THE IMPORTANCE OF COORDINATION THE HEALTHCARE TEAM AND THE FAMILY FOR THE APPLICATION OF EARLY INTERVENTIONS IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION

Introduction: An emergency situation must not disturb the optimal growth and development of any child. Very important factors in preserving family health and the successful functioning of the family are the application of appropriate knowledge and skills, patience, humanity and continuous teamwork of parents and experts who deal with the early development of children. Objective: This research work is related to the improvement of the health care system for children by applying adequate measures of early intervention in an emergency situation. The goal is to determine the level of cooperation between health professionals and parents in pediatric practice. Methods: The research was conducted in 2020 at the KBC "Dr Dragiša Mišović - Dedinje". The sample included 122 parents of hospitalized children and 63 health workers and associates. The program SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version 25.0 was applied, the measures of descriptive statistics, frequencies and percentages were used. Results:The results show that (95.1%) parents recognize the importance of their own involvement in the implementation of early interventions during emergency situations in cooperation with the health team, they (86.9%) are of the opinion that this way the health services will be of better quality. The opinion that the participation of parents in the application of early interventions is significant is held by (76.2%) health professionals, while (4.8%) believe that their participation is not desirable, almost one fifth is not sure. The employees of the pediatric departments included in the research are almost unanimous (95.2%) about the importance of applying RI in the health care of children, while they (85.7%) emphasize the harm of denying early interventions. Conclusion: The multidisciplinary cooperation of all actors who directly and indirectly deal with providing early interventions during an emergency situation is crucial for better quality of health services.