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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2007.
Colección:Future of emergency care.
Temas:
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
Urgences en pédiatrie.
Soins intensifs en pédiatrie.
Enfants > Lésions et blessures > Traitement.
Services des urgences médicales.
Enfants.
Nourrissons.
emergency medical centers.
children (people by age group)
infants.
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Infants
Children
Children > Wounds and injuries > Treatment
Emergency medical services
Pediatric emergencies
Pediatric intensive care
United States
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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