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Frush K, Cinoman M, Bailey B, Hohenhaus S. [1996]. Office preparedness for pediatric emergencies provider manual. [Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services], 49 pp.

Annotation: This manual, which is part of the workshop entitled "Office Preparedness for Pediatric Emergencies, " is intended to educate pediatric primary care providers so they are prepared to provide emergency medical services for children (EMSC) in their offices if the need arises. The first chapter explains how office staff including receptionists can identify an emergency. The second chapter discusses contacting regular EMSC services. The third chapter has some mock codes to run in the office. The fourth chapter is protocols for office emergencies. The fifth chapter discusses teaching families to handle emergencies at home until help arrives. The last sections of the manual have an office equipment list, an office medications list, a mock code log form, emergency drug doses, and a mock code evaluation form. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Codes, Drug dosages, Emergency medical services for children, Families, Life support care, Manuals, Medicine, North Carolina, Physicians', Planning, Primary care facilities, Protocols, offices

Frush,K, Cinoman M, Bailey B, Hohenhaus S. [1996]. Office preparedness for pediatric emergencies instructor manual. [Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services], 27 pp.

Annotation: This manual is intended for instructors who are teaching the workshop entitled "Office Preparedness for Pediatric Emergencies." The goal of the workshop is to improve integration of primary care providers into the North Carolina Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) system by enhancing provider pediatric emergency skills and familiarity with EMSC. The manual begins by describing instructor qualifications and the instructor role in individual office workshops or in multi-practice or conference workshops. It includes mock codes to demonstrate. Appendices contain ten forms or sample letters. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Codes, Emergency medical services for children, Manuals, North Carolina, Physicians', Planning, Primary care facilities, Trainers, offices

Elster A, Panzarine S, Holt K, eds. 1993. American Medical Association State-of- the-Art Conference on Adolescent Health Promotion: Proceedings. Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 73 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings summarize the material presented at a conference convened by the American Medical Association in May 1992, during which a group of national experts met to identify strategies for expanding comprehensive and multidisciplinary health promotion directed toward adolescents. The goal of the conference was to develop a set of principles to guide policymakers and administrators to initiate, improve, and integrate adolescent health promotion and preventive strategies provided in medical, school, and community settings. The proceedings present an overview of adolescent health promotion issues; health promotion viewed from the adolescent's perspective and from a cultural and ethnic perspective; and a review of research data on reinforcement of preventive messages across the adolescent's environment. The final section summarizes the conference participants' discussions of health promotion provided within medical offices, schools, and communities. The publication of these proceedings was funded by the American Medical Association.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHG010.

Keywords: Adolescents, Communities, Conference proceedings, Health promotion, Physicians', Schools, offices

U.S. Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, National Institute of Mental Health, Center for Studies of Child and Family Mental Health. 1978. Parent education in a pediatric clinic. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Center for Studies of Child and Family Mental Health, 9 pp. (Parent-child program series; 5)

Annotation: This report provides an overview of an approach to parent training in pediatric clinics. A learning laboratory for low income parents, children, and staff is described which assists parents in helping their youngsters develop intellectually and emotionally. The curriculum, program staffing and staff development, special resources and facilities, and program impact are discussed.

Keywords: Child development, Low income groups, Parents, Pediatric care, Physicians', offices
   

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