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; Patricia J O'Malley; Isabel A Barata; Sally K Snow

doi:10.1016/j.jen.2014.05.002

Death of a child in the emergency department

J Emerg Nurs. 2014 Jul;40(4):301-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2014.05.002.

Authors

American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee; Emergency Nurses Association Pediatric Committee; Patricia J O'Malley, Isabel A Barata, Sally K Snow

Collaborators

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 Benjamin, Kim Bullock, Elizabeth L Robbins, Toni K Gross, Elizabeth Edgerton, Tamar Magarik Haro, Angela Mickalide, Cynthia Wright, Lou E Romig, Sally K Snow, Lee S Benjamin, Isabel A Barata, Kiyetta Alade, 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, 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, Carrie DeMoor, James M Dy, Sean Fox, Robert J Hoffman, Mark Hostetler, David Markenson, Annalise Sorrentino, Michael Witt, Dan Sullivan, Stephanie Wauson, Joan Shook, Angela D Mickalide, Elizabeth Edgerton, Sally K Snow, Michael Vicioso, Shari A Herrin, Jason T Nagle, M Cadwell, Robin L Goodman, Mindi L Johnson, Warren D Frankenberger, Anne M Renaker, Flora S Tomoyasu, Deena Brecher, Kathy Szumanski, Dale Wallerich, Marlene Bokholdt, Paula Karnick, Leslie Gates, Christine Siwik

PMID: 24998713
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2014.05.002

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 Medicine*
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Humans
Organizational Policy*
Pediatrics*
Professional-Family Relations