Supporting children with COVID19: Medium risk COVID pathway.

Abstract

Providing families with support and information on how to care for their child, who has tested positive to Covid 19, has helped to keep children safely at homely at home.This has prevented attendance in already busy Emergency Departments or admission to hospital.The need to isolate has enormous consequences on the whole family. Often parents were also Covid positive and sometimes unwell themselves. Simple tasks, such as buying Panadol and a thermometer from the chemist becomes logistically dificult. Our team were able to facilitate this for the family if they had no other supports available.Children who tested positive to Covid 19 were stratified into 3 streams: Low, Medium or High risk. Children in the Medium Risk stream were offered daily telehealth or phone calls with Dr and/or nurse to monitor their child’s symptoms.