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PAEDIATRIC ALTERED
CONSCIOUS LEVEL GUIDELINE |
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AIMS
1.
The
guideline aims to standardise and improve the investigation and management of
children presenting with an altered conscious level in the first hour after arriving
in hospital.
2.
The
guideline aims to standardise and improve the investigation and management of
children with an altered conscious level, the cause of which remains unknown
after first line investigations have been reviewed.
Guideline modules
The
guideline will be developed in two parts or “modules”. The first module of the
guideline will be limited to the management in the first hour or so after
presenting to acute hospital services. The second module will start after the
initial first line investigation results have been reviewed.
Guideline users
Module 1
The
intended users of this guideline module will be first line admitting staff in
hospital (i.e. Accident and Emergency department senior house officers,
registrars and nurses, or senior house officers, registrars and nurses
admitting to an acute paediatric ward).
Module 2
The
intended users for this guideline module will be more experienced paediatric
staff, paediatric intensivists and metabolic medicine physicians.