The New Emergency Health Kit 98: Drugs and Medical Supplies for 10,000 People for Approximately 3 Months
(1998; 82 pages) [French] [Spanish] Ver el documento en el formato PDF
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Ver el documentoAcknowledgments
Ver el documentoIntroduction
Abrir esta carpeta y ver su contenidoChapter 1: Essential drugs and supplies in emergency situations
Abrir esta carpeta y ver su contenidoChapter 2: Comments on the selection of drugs, medical supplies and equipment included in the kit
Abrir esta carpeta y ver su contenidoChapter 3: Composition of the New Emergency Health Kit 98
Ver el documentoAnnex 1: Basic unit: treatment guidelines
Abrir esta carpeta y ver su contenidoAnnex 2: Assessment and treatment of diarrhoea
Cerrar esta carpetaAnnex 3: Management of the child with cough or difficult breathing
Ver el documentoAnnex 3a: Child less than two months old
Ver el documentoAnnex 3b: Child two months to five years old
Ver el documentoAnnex 3c: Treatment instructions
Ver el documentoAnnex 4: Sample data collection forms
Ver el documentoAnnex 5: Sample health card
Abrir esta carpeta y ver su contenidoAnnex 6: Guidelines for suppliers
Abrir esta carpeta y ver su contenidoAnnex 7: Other kits for emergency situations
Abrir esta carpeta y ver su contenidoAnnex 8: Guidelines for Drug Donations48
Abrir esta carpeta y ver su contenidoAnnex 9: Model Guidelines for the International Provision of Controlled Medicines for Emergency Medical Care52
Abrir esta carpeta y ver su contenidoAnnex 10: References
Ver el documentoAnnex 11: Useful addresses
Ver el documentoOrganizations which have collaborated in the preparation of the New Emergency Health Kit 98
Ver el documentoBack Cover
 

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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