Foreword xii
Preface to the first edition xvii
Preface to the seventh edition xix
Acknowledgements xx
Contact details and further information xxi
How to use your textbook xxii
<b>PART 1: Introduction 1</b>
1 Introduction and structured approach to paediatric emergencies
2 Getting it right -- non-technical skills and communications
<b>PART 2: The seriously ill child</b>
3 Structured approach to the seriously ill child
4 Airway and Breathing
5 Circulation
6 Decreased conscious level (with or without seizures)
7 Exposure -- external
<b>PART 3: The seriously injured child</b>
8 Structured approach to the seriously injured child
9 The child with chest injury
10 The child with abdominal injury
11 The child with traumatic brain injury
12 The child with injuries to the extremities or the spine
13 The burned or scalded child
14 The child with an electrical injury
15 Special considerations
<b>PART 4: Life support</b>
16 Basic life support
17 Support of the airway and ventilation
18 Management of cardiac arrest
<b>PART 5: Practical application of APLS</b>
19 Practical procedures: airway and breathing
20 Practical procedures: circulation
21 Practical procedures: trauma
22 Imaging in trauma
23 Structured approach to stabilisation and transfer
<b>PART 6: Appendices</b>
Appendix A Acid-base balance and blood gas interpretation
Appendix B Fluid and electrolyte management
Appendix C Paediatric Trauma Checklist
Appendix D Safeguarding
Appendix E Advance Decisions and End of Life
Appendix F General approach to poisoning and envenomation
Appendix G Resuscitation of the baby at birth
Appendix H Drowning
Appendix I Point of care ultrasound
Appendix J Formulary
Index
