Pre-hospital paediatric life support : a practical approach to emergencies / Advanced Life Support Group edited by Alan Charters, Hal Maxwell, Paul Reavley.
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TextPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2017Edition: 3rd editionDescription: 215 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781118339756 (ebook)Subject(s): Pediatric emergencies | Pediatric intensive care | Life support systems (Critical care) | Health and Wellbeing | Clinical & internal medicine | Paediatric medicine | Accident & emergency medicineGenre/Form: LOC classification: RJ370 | .P737 2017Online access: Open e-book Also available in printed form ISBN 9781118339763Summary: This practical book written especially for prehospital staff provides all the information needed to deal with children in life-threatening situations before arriving at hospital. This practical book, written especially for pre-hospital staff, provides all the information needed to deal with children in life threatening situations before arriving at hospital. Complementing the best-selling Advanced Paediatric Life Support, this new edition reflects recent developments in practice, and covers the indispensable knowledge required for paediatric emergency care in the pre-hospital setting. Fully updated, this manual includes new information to aid both civilian and military personnel, as well as material on all stages of pre-hospital care; from recognition and practical procedures to the important issues of paediatric practice in the field. Quick-to-follow algorithms of `at-the-scene' procedures Based upon the protocols that ensure a smooth transfer from pre-hospital to hospital care Internationally recognised course training resource Offering an authoritative guide to the care of the seriously ill or injured child, Pre-Hospital Paediatric Life Support is an essential tool for ambulance staff, general practitioners and community healthcare workers.
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Previous edition: London: BMJ, 2005.
Includes ebook access.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This practical book written especially for prehospital staff provides all the information needed to deal with children in life-threatening situations before arriving at hospital. This practical book, written especially for pre-hospital staff, provides all the information needed to deal with children in life threatening situations before arriving at hospital. Complementing the best-selling Advanced Paediatric Life Support, this new edition reflects recent developments in practice, and covers the indispensable knowledge required for paediatric emergency care in the pre-hospital setting. Fully updated, this manual includes new information to aid both civilian and military personnel, as well as material on all stages of pre-hospital care; from recognition and practical procedures to the important issues of paediatric practice in the field. Quick-to-follow algorithms of `at-the-scene' procedures Based upon the protocols that ensure a smooth transfer from pre-hospital to hospital care Internationally recognised course training resource Offering an authoritative guide to the care of the seriously ill or injured child, Pre-Hospital Paediatric Life Support is an essential tool for ambulance staff, general practitioners and community healthcare workers.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781118339763
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