ED Support Services

The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines and direction for members of the medical staff with the responsibility of requesting x-ray, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, fluoroscopy, ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging to pediatric patients in an emergency medical setting.

Pediatric health care professionals’ roles in the use of computed tomography on children include deciding when a computed tomography scan is necessary and discussing the risk with patients and families.

Decision making algorithms for the pediatric patient with minor blunt force head trauma