How Comfortable Are Community-Hospital Emergency Physicians And Nurses With Emergency Pediatrics? Check out this recent survey.

While the primary focus of this survey was to assess the obstacles that impede effective interventions for pediatric septic shock found in non-pediatric emergency departments 75% of emergency physicians surveyed indicated they are only ‘slightly’ comfortable with pediatrics in general, and 90% indicated they lack knowledge about pediatric sepsis. Physicians frequently commented that “symptoms displayed by children are so subtle that sepsis and septic shock are often missed”. 100% of emergency physicians and nurses surveyed indicated that they desire additional pediatric education.

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