Indications for bringing a sick child back immediately for an assessment:
(1) the child is unable to drink or breastfeed
(2) the child the child has diarrhea and is drinking poorly
(3) the child has become sicker
(4) the child has developed a new onset of fever
(5) the child has bloody diarrhea
(6) the child is breathing rapidly
(7) the child is having difficulty breathing
where:
• Deterioration in level of consciousness can be included under becoming sicker.
• Severe vomiting and drinking poorly would also seem to be a good reason to come back.
• Similar indications with different wording are given in 44.04.15 (above).
Exceptions:
(1) the child had the same fever when previously evaluated.
(2) the child had blood in the stool when previously evaluated
