetic patient

Management of Children with Diabetes Mellitus who Require ENT Surgery

Homocystinuria

Guidelines for anaesthesia for patients with unstable necks

Medical Management of the Multi-organ Donor

Epidermolysis Bullosa

Surprises and sensitivities

Investigation of Suspected Anaphylaxis

Management of Malignant Hyperthermia

Suxamethonium Sensitivity

Major Disaster Plan (Code Brown)

Housekeeping

Antibiotics

CVP set-up

Set-up for syringing blood from a pack

Drug Administration Practices

Infection control

Information regarding Papilloma Virus and Laser Surgery

universal precautions

equipment decontamination

AIDS

Breathing System Filters

Presence of Parents at Induction

Theatre Temperature Control

Substance Abuse/ the Impaired Practitioner

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