List Archives

Fri Apr 21 07:30:55 BST 2006

Spent 2 hours yesterday resuscitating a 7 day old baby - not trauma, but
still rather sick. Parents were present all the time. We all made a
conscious effort to keep them up to speed. Parents were very sensible, as
has always been my experience.
Nick Macartney 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org 
> [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Davidson
> Sent: 20 April 2006 18:21
> To: trauma-list at trauma.org
> Subject: Witnessed Paeds Resus - your views
> 
> Dear All
> 
> Following a recent discussion with some fellow med students 
> regarding witnessed resuscitation in paediatric trauma/arrest 
> - I was interested to hear the views of those more qualified 
> than myself! 
> 
> Bearing in mind the following (non-typical) scenario:
> 
> Father arrives at ED carrying 6 year old child - involved in 
> vehicle versus pedestrian MVA. Father transported child to 
> hospital - no EMS involvement. Nursing staff take child from 
> father and rush her to resuscitation area and issue a trauma 
> call. The child is making no respiratory effort, is mutiply 
> injured and is in cardiac arrest. The frantic father demands 
> to be present for the resuscitation attempt but is asked to 
> remain outside - much to his distress.
> 
> I have read with interest various published materials 
> regarding witness adult resus - but was interested to hear 
> your views (and experiences) regarding paeds patients.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> --
> trauma-list : TRAUMA.ORG
> To change your settings or unsubscribe visit:
> http://www.trauma.org/traumalist.html
> 
> 

List Archives

For your convenience, find the Trauma List Archive Below

Witnessed Paeds Resus - your views