Preparedness of selected pediatric offices to respond to critical emergencies in children

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 694-698

  Santillanes, Genevieve ^a   Gausche Hill, Marianne ^a,b,c   Sosa, Bernardo ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Office emergencies; Office preparedness

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; NALOXONE; OXYGEN; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG STORAGE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASK; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PEDIATRIC WARD; PEDIATRICIAN; SUCTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALBUTEROL; ANTICONVULSANTS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; OXYGEN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; TRANQUILIZING AGENTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 33751181237     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000238744.73735.0e     Document Type: Article

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