• The Paediatric Death Review Committee - Medical (PDRC) is a multi-disciplinary committee that consists of specialized practitioners in paediatric pathology, paediatric critical care, community paediatrics, and paediatric emergency medicine.
  • In 2022, the PDRC reviewed cases involving six deaths and generated nine recommendations directed toward the prevention of further deaths. Of the six cases reviewed, one resulted in no recommendations.
  • Of the six deaths reviewed, one involved a male child and five involved female children.
  • Of the six cases reviewed by the PDRC in 2022, three (50%) involved children less than one year old, and two (33%) involved children aged one to five. One review involved a child over the age of five.
  • In 2022, the most common areas for improvement identified by the PDRC through their case reviews and resulting recommendations consisted of:
    • Quality-of-care reviews relating to:
      • Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) standards and practices
      • Transport timing
      • Airway management