Childhood emergencies in the office, hospital, and community : organizing systems of care /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Other Authors: Seidel, James S., Knapp, Jane F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Elk Grove Village, IL : American Academy of Pediatrics, [2000]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Practitioner preparation
  • Role of the primary-care physician in EMS-C
  • Training programs for the office practitioner and staff
  • Preparing the parent and child to cope with emergencies
  • Psychological first aid for children who witness violence
  • Pt. 2. Office preparation
  • Preparing the medical home for emergencies
  • Analgesia and sedation in the office
  • Emergency services and managed care
  • Surgery in the office
  • Available on-line resources
  • Pt. 3. Hospital preparation
  • The community hospital emergency department
  • Making the environment child friendly
  • The pediatric critical care center
  • Death of a child
  • Pt. 4. Community preparation
  • Out-of-hospital care of pediatric patients
  • Children with special healthcare needs and EMS-C
  • Disasters, mass casualty events, and disaster preparedness
  • Delivering pediatric emergency care in rural communities
  • Legal aspects of the provision of emergency care
  • Emergencies at school
  • Advocating for emergency care of children
  • Pt. 5. Transport
  • Office-to-hospital transport
  • Interfacility transport of pediatric patients
  • Pt. 6. Prevention
  • Injury prevention and control in a system of pediatric emergency care
  • Immunization
  • Family violence and EMS-C
  • Pt. 7. EMS-C at the national level
  • The federal EMS-C program.