which converts to roughly 39.4 C, I don't mean to sound harsh but most hospitals these days unless your child has a history of feveral convolutions or respritory problems won't consider this temp an emergency and depending on how trust worthy your thermometer is and how you take the temp it is quiet possible that her fever may not have been that high. you said you sponged her down at home but just most parents don't realize that just running a cool damp cloth over a child will not bring down a fever, you have to bring down their core temp and the only way to do this is by actually sitting them in cool water for minimum 10 mins. The reason for the questions was in emergency wards the doctors don't always have the time that it takes to read through a patients file so the quickest way is to ask the patient or in this case you the parents the relative information that is needed for prompt treatment. Unfortunately while most parents see that if there child has a high temp and a bad cough then that is need for emergency care, the truth is it's not unless the child's temp raises over 40 degrees C and remains that way even after you have administered panadol/ibroprofen, given a sponge bath and is showing signs that the child could go into a convulsion, showing signs of respiratory distress then an emergency ward has the right to give priority to other patients that really do have emergency cases. I am sorry to seem harsh as we all like to think our little ones need emergency attention when they are sick like this, but if every parent ran to the emergency department when their kid had a high fever and a bad cough then emergency departments wouldn't be able to administer emergency treatment to those that really do need it.
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died....Chad Kroeger
which converts to roughly 39.4 C, I don't mean to sound harsh but most hospitals these days unless your child has a history of feveral convolutions or respritory problems won't consider this temp an emergency and depending on how trust worthy your thermometer is and how you take the temp it is quiet possible that her fever may not have been that high. you said you sponged her down at home but just most parents don't realize that just running a cool damp cloth over a child will not bring down a fever, you have to bring down their core temp and the only way to do this is by actually sitting them in cool water for minimum 10 mins. The reason for the questions was in emergency wards the doctors don't always have the time that it takes to read through a patients file so the quickest way is to ask the patient or in this case you the parents the relative information that is needed for prompt treatment. Unfortunately while most parents see that if there child has a high temp and a bad cough then that is need for emergency care, the truth is it's not unless the child's temp raises over 40 degrees C and remains that way even after you have administered panadol/ibroprofen, given a sponge bath and is showing signs that the child could go into a convulsion, showing signs of respiratory distress then an emergency ward has the right to give priority to other patients that really do have emergency cases. I am sorry to seem harsh as we all like to think our little ones need emergency attention when they are sick like this, but if every parent ran to the emergency department when their kid had a high fever and a bad cough then emergency departments wouldn't be able to administer emergency treatment to those that really do need it.
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died....Chad Kroeger