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Overview
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.
Editorials
From the Publisher
“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)
Reviewer: Julie A Warren, RN, MSN, CCRN(Presbyterian Healthcare Services)
Description: This is a succinct yet comprehensive guide to Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) in an accessible, pocket-sized format. It includes the current, research-based, knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and manage infants and children with potentially life-threatening illnesses.
Purpose: The purpose is to review the key knowledge and skills used in PALS, with additional information about pediatric illness and death statistics for the U.K. Each chapter has clearly listed objectives. This second edition reflects recent revisions to PALS guidelines.
Audience: It is written for all healthcare providers, at every level of expertise, who care for infants and children. The author has been a PALS instructor for many years and responds to pediatric arrests at his organization.
Features: This book covers the recognition of the seriously ill child, basic and advanced life support techniques including airway management, rhythm recognition and management, defibrillator use, and shock management/resuscitation. It covers all of the aspects of PALS, and every chapter has clearly listed objectives. Perhaps the only shortcoming is that the pictures are black and white and are of manikins instead of actual children. More information about sepsis, myocarditis, ductal-dependent cardiac lesions, and single-ventricle physiology management would have been helpful.
Assessment: 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. This second edition is justified due to recent updates in the research concerning pediatric resuscitation and changes to the PALS guidelines.