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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 396 pages)
• Disciplina: 362.1/8/083
• Soggetto topico: Pediatric emergency services - United States - Planning; Pediatric emergencies
• Altri autori: DurchJane LohrKathleen N. <1941->
• 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""
• Sommario/riassunto: How can we meet the special needs of children for emergency medical services (EMS) when today's EMS systems are often unprepared for the challenge? This comprehensive overview of EMS for children (EMS-C) provides an answer by presenting a vision for tomorrow's EMS-C system and practical recommendations for attaining it. Drawing on many studies and examples, the volume explores why emergency care for children--from infants through adolescents--must differ from that for adults and describes what seriously ill or injured children generally experience in today's EMS systems. The book points the way to integrating EMS-C into current emergency programs and into broader aspects of health care for children. It gives recommendations for ensuring access to emergency care through the 9-1-1 system; training health professionals, from paramedics to physicians; educating the public; providing proper equipment, protocols, and referral systems; improving communications among EMS-C providers; enhancing data resources and expanding research efforts; and stimulating and supporting leadership in EMS-C at the federal and state levels. For those already deeply involved in EMS efforts, this volume is a convenient, up-to-date, and comprehensive source of information and ideas. More importantly, for anyone interested in improving the emergency services available to children--emergency care professionals from emergency medical technicians to nurses to physicians, hospital and EMS administrators, public officials, health educators, children's advocacy groups, concerned parents and other responsible adults--this timely volume provides a realistic plan for action to link EMS-C system components into a workable structure that will better serve all of the nation's children.
• Titolo autorizzato: Emergency medical services for children
• ISBN: 9786610196593; 9781280196591; 1280196599; 9780309585446; 0309585449; 9780585002408; 0585002401
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960964103321
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