Advanced Paediatric Life Support

Advanced Paediatric Life Support is the internationally renowned manual on emergency paediatric care, written to support the course run by the Advanced Life Support Group. * Includes the latest International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) 2015 Guidelines and the latest consensus guidelines on paediatric trauma * Now with enhanced discussions on the importance of human factors * Now with a new and improved design including full colour photographs and diagrams * Sixth edition comes with free access to the Wiley E-Text

Contents

Clinical conditions list Working group Contributors Preface to the first edition Preface to the sixth edition Acknowledgements Contact details and further information Part 1: Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Structured approach to emergency paediatrics Chapter 3 Human factors Part 2: The seriously ill child Chapter 4 The structured approach to the seriously ill child Chapter 5 The child with breathing difficulties Chapter 6 The child in shock Chapter 7 The child with an abnormal pulse rate or rhythm Chapter 8 The child with a decreased conscious level Chapter 9 The convulsing child Part 3: The seriously injured child Chapter 10 Introduction to the seriously injured child Chapter 11 The structured approach to the seriously injured child Chapter 12 The child with chest injury Chapter 13 The child with abdominal injury Chapter 14 The child with traumatic brain injury Chapter 15 The child with injuries to the extremities or the spine Chapter 16 The burned or scalded child Chapter 17 The child with an electrical injury or drowning Part 4: Life support Chapter 18 Basic life support Chapter 19 Advanced support of the airway and ventilation Chapter 20 The management of cardiac arrest Part 5: Practical application of APLS Chapter 21 Practical procedures: airway and breathing Chapter 22 Practical procedures: circulation Chapter 23 Practical procedures: trauma Chapter 24 Imaging in trauma Chapter 25 Structured approach to stabilisation and transfer Part 6: Appendices Appendix A Acid base balance Appendix B Fluid and electrolyte management Appendix C Child abuse and neglect Appendix D When a child dies Appendix E General approach to poisoning and envenomation Appendix F Resuscitation of the baby at birth Appendix G Formulary Index