Childhood emergencies in the office, hospital, and community : organizing systems of care /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Elk Grove Village, IL :
American Academy of Pediatrics,
[2000]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Practitioner preparation
- Role of the primary-care physician in EMS-C
- Training programs for the office practitioner and staff
- Preparing the parent and child to cope with emergencies
- Psychological first aid for children who witness violence
- Pt. 2. Office preparation
- Preparing the medical home for emergencies
- Analgesia and sedation in the office
- Emergency services and managed care
- Surgery in the office
- Available on-line resources
- Pt. 3. Hospital preparation
- The community hospital emergency department
- Making the environment child friendly
- The pediatric critical care center
- Death of a child
- Pt. 4. Community preparation
- Out-of-hospital care of pediatric patients
- Children with special healthcare needs and EMS-C
- Disasters, mass casualty events, and disaster preparedness
- Delivering pediatric emergency care in rural communities
- Legal aspects of the provision of emergency care
- Emergencies at school
- Advocating for emergency care of children
- Pt. 5. Transport
- Office-to-hospital transport
- Interfacility transport of pediatric patients
- Pt. 6. Prevention
- Injury prevention and control in a system of pediatric emergency care
- Immunization
- Family violence and EMS-C
- Pt. 7. EMS-C at the national level
- The federal EMS-C program.