Other rashes.

If you diagnose a child as having another illness characterised by a rash, make sure that your diagnosis is likely or even possible.

You may be sure of your diagnosis, but if you decide the child is well enough to be sent home, remember to advise parents to return if their child becomes more unwell, even if this is only shortly after being seen.

Does your diagnosis make sense?

Assessing febrile children and trying to decide what is wrong with them is one of the most difficult tasks in paediatrics

It takes time to take a good history and examine a child properly. Before you discharge the patient from your care make sure that what you have done makes sense and that you can explain your actions and decisions to anyone who may ask.