Disclaimer

The information on the Scottish Paediatric Retrieval Service site (“Site”) has been produced by ScotSTAR, Greater Glasgow & Clyde Health Board (“GGC”) and Lothian Health Board (“LHB”). The site does not provide exhaustive detail required for individual personnel to be competent in making decisions on the treatment of critically ill and injured children. The Site should be regarded as providing only one component of any recipient organisation’s own comprehensive policy and should be used only after such recipient organisation has received telephone advice from the ScotSTAR or Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of either GGC or LHB.

ScotSTAR, GGC and LHB have each used reasonable endeavours to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information contained on the Site but no guarantees are made that such information is accurate, complete or current at any given time.

Any information on the Site is issued as general information and is not warranted by ScotSTAR, GGC, LHB or any other health organisation. No responsibility can be accepted by ScotSTAR, GGC, LHB or any other health organisation for action or inaction as a result of information contained on the Site.

 

The information provided on the following pages is for reference information only and is not a substitute for up-to-date professional advice. While every effort has been made to check the accuracy of this information, no responsibility is accepted for any inadvertent errors in drug doses and other clinical information contained within the following Guidelines and SOPs. Full liability for the appropriateness and accuracy of any treatment rests with the responsible clinician.

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