Advanced Paediatric Life Support: The Practical Approach, 4th Edition

✍ Scribed by Advanced Life Support Group

• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 412
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This international bestseller covers the full advanced paediatric life support course, with the core sections for the abbreviated one-day course clearly picked out. The book provides practical guidance for managing children and infants in the first life-threatening "golden" hour. This new edition goes beyond immediate management to include stabilisation and transfer.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE TO FOURTH EDITION......Page 14
CHAPTER
1 Introduction......Page 22
CHAPTER
2 Why treat children differently?......Page 26
CHAPTER
3 Structured approach to
emergency paediatrics......Page 34
CHAPTER
4 Basic life support......Page 40
CHAPTER
5 Advanced support of the
airway and ventilation......Page 56
CHAPTER
6 The management of cardiac arrest......Page 66
CHAPTER
7 The structured approach to the
seriously ill child......Page 78
CHAPTER
8 The child with breathing difficulties......Page 92
CHAPTER
9 The child in shock......Page 116
CHAPTER 10 The child with an abnormal pulse rate or rhythm......Page 134
CHAPTER 11 The child with a decreased conscious level......Page 144
CHAPTER 12 The convulsing child......Page 158
CHAPTER 13 The structured approach to the seriously injured child......Page 170
CHAPTER 14 The child with chest injury......Page 186
CHAPTER 15 The child with abdominal injury......Page 194
CHAPTER 16 The child with trauma to the head......Page 198
CHAPTER 17 The child with injuries to the extremities or the spine......Page 208
CHAPTER 18 The burned or scalded child......Page 218
CHAPTER 19 The child with an electrical injury or drowning......Page 224
CHAPTER 20 Practical procedures – airway and breathing......Page 234
CHAPTER 21 Practical procedures – circulation......Page 250
CHAPTER
22 Practical procedures – trauma......Page 262
CHAPTER
23 Interpreting trauma X-rays......Page 272
CHAPTER
24 Structured approach to stabilisation
and transfer......Page 284
APPENDIX
A Acid–base balance......Page 298
APPENDIX
B Fluid and electrolyte management......Page 304
APPENDIX
C Child abuse......Page 318
APPENDIX
D Prevention of injury in children......Page 328
APPENDIX
E When a child dies......Page 332
APPENDIX
F Management of pain in children......Page 336
APPENDIX
G Triage......Page 346
APPENDIX
H General approach to poisoning
and envenomation......Page 350
APPENDIX
I Resuscitation of the baby at birth......Page 366
APPENDIX
J Formulary......Page 380
INDEX......Page 404