Paediatric Advanced Life Support (eBook)

A Practical Guide for Nurses

Philip Jevon (Autor)

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2012 | 2. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781118274620 (ISBN)

Infos

In the event of a paediatric cardiac arrest, it is essential to be able to respond rapidly, providing safe and effective care. The second edition of this successful text provides you with a practical and systematic guide to the rapid assessment and delivery of appropriate resuscitation to infants and children.

• Conforms to current European Resuscitation Council Guidelines
• Based on up-to-date research and evidence-based practice protocols
• Synoptic approach enables rapid delivery of effective treatment
• Written by experts in the field of both resuscitation and paediatrics.

Paediatric Advanced Life Support 2e is a succinct yet comprehensive guide and is an essential purchase for any health professional likely to encounter an emergency situation.

Phil Jevon qualified as an RGN in 1986. He worked on CCU between the years 1987 and 1993 during which time he gained considerable experience in coronary care nursing.  He has been the Resuscitation Officer/ clinical Skills Lead at The Manor Hospital, Walsall since 1993 and is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the Birmingham Medical School. Holding the hospital cardiac arrest bleep, he attends paediatric arrests. He has run the Paediatric advanced life support courses (PALS, APLS, EPLS) for the last 17 years.

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In the event of a paediatric cardiac arrest, it is essential to be able to respond rapidly, providing safe and effective care. The second edition of this successful text provides nurses with a practical and systematic guide to the rapid assessment and delivery of appropriate resuscitation to infants and children. Conforms to current European Resuscitation Council Guidelines Based on up-to-date research and evidence-based practice protocols Synoptic approach enables rapid delivery of effective treatment Written by experts in the field of both resuscitation and paediatrics Paediatric Advanced Life Support is a succinct yet comprehensive guide and is an essential purchase for any health professional likely to encounter an emergency situation.

Inhalt

Paediatric Advanced Life Support: A Practical Guide for Nurses 5
Contents 7
Foreword 9
Contributors 10
Chapter 1: An Overview of Paediatric Advanced Life Support 11
Chapter 2: Resuscitation Equipment for Paediatric Resuscitation 25
Chapter 3: Recognition of the Seriously Ill Child 33
Chapter 4: Paediatric Basic Life Support 46
Chapter 5: Airway Management and Ventilation 76
Chapter 6: ECG Recognition and Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias 113
Chapter 7: Defibrillation and Electrical Cardioversion 126
Chapter 8: Paediatric Advanced Life Support 144
Chapter 9: Management of Anaphylaxis 167
Chapter 10: Resuscitation in Special Situations 181
Chapter 11: Post-resuscitation Care 200
Chapter 12: Bereavement 215
Chapter 13: Records, Record-keeping and Audit 228
Chapter 14: Legal and Ethical Issues 232
Chapter 15: Resuscitation Training 247
Index 263

Rezensionen

"In summary, this is a comprehensive and short text. It would
be suitable for nurses and medical trainees in emergency medicine,
paediatric specialties and anaesthesia." (The Irish
Medical Journal, 1 March 2013)

"As such it makes an excellent source of reference for those
involved in paediatric advanced life support . . . I would
recommend this book to any health professional likely to encounter
an emergency situation." (Nursing Times, 6 December
2012)
"It is a fundamental resource, noticeably reworked from its first
edition, and is suitable for practitioners who come into contact
with children in their sphere of practice." (Emergency
Nurse, 1 October 2012)

"Practitioners are given an easily digestible and portable text
focusing on emergency situations involving children and care
provision . . . Sub-headings provide clear markers and references
after each chapter encourage the reader to engage with literature
more effectively and read around areas of interest." (Nursing
Children and Young People, 1 October 2012)

"As a PALS regional faculty instructor for the American Heart
Association, I feel this U.K. book accurately reflects the revised
PALS guidelines and meets its intent to serve as a pocket-sized
guide for pediatric life support." (Doody's, 10 August
2012)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.3.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Fachpflege
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Kinderkrankenpflege
• Schlagworte: Able • advanced • contributors • equipment • Essential • Event • Foreword • Guide • Index • Issues • Krankenpflege • Krankenpflege in der Pädiatrie u. Neonatologie • Krankenpflege in der Pädiatrie u. Neonatologie • Life • nursing • Nursing Children & Young People • Overview • Paediatric • Practical • Recognition • respond rapidly • Resuscitation • Richard • Successful • Training • VII
• ISBN-13: 9781118274620 / 9781118274620