Paediatric and Neonatal Safe Transfer and Retrieval

Advanced Life Support Group, comprising panel of experts who teach this course

Working group. Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Contact details and website information. Part I: Introduction. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 The structured approach to transfers. Part II: Managing the transfer. Chapter 3 Assessment and control. Chapter 4 Communication. Chapter 5 Evaluation. Chapter 6 Preparation and packaging. Chapter 7 Transportation. Chapter 8 Putting ACCEPT into practice. Part III: Practical aspects of paediatric and neonatal transfer medicine. Chapter 9 Oxygen therapy and monitoring. Chapter 10 Securing and packaging. Part IV: Assessment and clinical aspects of transfer medicine. Chapter 11 Introduction to the clinical assessment of children. Chapter 12 Specifi c clinical conditions. Part V: Special considerations. Chapter 13 Parent support. Chapter 14 Air transfers: an introduction. Chapter 15 Transfers and management of the child for scans in the radiology department. Chapter 16 Transporting the child with a diffi cult airway. Chapter 17 Keeping safe in the transport environment. Chapter 18 The infectious or contaminated child. Chapter 19 Governance, legal and insurance issues. Chapter 20 Documentation. Part VI: Appendices. Appendix A Intensive care levels: classifi cation of ICU patient dependency. Appendix B The PaNSTaR transfer master: a summary of ACCEPT. Appendix C Transfer aide-memoire. Appendix D Checklists. Appendix E Generic referral form. Appendix F Transfer competences. Appendix G Glossary. Appendix H References and further information. Index...