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Emergency care for children : growing pains /

Children represent a special challenge for emergency care providers, because they have unique medical needs in comparison to adults. For decades, policy makers and providers have recognized the special needs of children, but the system has been slow to develop an adequate response to their needs. Th...

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Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Pediatric emergencies.
Pediatric intensive care.
Children > Wounds and injuries > Treatment.
Emergency medical services.
Children.
Infants.
Child
Infant
Child Health Services > organization & administration
Emergency Medical Services > organization & administration
Emergency Medical Services
emergency medical centers.
children (people by age group)
infants.
United States
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780309659642
0309659647
9786610844401
6610844402
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Study context
  • Need for a separate report on pediatric emergency care
  • Study objectives and framework
  • Key terms and definitions
  • Organization of the report
  • History and current state of pediatric emergency care
  • Development of emergency care for children
  • Pediatric emergency care in 2006
  • Quality of care
  • Reimbursement for pediatric emergency care, Building a 21st-century emergency and trauma care system
  • Goal 1: coordination
  • Goal 2: regionalization
  • Goal 3: accountability
  • Current approaches
  • Need for a demonstration program
  • Reducing barriers to implementation
  • The emergency medical services for children program
  • Arming the emergency care workforce with pediatric Knowledge and skills
  • Prehospital emergency care
  • Emergency department clinicians
  • Supporting the workforce to improve pediatric emergency care
  • Improving the quality of pediatric emergency care
  • Patient safety in the emergency care setting
  • Improving safety for pediatric patients
  • Advances in technology and information systems
  • The importance of family-centered care
  • Improving emergency preparedness and response for children involved in disasters
  • Caring for children in disasters
  • Improving response to disasters for pediatric victims
  • Building the evidence base for pediatric emergency care
  • Early development of pediatric emergency care research
  • Continued need for research
  • Addressing barriers to pediatric emergency care research.

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