Local Guidelines

This page contains guidelines, proformas and discharge advice produced by Emergency Departments (EDs) that can be downloaded and adapted for local use by other EDs.  The College wishes to thank all the authors who have kindly agreed to share their guidelines here.

If your Emergency Department has guidelines that you are willing to make available to others via this page please contact philip.mcmillan@collemergencymed.ac.uk

 

Adult guidelines / protocols

• Acute alcohol withdrawal (Newham University Hospital, Nov 2011)

• Acute atrial fibrillation (Newham University Hospital, Dec 2011)

• Acute pulmonary oedema (treatment with CPAP) (University Hospital of South Manchester, Dec 2011)

• Allergic reaction (Barts and the London, 2011)

• Asthma (moderate severity) (Barts and the London, 2011)

• Atrial Fibrillation (Russells Hall Hospital, Mar 2011)

• Bleeding on oral anticoagulants (Newham University Hospital, Nov 2011)

• Burns Injury (Russells Hall Hospital, Mar 2011)

• Diabetic Keto-Acidosis (Newham University Hospital, Nov 2011)

• DVT (Newham University Hospital, Nov 2011)

• Ectopic Pregnancy: Management in the Emergency Department (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, 2009)

• Elderly falls/collapse (University Hospital of South Manchester, Dec 2011)

• First seizure in adults (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, 2009)

• Fractured Neck of Femur (Leicester Royal Infirmary, 2009)

• Head Injury (Barts and the London, 2011)

• Migraine (Barts and the London, 2011)

• Neutropenic Sepsis (Newham University Hospital, Nov 2011)

• Non-invasive ventilation (BiPAP) for COPD (University Hospital of South Manchester, Dec 2011)

• Paracetamol overdose (Barts and the London, 2011)

• Procedural sedation proforma for adults (Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Feb 2012)

• Pneumothorax (Barts and the London, 2011)

• Sedation record (Barts and the London, 2011)

• Spontaneous pneumothorax (Newham University Hospital, Nov 2011)

• Stroke (Newham University Hospital, Nov 2011)

• Post-seizure (Barts and the London, 2011)

• Pulmonary embolism (Barts and the London, 2011)

• Rapid sequence induction (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, 2009)

• Renal colic (Barts and the London, 2011)

• Sedation of adult patients (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, 2009)

• Subarachnoid haemorrhage (Barts and the London, 2011)

• Urinary retention (Newham University Hospital, Nov 2011)

• Vertigo (Barts and the London, 2011)

 

Paediatric guidelines / protocols

• Acute gastroenteritis in childhood (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

• Acute paracetamol overdose (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

• Afebrile fits (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

• Apparently drunk child (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

• Asthma in childhood (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

• Bronchiolitis (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

• Constipation in childhood (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

• Croup (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

• Distal Forearm Buckle Fractures in Children (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, 2009)

• Febrile convulsions (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

• Fever in young children (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

• Gastroenteritis in children (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, 2009)

• Head injury in childhood (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

• Jaundice in the newborn (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

• Limping child without trauma (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

• Nasal diamorphine for children (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, 2009)

• Procedural sedation for paediatric patients using Ketamine (Dudley Group of Hospitals 2012)

• Staggered paracetamol overdose (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

• The limping child (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, 2009)

• UTI in childhood (Central Manchester University Hospitals, 2009)

 

Discharge advice for patients

• Abdominal pain (men) - discharge advice (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, 2011)

• Abdominal pain (women) - discharge advice (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, 2011)

• Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) - discharge advice (Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 2011)

• Early Pregnancy Problem - discharge advice (Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 2011)

• Hand (5th Metacarpal) Fracture - discharge advice (Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 2011)

• Head Injury - gradual return to sport discharge advice (Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 2011)

• Ketamine sedation (children) - discharge advice (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, 2011)

• Ketamine sedation (Children) - discharge advice (Dudlet Group of Hospitals 2012)

• Mallet Finger Injury - discharge advice (Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 2011)

• Pneumothorax - discharge advice (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, 2011)

• Procedural Sedation - discharge advice for adults (Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 2011)

• Procedural Sedation - discharge advice (Addenbrooke's Hospital, 2011)

• Radial Head/Neck Fracture - discharge advice (Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 2011)

• Self discharge against advice (Refusal of treatment) (Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 2011)

• Supra-ventricular tachycardia (SVT) - discharge advice (Addenbrooke's Hospital, 2011)

• Torus “Buckle” Fractures - discharge advice (Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 2011)