Clinical Conditions List

vii

Working Group

ix

Contributors

x

Preface to the Fifth Edition

xii

Preface to the First Edition

xiii

Acknowledgements

xiv

Contact Details and Further Information

xv

PART 1

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1

Introduction

3

Chapter 2

Why Treat Children Differently?

7

Chapter 3

Structured Approach to Emergency Paediatrics

14

PART 2

LIFE SUPPORT

Chapter 4

Basic Life Support

19

Chapter 5

Advanced Support of the Airway and Ventilation

34

Chapter 6

The Management of Cardiac Arrest

43

PART 3

THE SERIOUSLY ILL CHILD

Chapter 7

The Structured Approach to the Seriously Ill Child

55

Chapter 8

The Child with Breathing Difficulties

70

Chapter 9

The Child in Shock

91

Chapter 10

The Child with an Abnormal Pulse Rate or Rhythm

107

Chapter 11

The Child with a Decreased Conscious Level

116

Chapter 12

The Convulsing Child

128

PART 4

THE SERIOUSLY INJURED CHILD

Chapter 22

Practical Procedures: Trauma

229

Chapter 23

Interpreting Trauma X-Rays

239

Chapter 24

Structured Approach to Stabilisation and Transfer

250

Chapter 25

Human Factors

262

PART 6

APPENDICES

Appendix A

Acid-Base Balance

273

Appendix B

Fluid and Electrolyte Management

279

Appendix C

Child Abuse and Neglect

290

Appendix D

Prevention of Injury in Children

299

Appendix E

When a Child Dies

303

Appendix F

Management of Pain in Children

306

Appendix G

Triage

314

Appendix H

General Approach to Poisoning and Envenomation

317

Appendix I

Resuscitation of the Baby at Birth

330

Appendix J

Formulary

343

Index

366