“…Ideally, keeping a caregiver or parent with the child will decrease psychological stress and will help to decrease the need for hospital resources unless a serious medical condition warrants otherwise. 7 To provide family-centered care for hospitals that do not typically care for all age groups, such as pediatric hospitals, a plan should be in place to decontaminate and treat the adult patient, as well as the child, in the event of this emergency. 8 The ability to move the child through the shower is age dependent and relies on his or her ability to ambulate either developmentally or because of injury.Those not able to ambulate will need to go through decontamination on a stretcher, whereas those who can ambulate may proceed accompanied by hospital personnel and a family member or caregiver.…”