title: Pre-hospital assessment of a child under one year old with fever.
abstract: Parents often bring children with a fever to primary and emergency care settings. This article uses a case study to explore the assessment of children with a fever in pre-hospital settings using the three-minute toolkit, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence fever guidelines and the baby check score. It also highlights some educational resources for parents, designed to help them recognise when to seek clinical advice for their children.
authors.affiliation: Swadlincote Surgery, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, and at the time of writing was emergency nurse practitioner, minor injuries unit, Sir Robert Peel Hospital, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
keywords: assessment; baby check; baby score; emergency nurse; fever; pyrexia; temperature