Pediatric respiratory distress: California out-of-hospital protocols and evidence-based recommendations.

Tabitha ChengJennifer FarahNicholas AldridgeSharon TamirJ Joelle Donofrio-Odmann

Published in: Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open (2020)

Protocols for pediatric respiratory distress vary widely across the state of California, especially among those for stridor (croup) and wheezing in < 24 months (bronchiolitis). The evidence-based recommendations that we present for the prehospital treatment of these conditions may be useful for EMS medical directors tasked with creating and revising these protocols.

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