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. This edition has been adapted specifically for use in Australia and New Zealand, with the latest procedures, medications and clinical best practice to match the guidelines of the Australia and New Zealand Resuscitation Councils. Using 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.
The sixth edition includes major new features bringing it right up to date, including:
- Fully adapted for use in Australia and New Zealand, with updates to chapters on shock, the choking child, basic life support and cardiac arrest
- The latest International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) 2015 Guidelines
- The latest consensus guidelines on paediatric trauma
- Enhanced discussions on the importance of human factors
- A new and improved design including full colour photographs and diagrams
- Free access to the Wiley E-Text
With this book at hand, all those providing care during paediatric emergencies can be confident in having comprehensive and authoritative guidance on the recognition and management of life threatening conditions necessary to save a child's life.
Clinical conditions list
Working group
Contributors
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the sixth edition
Preface to the modified Australia and New Zealand sixth edition
Acknowledgements
Contact details and further information
How to use your textbook
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
(leitura online e APP)
