Provision of Care for Critically Ill Children in Disasters
| Autor: | Mitchell Hamele, Ramon E Gist, Niranjan Kissoon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Critical Care
business.industry Critically ill Poison control Human factors and ergonomics 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Disaster Planning General Medicine Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Disasters 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030228 respiratory system Nursing Critical illness Injury prevention Medicine Humans Triage business Child Disaster planning |
| Zdroj: | Critical care clinics. 35(4) |
| ISSN: | 1557-8232 |
| Popis: | Children are affected by all types of disasters disproportionately compared with adults. Despite this, planning and readiness to care for children in disasters is suboptimal locally, nationally, and internationally. These planning gaps increase the likelihood that a disaster will have a greater negative impact on children when compared with adults. New voluntary regional coalitions have been developed to fill this gap. Some are pediatric focused or have pediatrics well integrated into the greater coalition. This article discusses key points of pediatric disaster planning, specific vulnerabilities, and the care of children in general and in specific disaster situations. |
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