Open AccessNot just little adults: preparing a children’s emergency department for COVID-19
Author(s) -
Jonathan Adamson,
Chris Bird,
Kate Edgworth,
Stuart Hartshorn,
Kasyap Jamalapuram,
Anand Kanani,
Kate Mackay,
Tiewton,
Ben Stanhope,
Bridget Wilson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
emergency medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.708
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1472-0213
pISSN - 1472-0205
DOI - 10.1136/emermed-2020-209904
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , covid-19 , pandemic , medical emergency , coronavirus infections , betacoronavirus , emergency medicine , pediatrics , virology , nursing , pathology , outbreak , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
COVID-19 presented unique challenges in preparing our stand-alone children's emergency department for the pandemic and has demonstrated well the paediatric adage, 'children aren't little adults'.