Advanced Paediatric Life Support, Australia and New Zealand: A Practical Approach to Emergencies

Advanced Paediatric Life Support is the internationally renowned manual on emergency paediatric care, written to support the course run by the Advanced Life Support Group.  This edition has been adapted specifically for use in Australia and New Zealand, with the latest procedures, medications and clinical best practice to match the guidelines of the Australia and New Zealand Resuscitation Councils. Using their structured approach, a tried and tested practical method of treating children during the crucial first few hours of a life threatening illness or injury, Advanced Paediatric Life Support is used by doctors, nurses and allied health professionals dealing with emergencies in children. Its clear layout and straightforward style make it a highly practical tool both for training and in the event of an emergency.

The sixth edition includes major new features bringing it right up to date, including:

Fully adapted for use in Australia and New Zealand, with updates to chapters on shock, the choking child, basic life support and cardiac arrest The latest International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) 2015 Guidelines The latest consensus guidelines on paediatric trauma Enhanced discussions on the importance of human factors A new and improved design including full colour photographs and diagrams Free access to the Wiley E–Text

With this book at hand, all those providing care during paediatric emergencies can be confident in having comprehensive and authoritative guidance on the recognition and management of life threatening conditions necessary to save a child′s life.

Clinical conditions list

Working group

Contributors

Preface to the first edition

Preface to the sixth edition

Preface to the modified Australia and New Zealand sixth edition

Acknowledgements

Contact details and further information

How to use your textbook

Part 1: Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Structured approach to emergency paediatrics

Chapter 3 Human factors

Part 2: The seriously ill child

Chapter 4 The structured approach to the seriously ill child

Chapter 5 The child with breathing difficulties

Chapter 6 The child in shock

Chapter 7 The child with an abnormal pulse rate or rhythm

Chapter 8 The child with a decreased conscious level

Chapter 9 The convulsing child

Part 3: The seriously injured child

Chapter 10 Introduction to the seriously injured child

Chapter 11 The structured approach to the seriously injured child

Chapter 12 The child with chest injury

Chapter 13 The child with abdominal injury

Chapter 14 The child with traumatic brain injury

Chapter 15 The child with injuries to the extremities or the spine

Chapter 16 The burned or scalded child

Chapter 17 The child with an electrical injury or drowning

Part 4: Life support

Chapter 18 Basic life support

Chapter 19 Advanced support of the airway and ventilation

Chapter 20 The management of cardiac arrest

Part 5: Practical application of APLS

Chapter 21 Practical procedures: airway and breathing

Chapter 22 Practical procedures: circulation

Chapter 23 Practical procedures: trauma

Chapter 24 Imaging in trauma

Chapter 25 Structured approach to stabilisation and transfer

Part 6: Appendices

Appendix A Acid base balance

Appendix B Fluid and electrolyte management

Appendix C Child abuse and neglect

Appendix D When a child dies

Appendix E General approach to poisoning and envenomation

Appendix F Resuscitation of the baby at birth

Appendix G Formulary

Index