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Do all pediatric patients who have a febrile seizure require transport by advanced life support?

Richard R Brodsky, Mark A MA Merlin, Ernest G EG Leva, Robert S RS Levy, Joseph J Leva, and Jason J Shaible

Pediatr Emerg Care 25(5):317-20 (2009) PMID 19404226

In the state of New Jersey, all pediatric patients who are transported to the hospital by emergency medical services for seizures are evaluated by both advanced life support (ALS) and basic life support (BLS) units. The state triage protocol mandates that a paramedic unit be dispatched. The purpose of this study is establish that the subset of those patients who experience simple febrile seizures could be safely transported by BLS, subsequently freeing much needed ALS resources.

DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181a34192
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