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Highly Commended at 2012 BMA awards in Paediatrics Category.

This new edition in the Mobile Medicine series covers today's life-saving approaches to the critically ill or injured child. Find what you need quickly using the step-by-step, outline format that includes numerous algorithms, tables, and figures. After all, time is of the essence when performing emergency techniques such as intraosseous needle insertion, intubation, and cardioversion/defibrillation. Significant updates and revisions make the third edition of this reference a must-have for any physician, resident, nurse, or emergency medical technician.

Find what you need quickly when performing emergency techniques such as cardioversion/defibrillation with a step-by-step, outline format that includes numerous algorithms, tables, and figures.

Prepare for a broad range of emergency situations with new chapters on General Surgical Emergencies; Asthma; Acute Renal Failure; Diabetic Ketoacidosis; Gastrointestinal Emergencies; Liver Failure; Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies; Hypo/Hyperthermia; and Terrorism and Mass Casualty.
Solve more clinical challenges with new and expanded material, including spinal cord trauma, and additional focus on the hot topic of pain and sedation.
Get expert visual guidance with additional illustrations to supplement the comprehensive coverage.

Contents:

1. Initial Assessment

2. Airway Management

3. Respiratory Failure

4. Acute Asthma

5. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

6. Shock

7. Cardiovascular Emergencies

8. Electrolyte and Metabolic Disorders

9. Acute Renal Failure

10. Endocrine Emergencies: Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hypoglycemia, and Thyroid Storm

11. Gastrointestinal Emergencies

12. Liver Failure

13. Hematologic Emergencies

14. Oncologic Emergencies

15. Head and Spinal Cord Trauma

16. Nontraumatic Stupor and Coma

17. Drug Intoxication

18. Status Epilepticus

19. Meningitis and Sepsis

20. Pain Control and Sedation Management

21. Thoracic Trauma

22. Abdominal Trauma

23. General Surgical Emergencies

24. Orthopedic Trauma

25. Ocular Emergencies and Trauma

26. Soft Tissue Injuries

27. Human and Animal Bites and Stings

28. Hypothermia and Hyperthermia

29. Terrorism and Mass Casualty Events

30. Burns

31. Child Abuse

32. Neonatal Emergencies

33. Transportation of the Critically Ill and Injured Child