Paediatric and Neonatal Critical Care Transport
2nd Edition
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-4051-5890-9 (ISBN)
Description
Now in a new easy-to-use format, this popular book on pediatric and neonatal transport medicine is based on the course taught regularly at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. New chapters cover issues in providing perinatal/pediatric transport in managed clinical networks, and new content includes the role of the referring hospital in the preparation for transport. This edition also features more material on training issues, new information on air transport, an updated appendix with a neonatal transport minimum dataset, and a chapter devoted to caring for the parents and families.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-5890-9 (9781405158909)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Peter Barry is Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Leicester Andrew Leslie is ANNP and Neonatal Transport Co-ordinator, Nottingham City Hospital and BLISS Neonatal Nurse Research Fellow
Content
Introduction. David Field, Professor of Neonatal Medicine, University of Leicester. Part One - Principles of safe transport. 1. Principles of Safe Transport. Part Two - Planning for safe and effective transport. 2. Transport organisation (Network transport provision). 3. Preparation for transport (The role of the referring hospital). 4. Transport Physiology. 5. The Ambulance Environment. 6. Equipment and Monitoring. 7. Air Transport of Critically Ill Children. Part Three - Practical transport management. 8. Neonatal Resuscitation and Stabilisation. 9. Paediatric Resuscitation and Stabilisation. 10. Management of the Airway and Breathing. 11. Management of the Circulation. 12. Trauma. 13. Special Transport Interventions. 14. Caring for parents and families. 15. What to do when it all goes wrong. 16. Drugs. Appendix 1. Typical Retrieval Forms. Appendix 2. Essential equations and aide-memoirs. Selected References and Bibliography.