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Physicians in the emergency department
Pediatrics (Child and Adolescent Medicine)
Paediatric emergency medicine
Paediatric emergency medicine: field of use of the target group Physicians in the emergency department, 6 evidence records from DE, AT, CH, US.
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Countries with evidence
DE, AT, CH, US
Evidence
6
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Typical tasks
- First-line care around the clock for acutely ill children and adolescents
- Triage and prioritise children by urgency, including when several arrive at once
- Assess vital signs and oxygen saturation and act immediately on abnormal findings Patient monitor Fingertip pulse oximeter
- Resuscitate children and newborns and lead resuscitation teams Manual defibrillator Manual resuscitator (bag-valve mask) Emergency trolley
- Airway management and ventilation, interpreting blood gases and capnography Manual resuscitator (bag-valve mask) Blood gas analyser Capnograph
- Vascular and intraosseous access, also ultrasound-guided Intraosseous access device Point-of-care ultrasound device
- Calculate emergency drug doses in advance Medical dose calculator software
- Bedside emergency ultrasound such as paediatric FAST, cardiac and lung Point-of-care ultrasound device
- Analgosedation for minor procedures and for MRI and CT Patient monitor
- Minor procedures such as wound suturing, foreign body removal and fracture reduction Surgical suture
Devices and systems
- Point-of-care ultrasound device
- Blood gas analyser
- Patient monitor
- Manual resuscitator (bag-valve mask)
- Surgical suture
- Manual defibrillator
- Electronic health record (EHR)
- Intensive care ventilator
- Intraosseous access device
- Capnograph
- Digital contact thermometer
- Medical dose calculator software
- Medical gas pipeline system
- Emergency trolley
- Patient warming device
- Fingertip pulse oximeter
Part of this profile
Sources
- Pädiatrische Notfall- und Intensivmedizin, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Fachbereich Medizin, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin am Universitätsklinikum Marburg (DE)
- Versorgungsalgorithmus für die Behandlung nichttraumatologisch kritisch kranker Kinder und Jugendlicher im Schockraum: der Päd(PR_E-)AUD2IT-Algorithmus, Notfall + Rettungsmedizin (Springer Medizin), Autor:innen aus deutschen Kliniken und den DGINA-Arbeitsgruppen Schockraum und Kindernotaufnahme, Repositorium der Universität Augsburg (DE)
- Jahresbericht 2023 der Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Medizinische Universität Wien, Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (AT)
- Fordernde Eltern und Deeskalation durch Triagesysteme in Notfallambulanzen, Vortrag der Leitung der Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde Wien, veröffentlicht vom Institut für Ethik und Recht in der Medizin der Universität Wien (AT)
- Facharzt für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Anhang 12: Schwerpunkt Kindernotfallmedizin, Schweizerisches Institut für ärztliche Weiter- und Fortbildung (SIWF), FMH (CH)
- Schwerpunkt Kindernotfallmedizin, Notfallzentrum für Kinder und Jugendliche, Inselspital Bern (CH)
- Meine Weiterbildungsstelle Kinder- und Jugendmedizin am Kinderspital Aarau, Kantonsspital Aarau, Kinderspital (CH)
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Children's Minnesota (US)
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Overview, Atrium Health, Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, North Carolina (US)
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Education and Training, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Department of Pediatrics (US)