Error and time delay in pediatric trauma resuscitation: addressing the problem with color-coded resuscitation aids.
This article concentrates on two pediatric specific factors operational in pediatrics therapeutics 1) the necessity to perform calculations; and 2) the lack of recognition of significant pediatric error. Resuscitation aids and their optimal function in pediatric trauma resuscitation are examined.
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, USA.
Robert
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D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D012151:Resuscitation; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*