Specialised units for critically ill children and infants are concentrated in the major hospitals. This invaluable practical guide covers the management of children in a critical condition who have been admitted to a general hospital and will need safe transfer to a special unit. With tertiary care becoming ever more centralised, the need for clear information on safe transport is becoming increasingly important.
Author(s): Peter Barry, Andrew Leslie
Edition: 1
Publisher: BMJ Books
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 162
@Team LiB......Page 1
Cover......Page 2
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Foreword......Page 13
Part 1
Planning for safe and effective
transport......Page 15
1 Principles of safe transport......Page 17
2 Transport physiology......Page 28
3 The ambulance environment......Page 33
4 Equipment and monitoring......Page 39
5 Air transport of critically
ill children......Page 50
Part 2
Practical transport management......Page 55
6 Neonatal resuscitation
and stabilisation......Page 57
7 Paediatric resuscitation
and stabilisation......Page 67
8 Management of the airway
and breathing......Page 83
9 Management of the circulation......Page 93
10 Trauma......Page 104
11 Special transport interventions......Page 116
12 What to do when it
all goes wrong......Page 122
13 Drugs......Page 126
Appendix 1:Typical retrieval forms......Page 137
Appendix 2: Essential equations
and aide-mémoires......Page 148
Selected references
and bibliography......Page 149
Index......Page 153
