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Synopsis
Enhance phone-care quality and efficiency with this newly revised AAP best seller. Authored by telehealth pioneer Dr Barton D. Schmitt, it features more than 140 tested decision-support protocols spanning 98% of everyday pediatric complaints. Here's how to assess everything from diarrhea and influenza exposure to food reactions, spider bite, and trauma.
Expanded and optimized for efficient, on-target triage
16 ALL-NEW PROTOCOLS - Abdominal injury
- Neck injury
- Psychosocial problems
- Strep follow-up call
- Whooping cough exposure
- Finger or toe injury
- Penis-scrotum symptoms
- Vaginal bleeding
- Vaginal symptoms or discharge
- Back injury
- Chest injury
- Dizziness
- Fire-ant sting
- Foreskin care
- Measles exposure
- Menstrual period - missed or late
NEW CONTENT UPDATES-more than 90% of all protocols revised, many extensively
NEW TABBED FORMAT-speeds access to sections on
- Infants
- Exposures
- Emergencies
- Injuries
- OTC meds
- A-Z (all protocols)
Handle calls with complete confidence...- Highlighted assessment questions
- Home care instructions
- Medication questions, dosages, and recommendations
- Detailed user's guide
- Reproducible log sheets
- Quality assurance checklist
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Synopsis
Authored by renowned telehealth pioneer Barton D. Schmitt, MD, FAAP, Pediatric Telephone Protocols provides proven solutions for consistently high-quality telephone care. This popular AAP resource features more than 140 tested decision-support protocols spanning 98% of common pediatric complaints - everything from abdominal injury and measles exposure to whooping cough, tick bite, and trauma. Here's the help triagers need to handle calls with complete confidence. NEW 15th Edition - updated and renovated from cover to cover NEW Tabbed Layout for ease of use and grouped into 7 sections - Infants, A-Z, Exposures, Emergencies, Injuries, User's Guide, and OTC Medication NEW Content Updates - more than 90% of all protocols revised, many extensively. NEW Sixteen new Protocols including abdominal injury, back injury, chest injury, dizziness, fire ant sting, foreskin care questions, measles exposure, menstrual period - missed or late, neck injury, psychosocial problems, strep throat infection follow-up call, whooping cough exposure, finger or toe injury, penis-scrotum symptoms, vaginal bleeding, and vaginal symptoms or discharge. Robust Index - for faster, easier searching by page number. Symptom Definitions - speed problem identification.