Advanced Paediatric Life Support - A Practical Approach to Emergencies

ADVANCED PAEDIATRIC LIFE SUPPORT
A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO EMERGENCIES
 
The gold standard for treating paediatric emergencies
 
Advanced Paediatric Life Support: A Practical Approach to Emergencies is the internationally renowned manual on emergency paediatric care. Written to support the course run by the Advanced Life Support Group, the book uses their structured approach: a tried and tested practical method of treating children during the crucial first few hours of a life-threatening illness or injury. Advanced Paediatric Life Support is used by doctors, nurses and allied health professionals dealing with emergencies in children. Its clear layout and straightforward style make it a highly practical tool both for training and in the event of an emergency.
 
In the seventh edition you will find descriptions of both common and uncommon paediatric emergencies which you may encounter in clinical practice, their causes, and how to best treat them during the first hours after presentation.
 
This book offers a thoroughly evidence-based approach to its subject, which includes:
* The latest International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) 2021 guidelines
* A thorough introduction to the structured approach to paediatric emergencies, including important non-technical skills and communication
* Comprehensive explorations of the seriously ill child, including airway and breathing, circulation, decreased consciousness, seizures and exposure
* Practical discussions of the seriously injured child, including examinations of chest, abdominal, brain and spinal injuries
* Evidence-based life support treatment and the practical application of the Advanced Paediatric Life Support structured management
 
Perfect for emergency care physicians, nurses and other allied health professionals, Advanced Paediatric Life Support: A Practical Approach to Emergencies will also benefit paediatric clinicians, doctors-in-training and anyone else with an interest in the team management and treatment of paediatric emergencies.

List of contents

Contributors to seventh edition vii
 
Foreword xi
 
Preface to first edition xii
 
Preface to seventh edition xiii
 
Acknowledgements xv
 
Contact details and further information xix
 
PART 1: Introduction 1
 
1 Introduction and structured approach to paediatric emergencies 3
 
2 Getting it right: non-technical factors and communication 19
 
PART 2: The seriously ill child 29
 
3 Structured approach to the seriously ill child 31
 
4 Airway and Breathing 45
 
5 Circulation 65
 
6 Decreased conscious level (with or without seizures) 93
 
7 Exposure 115
 
PART 3: The seriously injured child 125
 
8 Structured approach to the seriously injured child 127
 
9 The child with chest injury 147
 
10 The child with abdominal injury 157
 
11 The child with traumatic brain injury 161
 
12 The child with injuries to the extremities or the spine 173
 
13 The burned or scalded child 183
 
14 The child with an electrical injury 191
 
15 Special considerations 195
 
PART 4: Life support 207
 
16 Basic life support 209
 
17 Support of the airway and ventilation 227
 
18 Management of cardiac arrest 245
 
PART 5: Practical application of APLS 259
 
19 Practical procedures: airway and breathing 261
 
20 Practical procedures: circulation 277
 
21 Practical procedures: trauma 295
 
22 Imaging in trauma 309
 
23 Structured approach to stabilisation and transfer 323
 
PART 6: Appendices 337
 
Appendix A Acid-base balance and blood gas interpretation 339
 
Appendix B Fluid and electrolyte management 357
 
Appendix C Paediatric major trauma 371
 
Appendix D Safeguarding 375
 
Appendix E Advance decisions and end of life 383
 
Appendix F General approach to poisoning and envenomation 397
 
Appendix G Resuscitation of the baby at birth 419
 
Appendix H Drowning 439
 
Appendix I Point of care ultrasound 445
 
Appendix J Formulary 455
 
List of algorithms 477
 
Working group for seventh edition 479
 
References and further reading 481
 
Index 487
 
How to use your textbook 508

About the author

Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG), Manchester, UK.
ALSG's medical education & training programmes improve outcomes for people in life-threatening situations, anywhere along the health care pathway, anywhere in the world.
As a charity, ALSG invests all profits in educational resources and partners with the most effective and respected organisations worldwide to develop exceptionally high-quality programmes. ALSG education quality is verified, accredited and internationally recognised as 'best in class', contributing to better outcomes for patients in life-threatening situations.
Stephanie Smith, PhD, is Emergency Paediatric Consultant, Clinical Director at Nottingham Children's Hospital.

Summary

ADVANCED PAEDIATRIC LIFE SUPPORT
A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO EMERGENCIES

The gold standard for treating paediatric emergencies

Advanced Paediatric Life Support: A Practical Approach to Emergencies is the internationally renowned manual on emergency paediatric care. Written to support the course run by the Advanced Life Support Group, the book uses their structured approach: a tried and tested practical method of treating children during the crucial first few hours of a life-threatening illness or injury. Advanced Paediatric Life Support is used by doctors, nurses and allied health professionals dealing with emergencies in children. Its clear layout and straightforward style make it a highly practical tool both for training and in the event of an emergency.

In the seventh edition you will find descriptions of both common and uncommon paediatric emergencies which you may encounter in clinical practice, their causes, and how to best treat them during the first hours after presentation.

This book offers a thoroughly evidence-based approach to its subject, which includes:
* The latest International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) 2021 guidelines
* A thorough introduction to the structured approach to paediatric emergencies, including important non-technical skills and communication
* Comprehensive explorations of the seriously ill child, including airway and breathing, circulation, decreased consciousness, seizures and exposure
* Practical discussions of the seriously injured child, including examinations of chest, abdominal, brain and spinal injuries
* Evidence-based life support treatment and the practical application of the Advanced Paediatric Life Support structured management

Perfect for emergency care physicians, nurses and other allied health professionals, Advanced Paediatric Life Support: A Practical Approach to Emergencies will also benefit paediatric clinicians, doctors-in-training and anyone else with an interest in the team management and treatment of paediatric emergencies.

Product details

• Authors: Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG), Stephanie Smith, Stephanie (Nottingham Children''s Hospital) Smith
• Assisted by: Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) (Editor), Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.09.2023
• EAN: 9781119716136
• ISBN: 978-1-119-71613-6
• No. of pages: 528
• Series: Advanced Life Support Group
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Krankenpflege, Medizin, Pädiatrie, Notfallmedizin, Pediatrics, Nursing, Medical Science, Notfallmedizin u. Traumatologie, Emergency Medicine & Trauma, Intensiv- u. Notfallpflege, Acute, Critical & Emergency Care