The New Emergency Health Kit 98: Drugs and Medical Supplies for 10,000 People for Approximately 3 Months
(1998; 82 pages) [French] [Spanish] View the PDF document
Table of Contents
View the documentAcknowledgments
View the documentIntroduction
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 1: Essential drugs and supplies in emergency situations
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 2: Comments on the selection of drugs, medical supplies and equipment included in the kit
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 3: Composition of the New Emergency Health Kit 98
View the documentAnnex 1: Basic unit: treatment guidelines
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 2: Assessment and treatment of diarrhoea
Close this folderAnnex 3: Management of the child with cough or difficult breathing
View the documentAnnex 3a: Child less than two months old
View the documentAnnex 3b: Child two months to five years old
View the documentAnnex 3c: Treatment instructions
View the documentAnnex 4: Sample data collection forms
View the documentAnnex 5: Sample health card
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 6: Guidelines for suppliers
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 7: Other kits for emergency situations
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 8: Guidelines for Drug Donations48
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 9: Model Guidelines for the International Provision of Controlled Medicines for Emergency Medical Care52
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 10: References
View the documentAnnex 11: Useful addresses
View the documentOrganizations which have collaborated in the preparation of the New Emergency Health Kit 98
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Annex 3a: Child less than two months old

Signs:

No fast breathing
(LESS than 60 a minute)

and

No severe chest
indrawing

Fast breathing (60 per
minute or MORE)

or

Severe chest indrawing

Not able to drink

Convulsions

Abnormally sleepy or difficult to wake

Stridor in calm child

Wheezing

or

Fever or low body temperature

Classify as:

No pneumonia - cough or cold

Severe pneumonia

Very severe disease

Treatment:

• Advise mother to give following homecare:

- keep infant warm

- breast-feed frequently

- clear nose if it interferes with feeding

• Advise mother to return quickly if:

- illness worsens

- breathing is difficult

- breathing becomes fast

- feeding becomes a problem

• Refer URGENTLY to hospital

• Give first dose of an antibiotic

• Keep infant warm

(If referral is not feasible, treat with an antibiotic and follow closely)

• Refer URGENTLY to hospital

• Give first dose of an antibiotic

• Keep infant warm

(If referral is not feasible, treat with an antibiotic and follow closely)

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