Advanced paediatric life support : the practical approach /

Advanced paediatric life support : the practical approach / Advanced Life Support Group ; edited by Kevin Mackway-Jones ... [et al.]. - 4th ed. - Malden, Mass. : BMJ Books/Blackwell, 2005. - xvii, 393 p. : ill.

Includes index. Issued in loose-leaf.

Why treat children differently? -- Structured approach to emergency paediatrics -- Basic life support -- Advanced support of the airway and ventilation -- The management of cardiac arrest -- The structured approach to the seriously ill child -- The child with breathing difficulties -- The child in shock -- The child with an abnormal pulse rate or rhythm -- The child with a decreased conscious level -- The convulsing child -- The structured approach to the seriously injured child -- The child with chest injury -- The child with abdominal injury -- The child with trauma to the head -- The child with injuries to the extremities or the spine -- The burned or scalded child -- The child with an electrical injury or drowning -- Practical procedures: airway and breathing -- Practical procedures: circulation -- Practical procedures: trauma -- Interpreting trauma X-rays -- Structured approach to stabilisation and transfer.

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