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What goes on in a paediatric resuscitation room?

¹ Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK
² Senior Staff Nurse, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
I Higginson
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, PL6 8DH, UK; ian.higginson@phnt.swest.nhs.uk

Accepted 6 July 2005

Keywords: paediatrics; resuscitation; emergency service; hospital; emergency medical services; advanced cardiac life support

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We performed an activity analysis of the resuscitation room in our inner city paediatric emergency department. Data were entered prospectively onto a computer in the room by the nurse or doctor caring for each patient. Patient capture was checked against a separate audit in progress, and data retrospectively entered for missed patients (n = 7). The database was similar to that used in our adult resuscitation room,¹ but modified for paediatric use.

Between November 2003 and October 2004, 21 207 new patients attended the paediatric emergency department and 139 (0.7%) of these passed through resuscitation. This has implications when planning new facilities, and suggests that flexible or shared resuscitation facilities may be appropriate in units seeing similar numbers of children but where adults also attend.

The diagnosis of the resuscitation room patients is shown in table 1. The breadth of conditions is striking, but the data also tell us . . . [Full text of this article]