The following websites may be of interest to researchers interested in this area. The author is not responsible for their content.
www.aftertheinjury.org Website giving parents information and guidance relating to the management of their child’s psychological reactions after an injury (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)
www.capt.org.uk Child Accident Prevention Trust – leaflets about the psychological impact of accidents on children
www.childrenandwar.org Website of a charitable organization set up to help child victims of war – includes free version of Child Revised Impact of Event Scale, a self report scale measuring post traumatic stress symptoms in children www.healthtalkonline.org/Intensive_care/ Website containing written, audio and DVD interviews with patients and relatives about their personal experiences of a number of medical conditions – includes descriptions of intensive care treatment (adult patients only)
www.i-canuk.com and associated blog icu-aftercare.net/blog/ on issues surrounding the care of patients after intensive care treatment and initiatives aimed at improving follow-up
www.icudelirium.org Website about delirium in adults associated with intensive care treatment – includes downloadable delirium scale and associated materials for health professionals and relatives/patients. Also contains DVD interviews with patients about delirium
www.ics.ac.uk UK Intensive Care Society
www.istss.org International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies
www.nctsnet.org National Child Traumatic Stress Network (US based) – see Pediatric Toolkit which includes guidance on recognizing post traumatic stress reactions in pediatric patients and downloadable information sheets
www.pedsql.org Source website for child quality of life measure (Peds-QL)
www.sccm.org American Society of Critical Care Medicine website – includes leaflets for relatives on the equipment usually found on ICU and management of their own reactions to having a loved one who is critically ill
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