Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Dec 2014
Prehospital paediatric burn care: New priorities in paramedic reporting.
The present study evaluates the prehospital care of paediatric burn patients in Queensland (QLD). As first aid (FA) treatment has been shown to affect burn progression and outcome, the FA treatment and the risk of associated hypothermia in paediatric patients were specifically examined in the context of paramedic management of burn patients. ⋯ Despite FA and patient temperatures being important prognostic factors for burn patients, paramedic documentation of these was often incomplete, and there was no consistent use of burns dressings.
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Emerg Med Australas · Dec 2014
Management of retrieval service patients within a paediatric emergency department.
The Victorian Paediatric Emergency Transport Service (PETS) transports critically unwell children to tertiary paediatric hospitals. Children not directly admitted to ICU go to a tertiary ED. These patients might require prolonged and high-level care. In light of the National Emergency Access Target, we describe this cohort, clinical care needs and process measures. ⋯ Most patients retrieved to the ED ultimately go to a ward rather than ICU and most have an ED stay in excess of National Emergency Access Target. Several retrieval associated care issues, such as timely and appropriate ward disposition, can be addressed by administrative changes.
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Emerg Med Australas · Dec 2014
Biography Historical ArticleIan Jacobs: From paramedic to professor, 1958-2014.