RT Book, Section
A1 Tarantino, Celeste A.
A2 Tenenbein, Milton
A2 Macias, Charles G.
A2 Sharieff, Ghazala Q.
A2 Yamamoto, Loren G.
A2 Schafermeyer, Robert
SR Print(0)
ID 1155750453
T1 Death of a Child in the Emergency Department
T2 Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259860751
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155750453
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  death  of  a  child  in  an  emergency  department  (ED)  has  profound  effects  on  the  surviving  family  members  as  well  as  the  physicians  and  other  ED  staff  caring  for  the  child.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.