Mosby's Comprehensive Pediatric Emergency Care - Brossura

Aehlert, Barbara

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0323032419 ISBN 13: 9780323032414

Casa editrice: Mosby Inc, 2005

Riassunto

Mosbys Comprehensive Pediatric Emergency Care is the first text to incorporate both prehospital and hospital management of pediatric emergencies. This unique text provides in-depth coverage of every area of pediatric emergency care making it ideal for prehospital providers, physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals who treat pediatric patients. This new text reflects the 2000 American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care guidelines and includes pediatric advanced life support. This is the approved textbook for the American Safety & Health Institute's (ASHI) pediatric emergency care course. For more information on ASHI courses, call 800-246-5101 or visit www.ashinstitute.org. Instructor resources available; contact your sales representative for details.

• Includes pediatric advanced life support.
• An outline format featuring bulleted lists, concise tables, and a user-friendly writing style makes this comprehensive text incredibly easy to read and understand.
• A laminated quick-reference card gives practitioners easy access to critical information in the field or hospital. This convenient card includes essential information regarding respiratory and heart rates, blood pressure, basic life support interventions, Glasgow Coma Scale, airway size and equipment selection for intubation corresponding to the Broselow Resuscitation Tape, several pediatric algorithms, and pain assessment tools.
• PEDS Pearl boxes help readers apply information covered in the text to real-life clinical situations.
• A Medication Chart in Chapter 8 features an alphabetical listing of medications commonly used in pediatric emergency care, helping readers learn the basics of common medications at a glance.
• Sidebars contain additional information relevant to the topics covered in the chapter, giving readers an opportunity for further learning.
• Chapter quizzes help readers gauge their comprehension of the chapter.
• Glossary at the end of the book allows readers to look up words quickly and easily.
• A Pretest and a Posttest consisting of multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and essay questions test readers overall comprehension of the material.

Contains a FREE laminated quick-reference card!

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Contenuti

Pretest
Chapter 1 Chain of Survival and Emergency Medical Services for Children
Chapter 2 Growth and Development
Chapter 3 Patient Assessment
Chapter 4 Respiratory Distress and Respiratory Failure
Chapter 5 Respiratory Interventions
Chapter 6 Cardiovascular Emergencies
Chapter 7 Cardiovascular Interventions
Chapter 8 Fluids and Medications
Chapter 9 Trauma and Burns
Chapter 10 Selected Childhood Illnesses
. Fever
. Infectious Disorders
. Neurological Disorders
. Gastrointestinal Disorders
. Endocrine Disorders
. Hematologic Disorders
. Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 11 Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 12 Toxicological Emergencies
Chapter 13 Child Maltreatment
Chapter 14 Death of an Infant or Child
Chapter 15 Children with Special Healthcare Needs
Chapter 16 Resuscitation of the Newly Born
Posttest
Glossary
Index

Product Description

Book by Aehlert RN BSPA Barbara J

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Mosby Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0323032419
• ISBN 13: 9780323032414
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 768
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile