Pre–Hospital Paediatric Life Support – The Practical Approach 2e

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.

PART I: INTRODUCTION AND PREPARATION. Introduction. Why treat children differently?. Scene management in incidents involving children. Transportation of children. Preparation. PART II: STRUCTURED APPROACH TO RECOGNITION. PART III: RESUSCITATION. Basic life support. Advanced support of the airway and ventilation. The management of cardiac arrest. PART IV: THE SERIOUSLY ILL CHILD. The structured approach to the seriously ill child. PART V: THE SERIOUSLY INJURED CHILD. The structured approach to the seriously injured child. PART VI: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS. Hi-tech kids and parents. PART VII: PRACTICAL PROCEDURES. Procedures: airway and breathing. Procedures: circulation. Fluid management. Procedures: trauma. Pain control. PART VIII:OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES IN CARING FOR CHILDREN. The non-seriously ill child. Paediatric triage. Child protection. When a child dies. Medicolegal aspects. Childhood accidents and their prevention. PART IX: FORMULARY. Formulary