Resuscitation and Stabilization of the Critically Ill Child

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wheeler, Derek S. (Editor), Wong, Hector R. (Editor), Shanley, Thomas P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

The field of critical care medicine is in the midst of a dramatic change. Technological and scientific advances during the last decade have resulted in a fundamental change in the way we view disease processes, such as sepsis, shock, acute lung injury, and traumatic brain injury. Pediatric intensivi...

Table of Contents:

• Emergency Medical Services for Children
• Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Supplemental Oxygen and Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation
• Assessment and Management of the Pediatric Airway
• Vascular Access
• Shock: An Overview
• Acute Respiratory Failure
• Pediatric Transport Medicine
• Withdrawal of Life Support
• Brain Death
• The Pathophysiology of Brain Death and Care of the Potential Organ Donor.