PRE-HOSPITAL PAEDIATRIC LIFE SUPPORT - THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 2E

Introduction.

Why treat children differently?.

Scene management in incidents involving children.

Transportation of children.

Preparation.

PART II: STRUCTURED APPROACH TO RECOGNITION.

PART III: RESUSCITATION.

Basic life support.

Advanced support of the airway and ventilation.

The management of cardiac arrest.

PART IV: THE SERIOUSLY ILL CHILD.

The structured approach to the seriously ill child.

PART V: THE SERIOUSLY INJURED CHILD.

The structured approach to the seriously injured child.

PART VI: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

Hi-tech kids and parents.

PART VII: PRACTICAL PROCEDURES.

Procedures: airway and breathing.

Procedures: circulation.

Fluid management.

Procedures: trauma.

Pain control.

PART VIII:OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES IN CARING FOR CHILDREN.

The non-seriously ill child.

Paediatric triage.

Child protection.

When a child dies.

Medicolegal aspects.

Childhood accidents and their prevention.

PART IX: FORMULARY.

Formulary