Advanced Paediatric Life Support
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A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO EMERGENCIES
The gold standard for treating paediatric emergencies
Advanced Paediatric Life Support: A Practical Approach to Emergencies is the internationally renowned manual on emergency paediatric care. Written to support the course run by the Advanced Life Support Group, the book uses their structured approach: a tried and tested practical method of treating children during the crucial first few hours of a life-threatening illness or injury. Advanced Paediatric Life Support is used by doctors, nurses and allied health professionals dealing with emergencies in children. Its clear layout and straightforward style make it a highly practical tool both for training and in the event of an emergency.
In the seventh edition you will find descriptions of both common and uncommon paediatric emergencies which you may encounter in clinical practice, their causes, and how to best treat them during the first hours after presentation.
This book offers a thoroughly evidence-based approach to its subject, which includes:
The latest International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) 2021 guidelines
A thorough introduction to the structured approach to paediatric emergencies, including important non-technical skills and communication
Comprehensive explorations of the seriously ill child, including airway and breathing, circulation, decreased consciousness, seizures and exposure
Practical discussions of the seriously injured child, including examinations of chest, abdominal, brain and spinal injuries
Evidence-based life support treatment and the practical application of the Advanced Paediatric Life Support structured management
Perfect for emergency care physicians, nurses and other allied health professionals, Advanced Paediatric Life Support: A Practical Approach to Emergencies will also benefit paediatric clinicians, doctors-in-training and anyone else with an interest in the team management and treatment of paediatric emergencies.
<b>ADVANCED PAEDIATRIC LIFE SUPPORT
A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO EMERGENCIES</b>
<b>The gold standard for treating paediatric emergencies</b>
<i>Advanced Paediatric Life Support: A Practical Approach to Emergencies</i> is the internationally renowned manual on emergency paediatric care. Written to support the course run by the Advanced Life Support Group, the book uses their structured approach: a tried and tested practical method of treating children during the crucial first few hours of a life-threatening illness or injury. <i>Advanced Paediatric Life Support</i> is used by doctors, nurses and allied health professionals dealing with emergencies in children. Its clear layout and straightforward style make it a highly practical tool both for training and in the event of an emergency.
In the seventh edition you will find descriptions of both common and uncommon paediatric emergencies which you may encounter in clinical practice, their causes, and how to best treat them during the first hours after presentation.
This book offers a thoroughly evidence-based approach to its subject, which includes:
<ul><li>The latest International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) 2021 guidelines</li><li>A thorough introduction to the structured approach to paediatric emergencies, including important non-technical skills and communication</li><li>Comprehensive explorations of the seriously ill child, including airway and breathing, circulation, decreased consciousness, seizures and exposure</li><li>Practical discussions of the seriously injured child, including examinations of chest, abdominal, brain and spinal injuries</li><li>Evidence-based life support treatment and the practical application of the Advanced Paediatric Life Support structured management</li></ul>Perfect for emergency care physicians, nurses and other allied health professionals, <i>Advanced Paediatric Life Support: A Practical Approach to Emergencies</i> will also benefit paediatric clinicians, doctors-in-training and anyone else with an interest in the team management and treatment of paediatric emergencies.
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ALSG's medical education & training programmes improve outcomes for people in life-threatening situations, anywhere along the health care pathway, anywhere in the world.
As a charity, ALSG invests all profits in educational resources and partners with the most effective and respected organisations worldwide to develop exceptionally high-quality programmes. ALSG education quality is verified, accredited and internationally recognised as 'best in class', contributing to better outcomes for patients in life-threatening situations.
Stephanie Smith, PhD, is Emergency Paediatric Consultant, Clinical Director at Nottingham Children's Hospital.
<b>Advanced Life Support Group</b> (ALSG), Manchester, UK.
ALSG's medical education & training programmes improve outcomes for people in life-threatening situations, anywhere along the health care pathway, anywhere in the world.
As a charity, ALSG invests all profits in educational resources and partners with the most effective and respected organisations worldwide to develop exceptionally high-quality programmes. ALSG education quality is verified, accredited and internationally recognised as 'best in class', contributing to better outcomes for patients in life-threatening situations.
<b>Stephanie Smith, PhD</b>, is Emergency Paediatric Consultant, Clinical Director at Nottingham Children's Hospital.
Content
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