Advanced Paediatric Life Support : A Practical Approach to Emergencies (Paperback, 7 ed)

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

PART 1: Introduction     1

1 Introduction and structured approach to paediatric emergencies

2 Getting it right – non-technical skills and communications

PART 2: The seriously ill child    

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       

PART 3: The seriously injured child         

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            

PART 4: Life support     

16           Basic life support            

17           Support of the airway and ventilation    

18           Management of cardiac arrest   

PART 5: Practical application of APLS     

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

PART 6: Appendices     

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