Pediatric emergency preparedness in Canadian family physician offices: A national survey

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World Journal of Emergency Medicine ›› 2021, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (3): 225-227.doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2021.03.011

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Pediatric emergency preparedness in Canadian family physician offices: A national survey

Dayae Jeong¹, Subhrata Verma², Anushka Weeraratne³, Marina Atalla⁴, Mohammed Hassan-Ali³, April J. Kam^3,⁵()

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 1A1, Canada
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Western, London N6A 3K7, Canada
³ Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton L8S 4K1, Canada
⁴ Department of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton L8S 4K1, Canada
⁵ Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton L8S 4K1, Canada

Received:2020-01-16 Accepted:2021-01-20 Online:2021-06-01 Published:2021-05-31
Contact: April J. Kam E-mail:kama@mcmaster.ca

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Dayae Jeong, Subhrata Verma, Anushka Weeraratne, Marina Atalla, Mohammed Hassan-Ali, April J. Kam. Pediatric emergency preparedness in Canadian family physician offices: A national survey[J]. World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021, 12(3): 225-227.

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Parameters	Percent
Number of pediatric emergencies in 12 months
0 1-5 6-15 >16	38.4 47.3 9.9 4.4
Types of pediatric emergency in the past 12 months
Seizure Sepsis/hypovolemic shock Trauma Severe respiratory distress Cardiac Airway	14.6 16.0 23.3 46.6 2.9 6.8
Proximity of office to the nearest ED
<1 km 1-5 km 5-10 km ≥10 km	37.6 42.0 10.2 10.2
Average EMS response time
0-5 minutes 5-10 minutes ≥10 minutes Never called	34.5 46.2 9.9 9.4

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