Advanced paediatric life support : a practical approach to emergencies / Advanced Life Support Group ; edited by Stephanie Smith.

Includes index.

Introduction and structured approach to paediatric emergencies -- Getting it right : non-technical skills and communications -- Structured approach to the seriously ill child -- Airway and Breathing -- Circulation -- Decreased conscious level (with or without seizures) -- Exposure : external -- Structured approach to the seriously injured child -- The child with chest injury -- The child with abdominal injury -- The child with traumatic brain injury -- The child with injuries to the extremities or the spine -- The burned or scalded child -- The child with an electrical injury -- Special considerations -- Basic life support -- Support of the airway and ventilation -- Management of cardiac arrest -- Practical procedures: airway and breathing -- Practical procedures: circulation -- Practical procedures: trauma -- Imaging in trauma -- Structured approach to stabilisation and transfer.

"The Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) course is now delivered in 76 centres across the United Kingdom and 17 centres on every continent across the world. This amazing achievement is due to the small, dedicated team based at the Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) in Manchester and to the thousands of trained instructors from many disciplines, who give their time and expertise so generously. Thank you all. This manual (the seventh in the last 30 years) supports the APLS and Paediatric Life Support (PLS) courses, as well as being used as a gold standard for acute paediatric clinical practice. It builds on the contributions from previous authors whose names can be found on the ALSG website. Thank you to them and to all those who have worked so hard to produce this edition. This manual has been updated throughout. There is an increased emphasis on preparation for effective team working to improve patient safety. The seriously ill child section has been restructured to consolidate information into chapters reflecting the ABCDE approach"-- Provided by publisher.