Advanced Paediatric Life Support

The Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG), Manchester UK, began life in 1990 and became a registered medical education charity in 1993. The organisation exists to "preserve life by providing training and education to the general public and in particular but not exclusively to doctors, nurses and other members of the medical profession, in life saving techniques". The book is written and edited by Emergency Medicine specialists who are Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) trainers.

Clinical Conditions List. Working Group. Contributors. Preface to the Fifth Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Acknowledgements. Contact Details and Further Information. PART I: INTRODUCTION. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Why treat children differently? Chapter 3 Structured approach to emergency paediatrics. PART II: LIFE SUPPORT. Chapter 4 Basic life support. Chapter 5 Advanced support of the airway and ventilation. Chapter 6 The management of cardiac arrest. PART III: THE SERIOUSLY ILL CHILD. Chapter 7 The structured approach to the seriously ill child. Chapter 8 The child with breathing difficulties. Chapter 9 The child in shock. Chapter 10 The child with an abnormal pulse rate or rhythm. Chapter 11 The child with a decreased conscious level. Chapter 12 The convulsing child. PART IV: THE SERIOUSLY INJURED CHILD. Chapter 13 The structured approach to the seriously injured child. Chapter 14 The child with chest injury. Chapter 15 The child with abdominal injury. Chapter 16 The child with trauma to the head. Chapter 17 The child with injuries to the extremities or the spine. Chapter 18 The burned or scalded child. Chapter 19 The child with an electrical injury or drowning PART V: PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF APLS. Chapter 20 Practical procedures - airway and breathing. Chapter 21 Practical procedures - circulation. Chapter 22 Practical procedures - trauma. Chapter 23 Interpreting trauma X-rays. Chapter 24 Structured approach to stabilisation and transfer. Chapter 25 Human factors. PART VI: APPENDICES. Appendix A Acid. Appendix B Fluid and electrolyte management. Appendix C Child abuse. Appendix D Prevention of injury in children. Appendix E When a child dies. Appendix F Management of pain in children. Appendix G Triage. Appendix H General approach to poisoning and envenomation. Appendix I Resuscitation of the baby at birth. Appendix J Formulary. Index.