ETAT emergency treatments
| Manage the airway (including ventilation with bag and mask) |
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| Give oxygen by nasal prongs or a nasal catheter |
| Position the child (including stablisation of the neck if history of trauma) |
| Insert an intravenous line and give fluids rapidly for shock |
| Give plan C2-150 for severe dehydration |
| Insert a femoral, jugular or intraosseous line if unable to insert peripheral intravenous line |
| Give rectal diazaepam (or paraldehyde) |
| Give intravenous glucose |
| Keep the child warm |
↵2-150 Plan C describes rapid intravenous or nasogastric fluid administration in the WHO diarrhoeal disease control and IMCI guidelines.