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Emergency Medicine Journal 2004;21:595-605; doi:10.1136/emj.2004.017780
© 2004 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the College of Emergency Medicine.
Emerg Med J 2004; 21:595-605
© 2004 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine, & Faculty of Accident & Emergency Medicine

PREHOSPITAL CARE

The ABC of community emergency care

6 Assessment and management of paediatric primary survey negative patients

F Jewkes1, M Woollard2

1 Wiltshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, UK
2 Pre-hospital Care Research Unit, Department of Academic Emergency Medicine, The James Cook University Hospital/University of Teesside, UK

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Mr M Woollard
Department of Academic Emergency Medicine, Education Centre, The James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UK; Malcolm.woollard@ukgateway.net

Keywords: community care; paediatrics; paramedic; emergency care practitioner

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

This paper describes the assessment and findings associated with illnesses that commonly affect children. It aims to be a guide to common presentations and treatment rather than a comprehensive review of all paediatric conditions. A previous article has described the identification and initial management of potentially life threatening problems. Box 1Go describes the objectives for this article.


Box 1 Article objectives

Objectives

  1. To describe the approach to the secondary survey in children and its main features
  2. To discuss differential diagnosis for children with common presenting symptoms
  3. To describe the differential diagnosis, management, and disposition of children with a range of common conditions
  4. To review indicators of the need for hospital referral
  5. To describe the care of common problems affecting technologically assisted children
  6. To consider the importance of communication in the care of the sick child


SECONDARY SURVEY

A secondary survey will be required on all children who have . . . [Full text of this article]


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