Emergency calls involving children are difficult, as many clinicians do not have the same confidence when treating pediatric patients as they do adults. However, with unintentional injury as the leading cause of death and disability among children, it鈥檚 critical that providers are trained and ready to respond.
A recent article from Limmer Education鈥榮 Chis Ebright, 鈥淏ack to the basics: Pediatric trauma,鈥 discussed signs of blunt force trauma in pediatric patients, as well as how providers should approach and treat such injuries.
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