Healthychildren.org is an excellent resource for parents offered by the American Academy of Pediatrics. They’ve recently launched a very useful tool called KidsDoc Sympton Checker. From the AAP press release:
Users enter their child’s symptoms into the interactive tool and receive up-to-date advice about how to treat minor illnesses at home, or when to call the doctor immediately. The tool is based on the clinical protocols used by pediatricians and nurses in 10,000 practices and 400 nurse advice call centers in the U.S. and Canada. These protocols have been tested for 15 years on more than 150 million phone calls.
Each symptom care guide includes a decision chart to help determine the severity of the illness and how to manage it. The symptom checker also includes pediatric dosage tables by weight for common over-the-counter medications, images to help identify rashes, stings and bites, and first aid illustrations.
This is going to come in really handy from November onwards :-) Bookmarked!
