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Nov 16, 2021
How should India act if there is a 3rd Covid wave infecting children?
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WHO Collaborating Centre for Emergency and Trauma (WHO-CCET) has made a toolkit for action.
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57 million children might possibly be at risk if there is such a scenario, it says.
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It says resources for 5.7 mn hospital admissions and 2.8 mn ICU patients need to be readied.
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Screening of patients should be done in an open area at the entrance of the facility.
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For those patients requiring oxygen support. Oxygen capacity needed on all beds.
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Pediatric ICU for managing critically sick children with multi-system involvement.
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Children below 5 years can have nightmares, 6-18 yrs prone to depression.
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Seek psychiatric consultation if the child displays excessive fear or worry.
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