Pediatric Emergencies, Second Edition provides a standard of prehospital pediatric emergency care for both the basic and advanced levels of prehospital providers.

Features:

• Differentiates all pediatric emergencies
• Uses the terminology and practice guidelines of the new EMT-B curriculum
• Contains current CPR guidelines for children
• Provides basic information about pediatric assessment and emergency conditions
• Incorporates family-centered care strategy
• Includes a section on children with special health care needs
• Contains illustrations and tables throughout the text to highlight key concepts

Contents

1. The Child's REsponse to Emergencies
2. Family Members' Response to Their Child's Emergency
3. General Pediatric Assessment
4. Equipment and Procedures for Management of ABCs
5. Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
6. Respiratory Emergencies
7. Medical Emergencies
8. Poisoning Emergencies
9. Pediatric Trauma Assessment
10. Head and Spinal Cord Injury
11. Chest, Abdominal and Extremity Injuries
12. Burns
13. Child Abuse
14. Newborn Management
15. Apnea and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
16. Suicide in Children and Adolescents
17. Crisis and Stress Management

Index

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