Bookedited by Martin Samuels, Sue Wieteska.
Summary: This course book gives guidance on life-threatening emergencies in children. It covers recognition of the seriously ill child, basic life support, treatment of shock, in a structured approach to the seriously injured child.
Contents:
Structured approach to emergency paediatrics
Human factors
The structured approach to the seriously ill child
The child with breathing difficulties
The child in shock
The child with an abnormal pulse rate or rhythm
The child with a decreased conscious level
The convulsing child
Introduction to the seriously injured child
The structured approach to the seriously injured child
The child with chest injury
The child with abdominal injury
The child with traumatic brain injury
The child with injuries to the extremities or the spine
The burned or scalded child
The child with an electrical injury or drowning
Life support
Basic life support
Advanced support of the airway and ventilation
The management of cardiac arrest
Practical procedures : airway and breathing
Practical procedures : circulation
Practical procedures : trauma
Imaging in trauma
Structured approach to stabilisation and transfer.