Pediatric Emergencies

“Kids are not just little adults.” We’ve all heard this saying, and perhaps some of us have even said it ourselves. But what does it mean? Is it meant to suggest that kids are inherently different in some way so as to require different approaches to diagnosis and treatment? Or is this saying m eant to convey that those who care for adults are not also qualified to care for kids? I believe the former is true, but unfortunately, I sometimes find that trainees in emergency medicine are led to believe the latter.
Source: Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Foreword Source Type: research