Developmental Characteristics and Pediatric Assessment

Provider anxiety
 
  •  It is also normal to feel less comfortable when our usual approach to patients needs to be modified
 
  •  The logistics of dealing with children is different from scene arrival to Emergency department drop off
      •  The way we get history, physical findings, deal with relatives, doses of medications are all different
 
  •  This means we need to divide our attention and still account for all the variables on the scene
 
  •  This makes even straight forward calls more difficult simply because the patient is pediatric