Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines

Guideline

• Clinical Guideline: Antenatal corticosteroids (PDF, 198kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Antenatal corticosteroids (PDF, 242kB)

Flowcharts

• Flowchart: Antenatal cortocosteroids(PDF, 100kB)

Education

• Presentation: Antenatal Corticosteroids (PDF, 1639kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Antenatal corticosteroids

Consumer information

• Steroids in pregnancy (PDF, 650kB)

Short guides

• Short Guide: Epidural in labour (PDF, 91kB)
• Short Guide: Nitrous oxide and oxygen in labour (PDF, 87kB)
• Short Guide: Opioids in labour (PDF, 89kB)
• Short Guide: Remifentanil via PCA in labour (PDF, 92kB)

Guideline

• Clinical Guideline: Maternity care for mothers and babies during the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF, 793kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Maternity care for mothers and babies during the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF, 237kB)
• Clinical Guidance Note: Perinatal mental health screening in COVID-19 (PDF, 304kB)

Flowchart and posters

• FAQ (frequently asked questions): Screening and testing for GDM during COVID-19 (PDF, 72kB)
• Flowchart: Screening and testing for GDM during COVID-19 pandemic (PDF, 76kB)
• Flowchart: Care of SCOVID or COVID-19 woman (PDF,134kB)
• Flowchart: Neonate of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 mother (PDF, 90kB)
• Flowchart: Recommended nitrous oxide circuits (PDF, 181kB)
• Flowchart: Set-up for initial neonatal resuscitation during COVID-19 pandemic (PDF, 108kB)
• Flowchart: Modified schedule for low-risk women during COVID-19 (PDF, 99kB)

Education

• Presentation: COVID-19 vaccination and pregnancy (PDF, 464kB) (updated Jan 2022)

Consumer information

• COVID-19 and pregnancy (PDF, 434kB)  (updated 05 Jan 2022)
• COVID-19 and breastfeeding (PDF, 302kB)
• COVID-19 vaccination and pregnancy
• COVID-19 vaccination: shared decision making guide for women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning pregnancy (Australian Department of Health resource)

Consumer information in other languages

• COVID-19 vaccination, pregnancy and breastfeeding (Australian Department of Health resource)

Guideline

• Clinical Guideline: Early pregnancy loss (PDF, 738kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Early pregnancy loss (PDF, 329kB)

Flowcharts

• Flowchart: Assessment of suspected early pregnancy loss (PDF, 104kB)
• Flowchart: Assessment of location and viability in suspected early pregnancy loss (PDF, 193kB)
• Flowchart: Ectopic pregnancy (PDF, 230kB)
• Flowchart: Stable intrauterine non-viable pregnancy (PDF, 105kB)

Education

• Presentation: Early pregnancy loss (PDF, 569kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Early pregnancy loss

Consumer information

• Ectopic pregnancy (PDF, 406kB)
• Pain and bleeding in pregnancy (PDF, 513kB)
• RhD negative blood type in pregnancy (PDF, 394kB)

Guideline

• Clinical Guideline: Early onset Group B streptococcal disease (PDF, 534kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Early onset Group B Streptococcal Disease (PDF, 295kB)

Flowcharts

• Flowchart: Maternal management of EOGBSD (PDF, 209kB)
• Flowchart: Neonatal management of EOGBSD (PDF, 78kB)

Education

• Presentation: Early onset Group B streptococcal disease (PDF, 642kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Early onset Group B streptococcal disease
• Videoconference recording: Early onset Group B streptococcal disease (Oct 2017)

Consumer information

• Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in pregnancy (PDF, 278kB)

ShortGUIDEs

• ShortGuide: Fetal movements (PDF, 154kB)
• ShortGuide Supplement: Fetal movements (PDF, 242kB)

Flowcharts

• Flowchart: Altered fetal movements (PDF, 74kB)

Additional resources

• Safer Baby Bundle and ImPROVE—eLearning guide for healthcare providers (Stillbirth CRE)
• Your baby's movements matter—Parent information (Stillbirth CRE)

Guideline

• Clinical Guideline: Gestational diabetes mellitus (PDF, 602kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Gestational diabetes mellitus (PDF, 339kB)

Flowcharts

• Flowchart: Screening and diagnosis during COVID-19 pandemic (PDF, 77kb)
• FAQ: GDM screening and diagnosis during COVID-19 pandemic (PDF, 72kB)
• Flowchart: Screening and diagnosis (PDF, 74kB)
• Flowchart: Intrapartum management for GDM requiring insulin and/or metformin (PDF, 57kB)
• Flowchart: Postpartum care (PDF, 73kB)
• Poster: Antenatal schedule of care (PDF, 100kB)

Education

• Presentation: Gestational diabetes mellitus (PDF,  244kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Gestational diabetes mellitus

Consumer information

Consumer information is available from the National Diabetes Support Scheme

The following consumer information was developed by the Statewide Diabetes Clinical Network, Queensland Health

• What is gestational diabetes (PDF, 611kB)
• Gestational Diabetes Mellitus booklet (PDF, 945kB)
• Gestational Diabetes Mellitus - Important postnatal information (PDF, 707kB)
• Health Eating for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (PDF, 2.84MB)
• Commencing Insulin therapy (PDF, 800kB)
• Metformin information (PDF, 540kB)

Additional resources

• Insulin Subcutaneous (Maternity) Order and Blood Glucose Record - Example form (PDF, 943kB)
• Insulin Intravenous Infusion (Maternity) Order / Intrapartum Blood Glucose Record - Example form (PDF, 884kB)
• Education presentation: Maternity insulin forms (PDF, 744kB)

Guideline

• Clinical Guideline: Hypertension and pregnancy (PDF, 618kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Hypertension and pregnancy (PDF, 268kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Management of eclampsia (PDF,72kB)
• Flowchart: Management of hypertension in pregnancy (PDF, 74kB)

Education

• Presentation: Hypertension and pregnancy (PDF, 978kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Hypertension and pregnancy

Consumer information

• High blood pressure (hypertension) in pregnancy (PDF, 648kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Induction of labour (PDF 389kB)
• Supplement: Induction of labour (PDF, 186kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Methods of induction of labour (IOL) (PDF, 119kB)
• Flowchart: Balloon catheter (PDF, 117kB)
• Flowchart: Prostaglandin E2 (Dinoprostone) (PDF, 107kB)
• Flowchart: Artificial rupture of membranes (PDF, 106kB)
• Flowchart: Oxytocin (PDF, 106kB)

Education

• Presentation: Induction of labour (PDF, 670kB)
• Presentation: Oxytocin protocol update Mar 2017 (PDF, 157kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Induction of labour
• Videoconference recording: Induction of labour (May 2017)

Consumer information

• Induction of labour (IOL) (PDF, 751kB)

ShortGUIDE

• ShortGUIDE: Instrumental vaginal birth (PDF, 167kB)
• Supplement: Instrumental vaginal birth (PDF, 211kB)

Education

• Education Presentation: Instrumental vaginal birth (PDF, 371kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Instrumental vaginal birth

Guideline

• Guideline: Intrapartum fetal surveillance (PDF, 491kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Intrapartum fetal surveillance (PDF, 205kB)

Flowcharts

• Flowchart: Abnormal fetal heart rate (PDF, 121kB)
• Reference chart: Interpretation of CTG (PDF, 106kB)
• Flowchart: Mode of fetal heart rate monitoring (PDF, 121kB)

Education

• Education Presentation: Intrapartum fetal surveillance (PDF, 384kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Intrapartum fetal surveillance

Consumer information

• Fetal monitoring in labour (PDF, 497kB)

Guidance

• Haemoglobin assessment and optimisation in maternity flowcharts
• Flowchart: Acute transfusion reactions
• Oral iron choices: A guide for maternity

Education

• Maternity blood management: Identification and management of iron deficiency and anaemia (PDF, 995kB)

Consumer information

• A guide to taking iron tablets (PDF, 261kB)

Additional resources

• Lifeblood (Australian Red Cross) Maternity: Toolkit for Maternity Blood Management  - Clinical guidance, clinician education, audit, and consumer information resources.

Guideline

• Guideline: Normal birth (PDF, 542kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Normal birth (PDF, 196kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Initial assessment (PDF, 104kB)
• Flowchart: First stage (PDF, 117kB)
• Flowchart: Second stage (PDF, 106kB)
• Flowchart: Third and fourth stages (PDF, 105kB)

Education

• Presentation: Normal birth (PDF, 869kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Normal birth

Consumer information

• Early labour (PDF, 275kB)

Additional resources

• National Antenatal Care Guideline
• Flowchart: Imminent birth (PDF, 420kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Obesity and pregnancy (including post bariatric surgery) (PDF, 616kB)
• Supplement: Obesity and pregnancy (including post bariatric surgery) (PDF, 250kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Obesity and pregnancy (including post bariatric surgery) (PDF, 118kB)

Education

• Presentation: Obesity and pregnancy (including post bariatric surgery) (PDF, 1639kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Obesity and pregnancy (including post bariatric surgery)
• Clinician education package related to obesity and pregnancy

Consumer information

• Pregnancy after bariatric surgery or with a weight above a health range (PDF,458kB)

Guideline

• Perinatal substance use: maternal (PDF, 384kB)
• Supplement: Perinatal substance use: maternal (PDF, 232kB)
• See also Perinatal substance use: neonatal

Flowcharts and Posters

• Flowchart: Perinatal substance use management (PDF, 43kB)

Education

• Presentation: Perinatal substance use: maternal (PDF, 440kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Perinatal substance use: maternal

Consumer information

• Substance use in pregnancy (PDF,356kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Perineal care (PDF, 683kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Perineal care (PDF, 465kB)

Flowcharts

• Flowchart: Antenatal and intrapartum perineal care (PDF, 88kB)
• Flowchart: Perineal assessment and repair (PDF, 82kB)

Education

• Presentation: Perineal care (PDF, 673kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Perineal care
• Video: Hands on or hands off? (5 min, 17MB) (New Dec 2018)

Consumer information

• Perineal tears (PDF, 676kB) (Updated Aug 2018)
• Third and fourth degree perineal tears (PDF, 811kB) (Updated Aug 2018)

ShortGUIDE

• ShortGUIDE: Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (PPROM) (PDF, 120kB)
• Supplement: Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (PPROM) (PDF, 210kB)

Education

• Education Presentation: Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (PPROM) (PDF, 361kB) (updated April 2022)
• Knowledge assessment: Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes

Consumer information

• Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (PPROM) (PDF, 820kB)

ShortGUIDE

• ShortGUIDE: Term prelabour rupture of membranes (PROM) (PDF, 141kB)
• Supplement: Term prelabour rupture of membranes (PROM) (PDF, 208kB)

Flowcharts

• Flowchart: Term prelabour rupture of membranes (PDF, 104kB)

Education

• Education Presentation: Term prelabour rupture of membranes (PROM) (PDF, 296kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Term prelabour rupture of membranes

Consumer information

• Term prelabour rupture of membranes (Term PROM) (PDF, 748kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Preterm labour and birth (PDF, 407kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Preterm labour and birth (PDF, 230kB)

Flowcharts

• Flowchart: Assessment and management of preterm labour and birth (PDF, 45kB)

Education

• Presentation: Preterm labour and birth (PDF, 683kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Preterm labour and birth

Consumer information

• Preterm labour and birth (PDF, 264kB)
• Transferring a sick or unwell baby (PDF, 360kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Primary postpartum haemorrhage (PDF, 769kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Primary postpartum haemorrhage (PDF, 213kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Initial response to PPH (PDF, 111kB)
• Flowchart: Massive haemorrhage protocol (PDF, 116kB)

Education

• Presentation: Primary postpartum haemorrhage (PDF, 935kB)
• Presentation: Oxytocin protocol update Mar 2017 (PDF, 157kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Primary postpartum haemorrhage

Consumer information

• Bleeding after birth (PDF, 525kB)
• Severe bleeding after birth (PDF, 403kB)

Guideline

• ShortGUIDE: Rheumatic heart disease and pregnancy (PDF, 177kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Rheumatic heart disease and pregnancy (PDF, 277kB)

Education

• Presentation: Rheumatic heart disease (PDF, 95kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Rheumatic heart disease and pregnancy

Guideline

• Guideline: Stillbirth care (PDF, 435kB)
• Guideline supplement: Stillbirth care (PDF, 234kB)

Flowcharts

• Flowchart: Summary management (PDF, 94kB)
• Flowchart: PSANZ investigations (PDF, 97kB)
• Flowchart: Reporting (PDF, 122kB)
• Flowchart: Scenario based reporting (PDF, 168kB)

Education

• Presentation: Stillbirth care (PDF, 462kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Stillbirth care

Consumer information

• Autopsy examination of a baby (PDF, 440kB)
• Grief after your baby dies (PDF, 200kB)
• What to expect after your baby dies(PDF, 387kB)

Additional resources

• Clinical practice guideline for the management of women with decreased fetal movements—clinical guideline, parent information and clinician education
• PSANZ Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Alliance—Patient information

Guideline

• Guideline: Syphilis in pregnancy (PDF, 735kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Syphilis in pregnancy (PDF, 189kB)

Flowcharts

• Flowchart: Antenatal care - Syphilis in pregnancy (PDF, 109kB)
• Flowchart: Baby care - Syphilis in pregnancy (PDF, 80kB)

Education

• Presentation: Syphilis in pregnancy (PDF, 480kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Syphilis in pregnancy

Consumer information

• Syphilis in pregnancy (PDF, 402kB)
• Syphilis in pregnancy and Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR) (PDF, 402kB)

Additional resources

• Young Deadly Free website - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sexual health resources (Developed by South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute)

Guideline

• Guideline: Termination of pregnancy (PDF, 423kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Termination of pregnancy (PDF, 217kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Summary of termination of pregnancy (PDF, 78kB)
• Flowchart: Medical termination with MS-2 Step (PDF, 130kB)

Education

• Presentation: Termination of pregnancy (PDF, 731kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Termination of pregnancy

Consumer information

• Termination of pregnancy (PDF, 749kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Trauma in pregnancy (PDF, 934kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Trauma in pregnancy (PDF, 228kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Initial assessment and management (PDF, 118kB)
• Flowchart: Secondary assessment and management (PDF, 118kB)

Education

• Presentation: Trauma in pregnancy (PDF, 997kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Trauma in pregnancy

Consumer information

• Seatbelts and pregnancy (PDF, 394kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Vaginal birth after caesarean (PDF, 356kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Vaginal birth after caesarean (PDF, 268kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) (PDF, 105kB)
• Flowchart: Decision-making framework after previous caesarean (PDF, 44kB)
• Checklist: Counselling for VBAC (PDF, 68kB)
• Checklist: VBAC management plan (PDF, 63kB)

Education

• Presentation: Vaginal birth after caesarean (PDF, 259kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Vaginal birth after caesarean

Consumer information

• Vaginal birth after caesarean (PDF, 538kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in pregnancy and the puerperium (PDF, 534kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in pregnancy and the puerperium (PDF, 377kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Assessment for pregnant and postpartum women (PDF, 145kB)
• Flowchart: Thromboprophylaxis according to risk (PDF, 150kB)
• Flowchart: Thromboprophylaxis if thrombophilia (PDF, 75kB)

Education

• Presentation: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in pregnancy and the puerperium (PDF, 351kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in pregnancy and the puerperium

Consumer information

• VTE in pregnancy (a blood clot in the vein) (PDF, 277kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Routine newborn assessment (PDF, 406kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Routine newborn assessment (PDF, 234kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Routine newborn assessment (PDF, 51kB)
• Flowchart: Pulse oximetry screening (PDF, 77kB)
• Flowchart: Management during pulse oximetry screening (PDF, 74kB)
• Flowchart: Newborn bloodspot screening test (PDF, 120kB)

Education

• Presentation: Routine newborn assessment (PDF, 747kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Routine newborn assessment

Consumer information

• Routine newborn assessment (PDF, 911kB)
• Newborn bloodspot screening test (PDF, 3881kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Establishing breastfeeding (PDF, 401kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Establishing breastfeeding (PDF, 234kB)

Flowcharts

• Management of the healthy term baby in the first 24–48 hours (PDF, 43kB)

Education

• Presentation: Establishing breastfeeding part 1: normal pathway (PDF, 804kB)
• Presentation: Establishing breastfeeding part 2: pathway variances (PDF, 187kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Establishing breastfeeding

Consumer information

• Breastfeeding your baby (PDF, 388kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Newborn hypoglycaemia (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Guideline Supplement: Newborn hypoglycaemia (PDF, 380kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Preventative care of the well at risk (for hypoglycaemia) newborn baby (PDF, 108kB)
• Flowchart: Management of hypoglycaemic newborn baby (BGL 1.5–2.5 mmol/L) (PDF, 78kB)
• Flowchart: Management of neonatal hypoglycaemia (baby symptomatic or BGL less than 1.5 mmol/L) (PDF, 81kB)

Education

• Presentation: Newborn hypoglycaemia (PDF, 229kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Newborn hypoglycaemia

Consumer information

• Newborn hypoglycaemia (PDF, 452kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (PDF, 504kB)
• Supplement: Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (PDF, 306kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Clinical features, investigations and management (PDF, 65kB)
• Flowchart: Criteria for therapeutic hypothermia (cooling)  (PDF, 69kB)
• Flowchart: Checklist for therapeutic hypothermia (cooling) (PDF, 100kB)
• Flowchart: Passive cooling (PDF, 81kB)

Education

• Presentation: Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (PDF, 392kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy

Consumer information

• Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (PDF, 441kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Neonatal jaundice (PDF, 786kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Neonatal jaundice (PDF, 203kB)

Flowcharts

• Flowchart: Management of neonatal jaundice (PDF, 112kB)

Nomograms for jaundice, phototherapy and exchange transfusion

• All nomograms updated (V2) April 29 2022
• Nomogram: Baby greater than 38 weeks (PDF, 563kB)
• Nomogram: Baby 35 to 37+6 weeks (PDF, 533kB)
• Nomogram: Baby less than 35 weeks and more than 1999 grams (PDF, 500kB)
• Nomogram: Baby less than 35 weeks and 1500-1999 grams (PDF, 507kB)
• Nomogram: Baby less than 35 weeks and 1000-1499 grams (PDF, 496kB)
• Nomogram: Baby less than 35 weeks and less than 1000 grams (PDF, 409kB)

Education

• Presentation: Neonatal jaundice (PDF, 570kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Neonatal jaundice

Consumer information

• Jaundice in newborn babies (PDF, 611kB)

NeoMedQ - Queensland Neonatal Medicines formulary

Guideline

• Guideline: Neonatal medicines (PDF, 322kB)
• Supplement: Neonatal medicines (PDF, 223kB)

Education

• Presentation: Neonatal medicines (PDF, 464kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Neonatal medicines

Guideline

• Guideline: Perinatal care of the extremely preterm baby (PDF, 512kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Perinatal care of the extremely preterm baby (PDF, 260kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Antenatal care where birth imminent or indicated at less than 25+6 weeks (PDF, 49kB)
• Flowchart: Consensus approach to resuscitation (PDF, 43kB)

Education

• Presentation: Perinatal care of the extremely preterm baby (PDF, 504kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Perinatal care of the extremely preterm baby

Consumer information

• Babies born very early (PDF, 324kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Perinatal substance use: neonatal (PDF, 512kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Perinatal substance use: neonatal (PDF, 233kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Management of neonatal abstinence syndrome (PDF, 229 kB)

Education

• Presentation: Perinatal substance use: neonatal (PDF, 439kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Perinatal substance use: neonatal

Consumer information

• Neonatal (newborn) abstinence syndrome (NAS) (PDF, 531kB)
• Antidepressants and your baby (PDF, 444kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Respiratory distress and CPAP (PDF, 446kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Respiratory distress and CPAP (PDF, 232kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Neonatal respiratory distress and CPAP ≥ 32 weeks GA (PDF, 83kB)

Education

• Presentation: Respiratory distress and CPAP (PDF, 482kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Respiratory distress and CPAP

Additional Resources

• Clinical skills workshops - Further information about workshops and the accompanying clinical learn resource

Guideline

• Guideline: Neonatal resuscitation (PDF, 720kB)
• Supplement: Neonatal resuscitation (PDF, 202kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Neonatal resuscitation (PDF, 325kB)
• Neonatal resuscitation reference chart (PDF, 751kB)
• Neonatal resuscitation equipment checklist (PDF, 230kB)

Education

• Presentation: Neonatal resuscitation (PDF, 603kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Neonatal resuscitation
• Videoconference recording: Neonatal resuscitation (Feb 2017)
• Recorded videoconference: Neonatal resuscitation and oxygen saturation monitoring (31 Aug 2017)
• Education video: Neonatal resuscitation (Mar 2017)

Consumer information

• Newborn resuscitation (PDF, 422kB)

Additional resources

• NeoResus Training Program—Online courses:
• NeoResus First Response (PARROT-C MC53)
• NeoResus Advanced (PARROT-C MC54)
• Baby CPR video for parents (Updated Sep 2019)—Video for parents and carers about how to resuscitate a baby. Developed by CPR Kids.

Consensus statement

• Consensus statement: Retinopathy of prematurity (PDF, 142kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Neonatal seizures (PDF, 525kB)
• Supplement: Neonatal seizures (PDF, 192kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Assessment and management (PDF, 129kB)
• Flowchart: Investigations (PDF, 130kB)
• Flowchart: Abnormal movements in newborn babies (PDF, 167kB)

Education

• Presentation: Neonatal seizures (PDF, 166kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Neonatal seizures
• Videoconference recording: Neonatal seizures (Aug 2017)

Consumer information

• Seizures in newborn babies (PDF, 479kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Neonatal stabilisation for retrieval (PDF, 413kB)
• Guideline Supplement: Neonatal stabilisation for retrieval (PDF, 189kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Flowchart: Antenatal transfer or retrieval (PDF, 98kB)
• Flowchart: Postnatal stabilisation and retrieval (PDF, 98kB)
• Checklist: Preparation for neonatal retrieval (PDF, 102kB)
• Flowchart: Respiratory distress (PDF, 80kB) (updated Jul 2018)

Education

• Presentation: Neonatal stabilisation for retrieval (PDF, 483kB) (Updated Jul 2018)
• Knowledge assessment: Neonatal stabilisation for retrieval

Consumer information

• Baby needing transfer (PDF, 694kB) (Updated May 2018)

Additional resources

• Online course: Neonatal Stabilisation (PARROT-C MC52)

Guideline

• Term small for gestational age baby (PDF, 1.8MB)
• Supplement: Term small for gestational age baby (PDF, 175kB)

Flowcharts and posters

• Term small for gestational age baby: Summary management (PDF, 108kB)

Education

• Presentation: Term small for gestation age baby (PDF, 895kB)
• Knowledge assessment: Term small for gestational age baby

Consumer information

• Small for gestational age baby (PDF, 842kB)

Guideline

• Guideline: Standard care (PDF, 233kB)
• Supplement: Standard care (PDF, 184kB)

Additional resources

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Branch - Guidelines for health professionals including effective and culturally appropriate communication, and resources for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and consumers

Queensland Health Informed Consent

• Partnering with the woman who declines recommended maternity care clinical guideline, information for women (consumers), and clinical forms.

• Maternity shared care (PDF, 275kB)
• Supplement: Maternity shared care (PDF, 213kB)