Advanced paediatric life support : the practical approach /

• Corporate Authors: Advanced Life Support Group (Manchester, England), Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Samuels, Martin (Martin P.) (Editor), Wieteska, Susan (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : BMJ Books, 2011.
• Edition: Fifth edition.
• Subjects: Pediatric emergencies.; Pediatric intensive care.; Life support systems (Critical care); Emergencies.; Child.; Critical Care > methods.; Emergency Treatment > methods.; Infant.; Wounds and Injuries > therapy.; Electronic books.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (pages)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781118369784; 1118369785; 9781444340198; 1444340190; 1118289277; 9781118289273; 1444330594; 9781444330595; 9780470672969; 047067296X; 9781444340204; 1444340204
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118369784

This internationally acclaimed bestseller covers the ALSG's three-day course on advanced paediatric life support, with the core sections for the abbreviated one-day course also highlighted. It provides practical guidance for managing children and infants in the life-threatening first golden hour, presenting the first principles of recognising life threatening conditions through all the procedures necessary to save a child's life. This new edition includes the 2010 European Resuscitation Council Guidelines, and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health new neurological guidelines. It also includes sections on stabilisation and transfer, BestBETs and other evidence-based references throughout, as well as updated material at www.alsg.org.uk --Provided by publisher.