Open AccessTraining of Paramedical Personnel. Understanding priorities in treatment of diarrhea
Author(s) -
Jon E. Rohde
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
paediatrica indonesiana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2338-476X
pISSN - 0030-9311
DOI - 10.14238/pi14.9-10.1974.153-8
Subject(s) - medicine , diarrhea , measles , enteritis , intensive care medicine , dengue fever , dysentery , cholera , pediatrics , medical emergency , immunology , virology , vaccination , pathology
Training of medical personnel must emphasize the importtance of dehydration, its diagnosis, recognition, prevention and treatment. Maintenance of body hydration is the key to therapy for cholera, amoebiasis, toxin producing E. coli, measles, lactose intolerance, acute food poisoning, dengue hemorrhagic fever, viral enteritis, heat stoke; the list is almost endless. Management is basically the same for all.