Table 6. Recommended discharge criteria.

1. Cardiovascular function and airway patency are satisfactory and stable

2. The patient is easily arousable, and protective airway reflexes are intact

3. The patient can talk (if age appropriate)

4. The patient can sit up unaided (if age appropriate)

5. For a very young child or a child with disability who is incapable of the usually expected responses, the presedation level of responsiveness or a level as close as possible to the normal level for that child should be achieved.

6. The state of hydration is adequate