[Care organization at French pediatric emergency department]

Rev Prat. 2015 May;65(5):627-30.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The number of children admitted to paediatric emergencies is increasing steadily, and is responsible for an altered quality in the patients' reception and some major perturbations in the care organization. In this context, the primary care physicians play a major role in explaining their patients "how to use" the paediatric emergency department (priority in case of vital emergency, periods with lot of admissions and increased waiting time ...). Everything must be done to find an altemative to the pediatric emergency department passage by facilitating communication between caregivers and for example by offering semi urgent consultations possibility.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child Health Services / methods
  • Child Health Services / organization & administration
  • Critical Care / organization & administration*
  • Critical Pathways / organization & administration
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / organization & administration*
  • France
  • Humans
  • Pediatrics / organization & administration*