Useful resources

Websites

• Spotting the Sick Child - a new interactive tool commissioned by the Department of Health to support health professionals in the assessment of the acutely sick child.
• College of Emergency Medicine - provides training courses which may be of interest
• Resuscitation Council (UK) - run the Paediatric Immediate Life Support and European Paediatric Life Support courses
• Advanced Life Support Group - run the Advanced Paediatric Life Support course
• Faculty of Emergency Nursing - visit the "career" section of the website for their competency framework
• National Patient Safety Agency

 Documents

• Why children die - a pilot study (2006) from the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health. Available on the Centre of Maternal and Child Enquiries website
• The role of the consultant paediatrician with subspecialty training in paediatric emergency medicine (2008) available on the RCPCH website