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.
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Robert
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, USA.
D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D012151:Resuscitation; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*