Death of a child in the emergency department

American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee; Emergency Nurses Association Pediatric Committee

doi:10.1542/peds.2014-1245

Death of a child in the emergency department

Pediatrics. 2014 Jul;134(1):198-201. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-1245.

Authors

American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee; Emergency Nurses Association Pediatric Committee

Collaborators

Patricia J O'Malley, Isabel A Barata, Sally K Snow, Joan E Shook, Alice D Ackerman, Thomas H Chun, Gregory P Conners, Nanette C Dudley, Susan M Fuchs, Marc H Gorelick, Natalie E Lane, Brian R Moore, Joseph L Wright, Lee S Benjamin, Kiyetta Alade, Joseph Arms, Jahn T Avarello, Steven Baldwin, Kathleen Brown, Richard M Cantor, Ariel Cohen, Ann Marie Dietrich, Paul J Eakin, Marianne Gausche-Hill, Michael Gerardi, Charles J Graham, Doug K Holtzman, Jeffrey Hom, Paul Ishimine, Hasmig Jinivizian, Madeline Joseph, Sanjay Mehta, Aderonke Ojo, Audrey Z Paul, Denis R Pauze, Nadia M Pearson, Brett Rosen, W Scott Russell, Mohsen Saidinejad, Harold A Sloas, Gerald R Schwartz, Orel Swenson, Jonathan H Valente, Muhammad Waseem, Paula J Whiteman, Dale Woolridge, Michael Vicioso, Jason T Nagle, Anne M Renaker, Flora Tomoyasu, Sue Cadwell, Shari Herrin, Deena Brecher

PMID: 24958579
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-1245

Abstract

The American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Emergency Nurses Association have collaborated to identify practices and principles to guide the care of children, families, and staff in the challenging and uncommon event of the death of a child in the emergency department in this policy statement and in an accompanying technical report.

Keywords: child; death; emergency department; nurse; pediatrician.

Publication types

Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Child
Death*
Emergencies*
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Humans