04886nam 2200649Ia 450 991045590430332120200520144314.01-280-19659-997866101965930-309-58544-90-585-00240-1(CKB)110986584751290(EBL)3376048(SSID)ssj0000145834(PQKBManifestationID)11163916(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000145834(PQKBWorkID)10181897(PQKB)11046536(MiAaPQ)EBC3376048(Au-PeEL)EBL3376048(CaPaEBR)ebr10055041(CaONFJC)MIL19659(OCoLC)923260669(EXLCZ)9911098658475129019930415d1993 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEmergency medical services for children[electronic resource] /Jane S. Durch and Kathleen N. Lohr, editorsWashington, D.C. National Academy Press19931 online resource (416 p.)"Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medical Services, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine."0-309-04888-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""Pediatric emergency servicesUnited StatesPlanningPediatric emergenciesElectronic books.Pediatric emergency servicesPlanning.Pediatric emergencies.362.1/8/083Durch Jane889513Lohr Kathleen N.1941-873647MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455904303321Emergency medical services for children1996051UNINA