Open AccessEmergency Information Forms for Children With Medical Complexity
Author(s) -
Tara Conway Copper,
Donna B. Jeffe,
Fahd A. Ahmad,
George Abraham,
Feliciano Yu,
Brianna Hickey,
David Schnadower
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pediatric emergency care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.449
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1535-1815
pISSN - 0749-5161
DOI - 10.1097/pec.0000000000001443
Subject(s) - medicine , thematic analysis , documentation , medical emergency , health care , medical record , emergency department , nursing , qualitative research , social science , sociology , computer science , economics , programming language , economic growth , radiology
Children with medical complexity (CMC) are at risk for poor outcomes during medical emergencies. Emergency information forms (EIFs) provide essential medical information for CMC during emergencies; however, they are not widely used. We sought to identify factors related to optimal care for CMC to inform development of EIFs for CMC.