Emergency medical services for children / / Jane S. Durch and Kathleen N. Lohr, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828537203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993
• ISBN: 1-280-19659-9; 9786610196593; 0-309-58544-9; 0-585-00240-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 396 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): DurchJane; LohrKathleen N. <1941->
• Disciplina: 362.1/8/083
• Soggetti: Pediatric emergency services - United States - Planning; Pediatric emergencies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medical Services, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Emergency Medical Services for Children""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""RECOGNIZING A NEED FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN""; ""Origins of the Study and Report""; ""A Vision of Emergency Medical Services for Children""; ""Children and Why They Need Special Attention""; ""Epidemiological Considerations""; ""Key Historical Developments""; ""PRIORITY ISSUES IN IMPROVING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN""; ""Education and Training""; ""Programs for the Public""; ""Programs for Health Care Professionals""; ""Putting Essential Tools in Place"" ""Communication""; ""Public Access to Emergency Services""; ""Communication Within EMS Systems""; ""Communication About EMS-C""; ""Planning, Evaluation, and Research""; ""Meeting Data Needs for Planning and Evaluation""; ""Research""; ""Leadership at the Federal and State Levels""; ""Agencies and Advisory Councils""; ""Funding""; ""LOOKING TO THE FUTURE""; ""Issues of Benefits and Costs""; ""A Changing Health Care Environment""; ""Health Care Reform""; ""Special Challenges to EMS and ; EMS-C""; ""FINAL THOUGHTS""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""THE ISSUE: ENSURING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE FOR CHILDREN WHO NEED IT"" ""THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE STUDY""; ""Origins of the Study""; ""Conduct of the Study""; ""A VISION OF THE IDEAL SYSTEM: ESTABLISHING CRITICAL LINKAGES""; ""Linking Components of EMS-C""; ""Linking Children to EMS""; ""Linking Emergency Care to Children's Health Care""; ""GUIDING PRINCIPLES""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT""; ""AUDIENCE FOR THIS REPORT""; ""THE COMMITTEE'S GOAL""; ""NOTE""; ""2 Risking Our Children's Health: A Need for Emergency Care ""; ""DEFINITIONS""; ""Children""; ""Emergency Medical Services""; ""WHY CHILDREN NEED SPECIAL ATTENTION" """Children Differ from Adults""; ""Anatomy and Physiology""; ""Emotional and Behavioral Development""; ""Patterns of Morbidity and Mortality""; ""Special Concerns in Caring for Children""; ""Recognizing Serious Illness and Injury""; ""Treating Children""; ""Helping Children with Special Health Care Needs""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD EMERGENCIES""; ""Injury""; ""Illness""; ""Other Aspects of Pediatric Emergencies""; ""Settings for Emergency Care""; ""Emergencies Encountered in the Pediatrician's Office""; ""Prehospital Care""; ""ED Care""; ""General Inpatient Settings"" ""Intensive or Specialized Inpatient Care""; ""Rehabilitation Services""; ""COSTS OF INJURY AND ILLNESS""; ""Injury""; ""Illness""; ""Nonmonetary Costs""; ""SUMMARY""; ""NOTES""; ""3 Emergency Medical Services Systems: Origins and Operations ""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF EMS AND EMS SYSTEMS""; ""The 1960's and Earlier""; ""Recognizing a Need""; ""Initial Responses""; ""Other Activities""; ""The 1970's""; ""EMS in General""; ""Children and EMS""; ""The 1980's to the Present""; ""The Federal Role in EMS""; ""Other Developments into the 1980's""; ""Concerns Emerging in the 1980's""