Scenario
Following a period of prolonged resuscitation, a 4 year old child has died in your emergency department as a result of a home pool drowning. The child’s parents have just arrived at triage and are unaware of what has happened.
Question
Outline how you would deal with the important issues raised in this situation. (100%)
Answer
FACEM SAQ Exam 2007.2 – Question 4
- The overall pass rate for this question was 58/77 (75.3%).
- Pass Criteria
- Examiners felt this was a fair question. Most candidates dealt with the issue of “breaking of bad news” reasonably well but failed to address other issues raised including documentation, staff issues, coronial referral, issues of possible neglect/NAI etc.
- Features of unsuccessful answers
- Unqualified
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