TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Death of a Child in the Emergency Department A1 - Tarantino, Celeste A. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. PY - 2014 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e AB - The death of a child in an emergency department (ED) has profound effects on physicians as well as surviving family members.The language used when telling parents their child is dead should be direct and nonjudgmental.Parents and family members should be offered an opportunity to hold and spend time with their child after the death.Immediate notification of an organ donation authority is required.Most cases of unexplained pediatric deaths require an autopsy. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105688288 ER -