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Managing Your Child's Health

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Keeping a comprehensive record of your child's health information nearby can help a medical professional make quicker diagnoses and decisions during an emergency. *

Children & Medication Outside the Home. 2000.
www.childcareaware.org/en/dailyparent/volume.php?id=12

Nemours Foundation.
First Aid and Safety: Emergencies, Home Safety, Holidays and Special Events, Safety Outside the Home.
www.kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe

Nemours Foundation.
Knowing Your Child's Medical History. 2001.
www.kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/medhist.html

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The Pocket Gude to Good Health for Children.
www.ahrq.gov/ppip/childguide/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children. 2002.
http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/20tipkid.htm


*Fact Box Reference

The Nemours Foundation. Knowing Your Child's Medical History.
Accessed on the web at
www.kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/medhist.html