This book, based on a highly popular course from the University Hospitals of Leicester, covers the processes involved in transporting sick children and neonates. The book is also the coursebook for NEOSTAR, which will be run by the Advanced Life Support Group. Major sections cover:
Planning transport programmes
The clinical management of different groups of critically ill infants and children.
This tried and tested, practical guide is ideal for doctors, nurses and other health care workers that are involved with organizing transport services or who may be care for babies and children during transfer.
Chapters include:
Principles of safe transport
Transport physiology
The ambulance environment
Equipment and monitoring
Air transport of critically ill children
Neonatal resuscitation and stabilization
Paediatric resuscitation and stabilization
Management of airway and breathing
Management of the circulation
Trauma
Special transport interventions
What to do when it all goes wrong
Drugs
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This book, based on a highly popular course from the University Hospitals of Leicester, covers the processes involved in transporting sick children and neonates. The book is also the coursebook for NEOSTAR, which will be run by the Advanced Life Support Group. Major sections cover:
Planning transport programmes
The clinical management of different groups of critically ill infants and children.
This tried and tested, practical guide is ideal for doctors, nurses and other health care workers that are involved with organizing transport services or who may be care for babies and children during transfer.
Chapters include:
Principles of safe transport
Transport physiology
The ambulance environment
Equipment and monitoring
Air transport of critically ill children
Neonatal resuscitation and stabilization
Paediatric resuscitation and stabilization
Management of airway and breathing
Management of the circulation
Trauma
Special transport interventions
What to do when it all goes wrong
Drugs
Imprint | BMJ Books |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | April 2003 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | April 2003 |
Authors | P. Barry |
Dimensions | 295 x 209 x 3mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 160 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7279-1770-6 |
Barcode | 9780727917706 |
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LSN | 0-7279-1770-6 |