Paediatric & neonatal safe transfer and retrieval [[electronic resource] ] : the practical approach / / Advanced Life Support Group ; edited by Steve Byrne ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996214442403316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2008
• ISBN: 1-282-03432-4; 9786612034329; 1-4443-0084-9; 1-4443-0083-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ByrneSteve, Dr.
• Disciplina: 362.19892009; 618.920025
• Soggetti: Interhospital transport of children - Great Britain; Neonatal intensive care - Great Britain; Pediatric emergency services - Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "BMJ books."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Working group; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contact details and website information; PART I: Introduction; CHAPTER 1: Introduction; CHAPTER 2: The structured approach to transfers; PART II: Managing the transfer; CHAPTER 3: Assessment and control; CHAPTER 4: Communication; CHAPTER 5: Evaluation; CHAPTER 6: Preparation and packaging; CHAPTER 7: Transportation; CHAPTER 8: Putting ACCEPT into practice; PART III: Practical aspects of paediatric and neonatal transfer medicine; CHAPTER 9: Oxygen therapy and monitoring; CHAPTER 10: Securing and packaging; PART IV: Assessment and clinical aspects of transfer medicineCHAPTER 11: Introduction to the clinical assessment of children; CHAPTER 12: Specific clinical conditions; PART V: Special considerations; CHAPTER 13: Parent support; CHAPTER 14: Air transfers: an introduction; CHAPTER 15: Transfers and management of the child for scans in the radiology department; CHAPTER 16: Transporting the child with a difficult airway; CHAPTER 17: Keeping safe in the transport ; environment; CHAPTER 18: The infectious or contaminated child; CHAPTER 19: Governance, legal and insurance issues; CHAPTER 20: DocumentationPART VI: Appendices; APPENDIX A: Intensive care levels: classification of ICU patient dependency; APPENDIX B: The PaNSTaR transfer master: a summary of ACCEPT; APPENDIX C: Transfer aide-memoire; APPENDIX D: Checklists; APPENDIX E: Generic referral form; APPENDIX F: Transfer competences; APPENDIX G: Glossary; APPENDIX H: References and further information; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: With over ten thousand inter-hospital transfers of children and neonates now taking place every year in the UK, this book, and the associated training course run by the Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) have been developed to provide an introduction to the knowledge required to undertake these transfers. Paediatric and Neonatal Safe Transfer and Retrieval (PaNSTaR) is aimed at healthcare professionals either beginning their training in paediatric or neonatal transport and those who are involved in undertaking such transfers on an occasional basis. Developed by a multi-profe