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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780618603321

Autore

Bethel James

Titolo

Paediatric minor emergencies [[electronic resource] /] / James Bethel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Keswick [England], : M&K Update, 2008

ISBN

1-282-23836-1

9786612238369

1-907830-35-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Disciplina

618.920025

Soggetti

Pediatric emergencies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Caring for children and adolescents -- pt. 2. Minor injury -- pt. 3. Minor illness.

Sommario/riassunto

There is a dearth of written work relating specifically to the emergency care of the child. Why this should be the case is perhaps not as perplexing as it may initially appear: although children make up between 25% and 30% of the attendance of many emergency departments, constituting approximately 3.5 million attendances a year (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) 1999, 2007), there has until recently been little specific provision made for them.Whilst not addressing all of the challenges it is hoped that this work will provide some of the necessary knowledge for emergency nu