Staat de spoedeisende hulp klaar om hulp te bieden aan kinderen?

Joint policy statement--guidelines for care of children in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med 2009 Oct;54(4):543-52

Kinderen op de spoedeisende hulp hebben unieke behoeften, met name bij ernstige noodsituaties of levensbedreigende situaties. De meerderheid van zieke en gewonde kinderen worden naar spoedeisende hulp afdelingen gebracht op grond van hun geografische ligging binnen gemeenschappen. Op eenzelfde manier nemen ambulancediensten het grootste deel van de spoedeisende zorg aan kinderen buiten het ziekenhuis voor hun rekening. Het is daarom van cruciaal belang dat alle spoedeisende hulp afdelingen beschikken over de juiste middelen (medicijnen, apparatuur, beleid en onderwijs) en het personeel effectief eerste hulp kan bieden aan kinderen. Deze verklaring geeft middelen die nodig zijn om ervoor te zorgen dat spoedeisende hulp afdelingen klaar zijn om de zorg voor kinderen van alle leeftijden te kunnen geven, van pasgeborenen tot adolescenten . Deze richtlijnen zijn in overeenstemming met de aanbevelingen in het Institute of Medicine verslag over de toekomst van spoedeisende hulp in de Verenigde Staten

Children who require emergency care have unique needs, especially when emergencies are serious or life threatening. The majority of ill and injured children are brought to community hospital emergency departments (EDs) by virtue of their geography within communities. Similarly, emergency medical services (EMS) agencies provide the bulk of out-of-hospital emergency care to children. It is imperative, therefore, that all hospital EDs have the appropriate resources (medications, equipment, policies, and education) and staff to provide effective emergency care for children. This statement outlines resources necessary to ensure that hospital EDs stand ready to care for children of all ages, from neonates to adolescents. These guidelines are consistent with the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine's report on the future of emergency care in the United States health system. Although resources within emergency and trauma care systems vary locally, regionally, and nationally, it is essential that hospital ED staff and administrators and EMS systems' administrators and medical directors seek to meet or exceed these guidelines in efforts to optimize the emergency care of children they serve. This statement has been endorsed by the American Pediatric Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Physician Assistants, American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, American College of Surgeons, American Heart Association, American Medical Association, Brain Injury Association of America, Child Health Corporation of America, Children's National Medical Center, Family Voices, National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, National Association of EMS Physicians, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, National Association of State EMS Officials, National Committee for Quality Assurance, National PTA, Safe Kids USA, Society of Trauma Nurses, The Joint Commission, American Pediatric Surgical Association, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

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