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Administration of rectal diazepam to neonates and infants to treat seizures prior to hospital admission - position statement

This guidance is for ambulance services which need to administer diazepam, a medicine for treating seizures, to neonates and infants. It explains how to accurately administer a 1.25mg or 2.5mg dose directly from a 5mg rectal tube. Buccal midazolam is usually preferred to rectal diazepam in the ho...
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Emergency medicine
Neurology
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Epilepsy
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Facing the Future - standards for children and young people in emergency care settings

These standards aim to ensure that urgent and emergency care is fully integrated to ensure children are seen by the right people, at the right place and in the right setting. Emergency departments that see children submitted data to our national audit, and results show how well standards are bein...
Emergency medicine
Ambulance services
Primary care
Secondary care
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Facing the Future - emergency care
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Measures to address winter pressures such as a dedicated registrar and PDU cubicles - case study

Dr Amitabh Gite, Clinical Director of Paediatrics at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, outlines measures they implemented to address winter pressures, including a second registrar at night, a paediatric decision unit, increased nursing staff and ward clerk support.
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Emergency Department
Knowledge and skills
Clinical guidelines and standards
Public health
Quality improvement
Patient safety
Service design
Winter planning
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National guidance for the management of children in hospital with viral respiratory tract infections (2023)

These updated recommendations on the management of children in hospital with viral respiratory tract infections in hospital settings are for clinicians to support planning in partnership with local infection prevention control teams. While some recommendations describe organisational structures i...
Emergency medicine
General paediatrics
Respiratory medicine
COVID-19
Winter planning
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Paediatric rheumatology - sub-specialty

Paediatric rheumatologists care for children and young people with a range of conditions, from mechanical pains and juvenile arthritis to complex multi-system inflammatory disorders. Read about this clinical area and download the syllabi for both sub-specialty and for generic specialty training....
Rheumatology
Paediatric sub-specialty
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