TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Death of a Child in the Emergency Department A1 - Tarantino, Celeste A. A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - The death of a child in an emergency department (ED) has profound effects on the surviving family members as well as the physicians and other ED staff caring for the child.The language used when telling parents their child is dead should be direct and nonjudgmental.Parents and family members should be offered an opportunity to hold and spend time with their child after the death.Immediate notification of an organ donation authority is required.Most cases of unexplained pediatric deaths require an autopsy. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/06 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155750453 ER -