Advanced paediatric life support the practical approach

Advanced paediatric life support the practical approach

This internationally acclaimed bestseller covers the ALSG's three-day course on advanced paediatric life support, with the core sections for the abbreviated one-day course also highlighted. It provides practical guidance for managing children and infants in the life-threatening first golden hou...

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Other Authors: Samuels, Martin Martin Philip (Editor), Wieteska, Susan (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester Wiley-Blackwell 2011
Edition:Fifth edition
Subjects:
Emergencies
Child
Emergency Treatment > methods
Critical Care > methods
Wounds and Injuries > therapy
Infant
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Clinical Conditions List.
  • Working Group.
  • Contributors.
  • Preface to the Fifth Edition.
  • Preface to the First Edition.
  • Acknowledgements.
  • Contact Details and Further Information.
  • PART I: INTRODUCTION.
  • Chapter 1 Introduction.
  • Chapter 2 Why treat children differently?.
  • Chapter 3 Structured approach to emergency paediatrics.
  • PART II: LIFE SUPPORT.
  • Chapter 4 Basic life support.
  • Chapter 5 Advanced support of the airway and ventilation.
  • Chapter 6 The management of cardiac arrest.
  • PART III: THE SERIOUSLY ILL CHILD.
  • Chapter 7 The structured approach to the seriously ill child.
  • Chapter 8 The child with breathing difficulties.
  • Chapter 9 The child in shock.
  • Chapter 10 The child with an abnormal pulse rate or rhythm.
  • Chapter 11 The child with a decreased conscious level.
  • Chapter 12 The convulsing child.
  • PART IV: THE SERIOUSLY INJURED CHILD.
  • Chapter 13 The structured approach to the seriously injured child.
  • Chapter 14 The child with chest injury.
  • Chapter 15 The child with abdominal injury.
  • Chapter 16 The child with trauma to the head.
  • Chapter 17 The child with injuries to the extremities or the spine.
  • Chapter 18 The burned or scalded child.
  • Chapter 19 The child with an electrical injury or drowning
  • PART V: PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF APLS.
  • Chapter 20 Practical procedures - airway and breathing.
  • Chapter 21 Practical procedures - circulation.
  • Chapter 22 Practical procedures - trauma.
  • Chapter 23 Interpreting trauma X-rays.
  • Chapter 24 Structured approach to stabilisation and transfer.
  • Chapter 25 Human factors.
  • PART VI: APPENDICES.
  • Appendix A Acid.
  • Appendix B Fluid and electrolyte management.
  • Appendix C Child abuse.
  • Appendix D Prevention of injury in children.
  • Appendix E When a child dies.
  • Appendix F Management of pain in children.
  • Appendix G Triage.
  • Appendix H General approach to poisoning and envenomation.
  • Appendix I Resuscitation of the baby at birth.
  • Appendix J Formulary.
  • Index.

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