Paediatrics (RCH) - Theses

Permanent URI for this collection

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Item
    Thumbnail Image
    Improving pain and distress management of children in the emergency department
    Babl, Franz Eduard ( 2015)
    This thesis represents a compilation of peer-reviewed papers addressing the care for children in pain or undergoing painful or distressing procedures in the emergency department. After an introductory chapter, papers related to one of several themes are briefly introduced and placed in context with each other. The papers, and their compilation in this thesis, aim to provide guidance for paediatricians and emergency physicians caring for children on how to prepare for and reduce procedural and non-procedural pain and distress. Many aspects of this work, including certain research findings, evolving approaches to pain and sedation management and evidence-based teaching materials, are being used by, or have been implemented in, the Emergency Department at Royal Children’s Hospital and other emergency departments across Victoria, Australia, as well as interstate and overseas.