Emergency Department Clinical Pathway for the Evaluation and Care of the Afghan Refugee
Related Pathways
- Appendicitis, Inpatient
- Bronchiolitis, ED
- Bronchiolitis, Inpatient
- Cellulitis, Preseptal or Orbital, All Settings
- Cellulitis/Abscess, ED
- Cellulitis/Abscess, Inpatient
- COVID-19 Screening, ED
- COVID-19 Screening, Inpatient
- COVID-19 Screening, Outpatient Specialty and Primary Care
- COVID-19, Acute, All Settings
- Croup, ED
- Croup, Inpatient
- Fever
- Fever in the Returned Traveler, ED
- Gastroenteritis and Dehydration, ED
- Heart Failure, Suspected, ED, ICU, Inpatient
- Influenza/Flu, ED
- Kawasaki Disease, ED and Inpatient
- Meningitis, Suspected, ED, Inpatient, ICU
- Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C), Emergency, ICU and Inpatient
- Neck Space Infection, Deep, ED
- Osteomyelitis, ED and Inpatient
- Pneumonia, All Settings
- Sepsis, ED
- Sepsis, PICU
- Sepsis, CICU
- Septic Arthritis, ED
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) in Adolescents, ED, Primary Care
- Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Febrile, All Settings
- Useful Resources
- Family and Visitor Services
- Language Services
- Social Work
- Caring for Afghan Patient and Families
- Important Contacts
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- CDC
- IP&C
- Fort Dix/McGuire AFB
- Airport
- Holt
- Quarantine Hotel
- Referral / Transport Process
- Transport should be alerted to arrival
- Triage
- EPIC Sepsis Screen
- Recent Travel Screen
- Infectious Disease Exposure Screen
- Infection Precautions
- Measles Exposure
- Registration
- Confirm correct order of birth - day, month, years
- Document parent/guardian cell phone numbers
- Document preferred language(s)
- Confirm pediatrician name, address listed in EPIC
- Patient from Fort Dix/McGuire
- Document village number family
- Disposition
- Admission and Discharge Considerations
- Discharge Guidance for ED and Inpatients
- Discharge Instructions and Transportation
Posted: October 2021
Revised: November 2021
Authors: A. Vinograd, MD; MSHP, DTM&H; R. Martin-Blais, MD, DTM&H; K. Yun, MD; S. Myers, MD; K. Cohn, MD, MPH, DTM&H; J. Lavelle, MD; M. Fabio, MD; G. Jenicek
Revised: November 2021
Authors: A. Vinograd, MD; MSHP, DTM&H; R. Martin-Blais, MD, DTM&H; K. Yun, MD; S. Myers, MD; K. Cohn, MD, MPH, DTM&H; J. Lavelle, MD; M. Fabio, MD; G. Jenicek
Evidence
- CDC Domestic Refugee Screening Guidance
- CDC Guidance for Afghan Refugees
- Health profile of pediatric Special Immigrant Visa holders arriving from Iraq and Afghanistan to the United States, 2009–2017: A cross-sectional analysis
- Benefits for Afghan Humanitarian Parolees
- DHS Operation Allies Face Sheet
- CDC Yellow Book