TY - JOUR
T1 - The 2021 toolkit for emergency preparedness and mitigation to combat surge of pediatric COVID-19 patients in India
T2 - The world health organization collaborating center for emergency and trauma in South East Asia recommendations
AU - Galwankar, Sagar
AU - Shah, Dheeraj
AU - Gist, Ramon
AU - Shah, Ami
AU - Krishnan, S.
AU - Arquilla, Bonnie
AU - Batra, Prerna
AU - Saha, Abhijeet
AU - Bhoi, Sanjeev
AU - Sinha, Tej
AU - Agrawal, Amit
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Contact for any child‑related emergency, 24 h a day. Counseling professionals provide free, confidential information, and referral services, 24 h a day. They have the latest information and where to go for help. Anyone can call. Help is available in several languages. Dedicated resources are also available for the ongoing COVID‑19 pandemic [See Box 1 and Appendix VI].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - The authors of this toolkit focus on children under the age of 18 comprising approximately 41% of the total population in India. This toolkit has been created with an objective to prepare, mitigate the effects of any surge of COVID-19 in our communities, and help to optimally utilize the scarce resources. The toolkit design suggests the manpower, equipment, laboratory support, training, consumables, and drugs for a 10-bedded pediatric emergency room, 25-bedded COVID pediatric intensive care unit, and 75-bedded COVID pediatric high dependency unit/ward as defined for a 100-bedded facility. A dedicated and detailed chapter is included to address the psychological needs of the children. These data can be modified for other department sizes based on the facilities, needs, local environment, and resources available.
AB - The authors of this toolkit focus on children under the age of 18 comprising approximately 41% of the total population in India. This toolkit has been created with an objective to prepare, mitigate the effects of any surge of COVID-19 in our communities, and help to optimally utilize the scarce resources. The toolkit design suggests the manpower, equipment, laboratory support, training, consumables, and drugs for a 10-bedded pediatric emergency room, 25-bedded COVID pediatric intensive care unit, and 75-bedded COVID pediatric high dependency unit/ward as defined for a 100-bedded facility. A dedicated and detailed chapter is included to address the psychological needs of the children. These data can be modified for other department sizes based on the facilities, needs, local environment, and resources available.
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U2 - 10.4103/jets.jets_112_21
DO - 10.4103/jets.jets_112_21
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85116869749
SN - 0974-2700
VL - 14
SP - 153
EP - 172
JO - Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
JF - Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
IS - 3
ER -