Rapid Triage of Children Presenting with Acute Conditions in Clinics and CHCs
Adapted from Pocketbook Care for Children. Management of Common Childhood Illnesses. National Department of Health. South Africa, 2016. www.health.gov.za/ and the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness 2022: NDoH. Click on images to enlarge. The Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) triage process, presented above, should be a minimum standard of triage in community health centres.
Adapted from Pocketbook Care for Children. Management of Common Childhood Illnesses. National Department of Health. South Africa, 2016. www.health.gov.za/ and the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness 2022: NDoH.
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The Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) triage process, presented above, should be a minimum standard of triage in community health centres.
For management guidance, refer to relevant sections of the EML as listed below:
- For foreign body aspiration see Management of suspected choking/ foreign body aspiration in children.
- For acute asthma see Asthma, acute.
- For acute bronchiolitis see Acute bronchiolitis in children.
- For croup see Croup (laryngotracheobronchitis) in children.
- For shock see Shock.
- For hypoglycaemia and hypoglycaemic coma see Hypoglycaemia and hypoglycaemic coma.
- For acute diarrhoea see Diarrhoea, acute in children.
Click here for the NEMLC Recommendations for medicine amendments (2020-4 review cycle).
Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List for South Africa, Primary Healthcare, 2020-4_Version 1.1_October 2024
Chapter 21: Emergencies and Injuries