Advanced paediatric life support : a practical approach /

Advanced Paediatric Life Support is the internationally renowned manual on emergency paediatric care, written to support the course run by the Advanced Life Support Group. Using their structured approach, a tried and tested practical method of treating children during the crucial first few hours of...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Advanced Life Support Group (Manchester, England)
Other Authors:	Samuels, Martin (Martin Philip) (Editor), Wieteska, Susan (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chichester : Wiley-blackwell, 2016.
Edition:	Sixth edition.
Series:	Advanced life support series.
Subjects:	Pediatric emergencies. Pediatric intensive care. Life support systems (Critical care) Medical emergencies. Children. Emergencies Child Life Support Care
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction
2.Structured approach to paediatric emergencies
3.Human factors
4.Structured approach to the seriously ill child
5.The child with breathing difficulties
6.The child in shock
7.The child with an abnormal pulse rate or rhythm
8.The child with a decreased conscious level
9.The convulsing child
10.Introduction to the seriously injured child
11.Structured approach to the seriously injured child
12.The child with chest injury
13.The child with abdominal injury
14.The child with traumatic brain injury
15.The child with injuries to the extremities or the spine
16.The burned or scalded child
17.The child with an electrical injury or drowning
18.Basic life support
19.Support of the airway and ventilation
20.Management of cardiac arrest
21.Practical procedures: airway and breathing
22.Practical procedures: circulation
23.Practical procedures: trauma
24.Imaging in trauma