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NEO Hospital Pediatric TTX

NEO Hospital Pediatric TTX. During a mass casualty event all hospitals, regardless or services they provide, might receive critically ill or injured pediatric patients. Disaster preparedness drills have not consistently included or addressed the pediatric population.

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NEO Hospital Pediatric TTX

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  1. NEO Hospital Pediatric TTX

  2. During a mass casualty event all hospitals, regardless or services they provide, might receive critically ill or injured pediatric patients

  3. Disaster preparedness drills have not consistently included or addressed the pediatric population

  4. Most disaster and emergency response plans have taken into account needs of adults.

  5. This TTX was developed as an initial step to assist hospitals in preparing for needs of this special population.

  6. Children have unique needs and vulnerabilities on every level • Physical • Medical • Psychological • Emotional • Social

  7. To be properly prepared to respond, facilities should take these needs and vulnerabilities into account

  8. Children are not simply small adults

  9. Kids have unique characteristics Developmental and cognitive levels of children may impede their ability to escape danger

  10. Triage guidelines differ for children Kids have unique charactoristics

  11. Children require • Appropriately sized equipment/supplies • Age & weight appropriate medications-including antibiotics and antidotes

  12. Kids have unique characteristics • Higher respiratory rates per minute puts children at risk for greater exposure to aerosolized agents

  13. Kids have unique characteristics • More permeable skin and larger skin surface to mass ratio increases children’s exposure risk to some agents

  14. Kids have unique characteristics • Children have special susceptibilities to dehydration and shock

  15. Kids have unique characteristics • Children have an increased vulnerability to the effects of radiation exposure, requiring a more vigorous medical response than adults

  16. Kids have unique characteristics • Adult DECON units are not ideal for children • More susceptible to hypothermia during the DECON process

  17. Kids have unique characteristcs • Children with special health-care needs are particularly at risk if their survival depends upon medications or technology such as respirators

  18. Kids have unique characteristics • May not be capable of giving a medical history, depending on age and cognitive development

  19. Kids have unique characteristics • Limited coping and psychological resources

  20. Kids have unique characteristics • Typically do not carry identification and may become separated from parents/caregivers

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