A joint policy statement from the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics lists guidelines and resources that should be in place for emergency departments to serve paediatric patients. Well worth a look through while asking yourself whether your ED ticks all the boxes.
Joint Policy Statement—Guidelines for Care of Children in the Emergency Department
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A similar, even more comprehensive, document by these organisations’ UK counterparts was published in 2007
Services for Children in Emergency Departments
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