Pre-Hospital Paediatric Life Support: A Practical Approach to the Out-of-Hospital Emergency Care of Children, Second Edition

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. It is a complementary volume to the best-selling Advanced Paediatric Life SupportContent: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–6): Chapter 2 Why Treat Children Differently? (pages 7–15): Chapter 3 Scene Management in Incidents Involving Children (pages 16–18): Chapter 4 Transportation of Children (pages 19–21): Chapter 5 Preparation (pages 22–26): Chapter 6 Introduction (pages 27–36): Chapter 7 Basic Life Support (pages 37–48): Chapter 8 Advanced Support of the Airway and Ventilation (pages 49–52): Chapter 9 The Management of Cardiac Arrest (pages 53–61): Chapter 10 The Structured Approach to the Seriously Ill Child (pages 63–85): Chapter 11 The Structured Approach to the Seriously Injured Child (pages 87–101): Chapter 12 Hi?tech Kids and Parents (pages 103–113): Chapter 13 Procedures: Airway and Breathing (pages 115–131): Chapter 14 Procedures: Circulation (pages 132–138): Chapter 15 Fluid Management (pages 139–140): Chapter 16 Procedures: Trauma (pages 141–154): Chapter 17 Pain Control (pages 155–163): Chapter 18 The Non?Seriously Ill Child (pages 165–172): Chapter 19 Paediatric Triage (pages 173–177): Chapter 20 Child Protection (pages 178–187): Chapter 21 When a Child Dies (pages 188–190): Chapter 22 Medicolegal Aspects of the Pre?Hospital Emergency Care of Children (pages 191–195): Chapter 23 Childhood Accidents and Their Prevention (pages 196–200): Chapter 24 Formulary (pages 201–220): As can be seen front Table 1.1, the greatest mortality during childhood occurs in the first year of life, with the highest death rate of all happening in the first month.