Paediatric triage in South Africa : where are we?
Index to South African Periodicals
- Date
- 2013-01-01
- Language
- English
- Media Type
- research article
- Pages
- 26-28
- Keywords
- recommendations, benefits, Paediatrics, Triage, Cardiac arrest, Etat, South African Triage Scale, Integrated management of childhood illness, IMCI, SATS, International peadiatric triage tools, Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment
- Author(s)
- Buys, H.
- Publication Title
- CME Continuing medical education journal
- Volume
- 31
- ISSN
- 1016-6742
- Description
- Discusses the outcome of paediatric cardiac arrests. Stresses the critical need for healthcare staff to recognise the early signs of cardiovascular compromise and use timely interventions to halt further deterioration in children presenting at emergency units.
- Subject
- CHILDREN, MEDICINE