Advanced paediatric life support : the practical approach / / edited by Kevin Mackway-Jones [and three others]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996218639203316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, Massachusetts : , : BMJ Books : , : Blackwell Publishing, , 2005; ©2005
• ISBN: 1-281-21411-6; 9786611214111; 0-470-75736-1; 1-4051-4028-3
• Edizione: [4th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (414 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.920025; 618.920028
• Soggetti: Pediatric intensive care; Life support systems (Critical care)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Advanced Paediatric Life Support: The Practical Approach""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Working Group""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface to the Fourth Edition""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contact Details and Further Information""; ""PART I: INTRODUCTION""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""Chapter 2 Why treat children differently?""; ""Chapter 3 Structured approach to emergency paediatrics""; ""PART II: LIFE SUPPORT""; ""Chapter 4 Basic life support""; ""Chapter 5 Advanced support of the airway and ventilation""; ""Chapter 6 The management of cardiac arrest""; ""PART III: THE SERIOUSLY ILL CHILD""""Chapter 7 The structured approach to the seriously ill child""; ""Chapter 8 The child with breathing difficulties""; ""Chapter 9 The child in shock""; ""Chapter 10 The child with an abnormal pulse rate or rhythm""; ""Chapter 11 The child with a decreased conscious level""; ""Chapter 12 The convulsing child""; ""PART IV: THE SERIOUSLY INJURED CHILD""; ""Chapter 13 The structured approach to the seriously injured child""; ""Chapter 14 The child with chest injury""; ""Chapter 15 The child with abdominal injury""; ""Chapter 16 The child with trauma to the head""""Chapter 17 The child with injuries to the extremities or the spine""; ""Chapter 18 The burned or scalded child""; ""Chapter 19 The child with an electrical injury or drowning""; ""PART V: PRACTICAL PROCEDURES""; ""Chapter 20 Practical procedures â€? airway and breathing""; ""Chapter 21 Practical procedures â€? circulation""; ""Chapter 22 Practical procedures â€? trauma""; ""Chapter 23 Interpreting trauma X-rays""; ""Chapter 24 Structured approach to stabilisation and transfer""; ""PART VI: APPENDICES""; ""Appendix A Acidâ€?base balance""; ""Appendix B Fluid and electrolyte management""""Appendix C Child abuse""; ""Appendix D Prevention of injury in children""; ""Appendix E When a child dies""; ""Appendix F Management of pain in children""; ""Appendix G Triage""; ""Appendix H General approach to poisoning and envenomation""; ""Appendix I Resuscitation of the baby at birth""; ""Appendix J Formulary""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.