Use these resources to provide care for paediatric patients.
ECAT paediatric protocols
Nurse-initiated protocols for care in the emergency department.
Paediatric Resource Hub
A directory of trusted resources including clinical guidance, policies, and patient fact sheets. They have been collated from:
- Better Safer Care
- Clinical Excellence Commission
- Hunter New England Kids Health
- NSW Ministry of Health
- Queensland Health
- Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
- Sydney Children's Hospital Network
Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT)
Network of research institutions, healthcare providers and researchers in paediatric emergency care. PREDICT aims to establish an evidence base and improve emergency care for children and adolescents.
Recognition and management of patients who are clinically deteriorating (PD2020_018)
The standards and principles of the deteriorating patient safety net system for the recognition, response to and appropriate management of the physiological and mental state deterioration of patients. This directive includes specific information for paediatric care.
Newborn & paediatric Emergency Transport Service (NETS)
Provides expert clinical advice, clinical coordination, emergency treatment and stabilisation and inter-hospital transport for very sick or injured babies and children up to 16 years old.
Accessed from the Emergency Care Institute website at https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/networks/eci/clinical/tools/paediatrics