An updated guide to paediatric trauma written and updated by BTLS experts. Sections on paediatric airway, chest trauma, shock, spinal truama, head trauma, burns, drowning, child abuse, and neonatal resuscitation.

Author(s): Ann Marie Dietrich, Steven Shaner, John Campbell
Cover: Softback
Pages: 180
Edition: 2nd
Published: 2002

This 2nd edition of Paediatric BTLS is a companion to the 4th Edition (BO/831 - BO/832) BTLS texts and reflects the same methods of assessment and management but with the emphasis on the special needs of the paediatric patient.

Chapters

• The injured Child
• Assessment of the Pediatric Trauma Patient
• Patient Assessment Skills
• The Pediatric Airway
• Pediatric Chest Trauma
• Airway Management and Chest Decompression Skills
• Pediatric Shock and Fluid Resuscitation
• Fluid Resuscitation Skills
• Pediatric Abdominal Trauma
• Pediatric Head Trauma
• Pediatric Spinal Trauma
• Spinal Immobilization/Extrication
• Pediatric Extremity Trauma
• Pediatric Burns
• Pediatric Submersion Injuries
• Pediatric Trauma Arrest
• Child Abuse
• Death of a Child
• Trauma in the Newborn
• Pediatric Pre-existing Conditions

• Appendix A: Trauma Scoring Systems
• Appendix B: Use of Specialised Pediatric Care Centers
• Appendix C: Mass Casualty Incidents and the Pediatric Patient
• Index