Cooper A, Barlow B
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Pediatrics. 1995 Jul;96(1 Pt 2):184-8.
A central focus of emergency medical services for children is the critically injured child, whose potential for recovery is great. Yet trauma remains the leading cause of mortality and morbidity among American children 1-14 years of age. Much unnecessary death and disability can be avoided through aggressive professional and public education in pediatric advanced life support and injury prevention. As the primary-care physician of the critically injured child, the surgeon plays a leading role in ensuring that trauma and emergency medical services systems are optimally prepared to meet the dual challenges of providing optimal pediatric trauma care and obviating the need for such treatment through all means possible.
儿童急诊医疗服务的核心关注点是重伤儿童，这类儿童的康复潜力很大。然而，创伤仍是美国1至14岁儿童死亡和发病的主要原因。通过积极开展有关儿科高级生命支持和伤害预防的专业及公众教育，可以避免许多不必要的死亡和残疾。作为重伤儿童的初级保健医生，外科医生在确保创伤和急诊医疗服务系统做好充分准备以应对双重挑战方面发挥着主导作用，这双重挑战一是提供最佳的儿科创伤护理，二是尽一切可能避免此类治疗的需求。
