Paediatric and Neonatal Safe Transfer and Retrieval
The Practical Approach
Published on 26. January 2009
208 pages
978-1-4443-0084-0 (ISBN)
Description
With over ten thousand inter-hospital transfers of children andneonates now taking place every year in the UK, this book, and theassociated training course run by the Advanced Life Support Group(ALSG) have been developed to provide an introduction to theknowledge required to undertake these transfers.
Paediatric and Neonatal Safe Transfer and Retrieval(PaNSTaR) is aimed at healthcare professionals either beginningtheir training in paediatric or neonatal transport and those whoare involved in undertaking such transfers on an occasionalbasis.
Developed by a multi-professional group from across the UK, thisnew title incorporates a systematic approach throughout. Thisapproach is adapted from the adult STaR course and covers thefollowing:
* * an overview of the current delivery of children'stransport services
* the ACCEPT approach
- Assessment
- Control
- Communication
- Evaluation
- Preparation and Packaging
- Transportation
* practical issues that are encountered during the transferprocess from both an equipment and a clinical perspective
* special considerations and circumstances that requireadditional planning
* useful appendices that contain supporting information, samplechecklists and example documentation.
For more details on the ALSG training courses please visit theALSG website at www.alsg.org
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Advanced Life Support Group
Paediatric and Neonatal Safe Transfer and Retrieval
The Practical Approach
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06/2008
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Person
Advanced Life Support Group, comprising panel of experts who teach this course
Content
Working group.
Contributors.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Contact details and website information.
Part I: Introduction.
Chapter 1 Introduction.
Chapter 2 The structured approach to transfers.
Part II: Managing the transfer.
Chapter 3 Assessment and control.
Chapter 4 Communication.
Chapter 5 Evaluation.
Chapter 6 Preparation and packaging.
Chapter 7 Transportation.
Chapter 8 Putting ACCEPT into practice.
Part III: Practical aspects of paediatric and neonatal transfermedicine.
Chapter 9 Oxygen therapy and monitoring.
Chapter 10 Securing and packaging.
Part IV: Assessment and clinical aspects of transfermedicine.
Chapter 11 Introduction to the clinical assessment ofchildren.
Chapter 12 Specifi c clinical conditions.
Part V: Special considerations.
Chapter 13 Parent support.
Chapter 14 Air transfers: an introduction.
Chapter 15 Transfers and management of the child for scans inthe radiology department.
Chapter 16 Transporting the child with a diffi cult airway.
Chapter 17 Keeping safe in the transport environment.
Chapter 18 The infectious or contaminated child.
Chapter 19 Governance, legal and insurance issues.
Chapter 20 Documentation.
Part VI: Appendices.
Appendix A Intensive care levels: classifi cation of ICU patientdependency.
Appendix B The PaNSTaR transfer master: a summary of ACCEPT.
Appendix C Transfer aide-memoire.
Appendix D Checklists.
Appendix E Generic referral form.
Appendix F Transfer competences.
Appendix G Glossary.
Appendix H References and further information.
Index.
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