Table 7b.
Management of children who died in the PED (n = 1).
| Age | Gender | Triage codea | Vital signs | Final diagnosis | IBI | CRPb (mg/L) | PS6 interventions in the emergency department (time to intervention) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iv access | Blood lactate (mMol/L) | Blood culture | Iv antibiotics | Iv fluid bolus | Senior review | Inotropes | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 years | Male | Unwell child, Shock, emergent | In arrest | Meningococcal Septicaemia | Yes | 25 | Yes (2* IO, at 31 min) |
Yes 8.9 mMol/L (40 min) |
Yes | Yes (31 min) |
Yes (31 min) |
Yes (0 min) |
Yes |
a
Manchester Triage flowchart, discriminator, and category;
b
CRP value as measured at presentation.
CRP, C-reactive protein; IBI, invasive bacterial infection; Iv, intravenous; npa, nasopharyngeal aspirate; PS6, pediatric sepsis 6 interventions.
The colours in the Triage code column represent the assigned triage urgency: red for ‘emergent’, orange for ‘very urgent’, yellow for ‘urgent’, and green for ‘standard’.