04976nam 2200649Ia 450 991082853720332120200520144314.01-280-19659-997866101965930-309-58544-90-585-00240-1(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|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEmergency medical services for children /Jane S. Durch and Kathleen N. Lohr, editors1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academy Press19931 online resource (xvi, 396 pages)"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 emergenciesPediatric emergency servicesPlanning.Pediatric emergencies.362.1/8/083Durch Jane1092318Lohr Kathleen N.1941-1610164Institute of Medicine (U.S.).Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medical Services.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828537203321Emergency medical services for children4031191UNINA