Section name | Contents |
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Who is this booklet for? | General introduction and advice on who the leaflet does not apply to (under 6 months, children with chronic illnesses) |
Prompts | Prompts to remind the practitioner (and the parent) to discuss the parent's main concerns and their expectations. |
Fever | Facts about fever and advice on managing it. |
Temperature fits (Febrile Seizures) | General information and advice on management. |
Cough/Chesty Cough | General information, graphical representation of normal duration, advice about management, and information about the effectiveness of antibiotics. |
Common Cold | Information about frequency and graphical representation of normal duration. Advice on the effectiveness of antibiotics. |
Green phlegm/Snot | Advice about the interpretation of discoloured nasal discharge. |
Sore Throat | General advice, graphical representation of the normal duration, information about the effectiveness of antibiotics. |
Earache | General advice, graphical representation of the normal duration, information about the effectiveness of antibiotics. |
Croup | Information about symptoms and management (including signs of respiratory distress) and the effectiveness of antibiotics. |
Not Eating/Drinking | Advice on these symptoms including signs of dehydration. |
What can I do? | General section on management advice. |
Why not take antibiotics? | Information about the potential disadvantages to use of antibiotics. |
When should I seek further help? | Comprehensive section providing a description of symptoms and signs suggestive of serious illness, including pictures of a meningitis/septicaemia rash (and the 'tumbler test'). Also advice on other situations that should prompt re-consultation. |
Contact details | Space for clinicians to write 'in-hours' and 'out-of-hours' contact numbers. Contact details for NHS direct (national health information service). |