Emergency care of children and young people / edited by Karen Cleaver & Janet Webb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cleaver, Karen, 1959-

Webb, Janet, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pediatric emergency services--Great Britain.

Pediatric emergency services.

Hospitals--Emergency services--Great Britain.

Hospitals.

Pediatric nursing--Great Britain.

Pediatric nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Children and young people account for a quarter of all patients treated in emergency departments in the UK, with three million children attending emergency departments every year. Emergency Care of Children and Young People prepares practitioners for the challenges of caring for children in emergency departments. Children requiring emergency care have unique and differing needs and may not respond or cooperate during an initial assessment as an adult would.Emergency Care of Children and Young People is an essential reference for all health care professionals working with children in th

Contents:

Setting the scene: the context of emergency care for children and young people / Karen Cleaver & Janet Webb

Principles of emergency care for children and young people / Lesley Wayne, Louise Bunn & Janet Webb

Legal and ethical emergency care of children / Pat Rose

Safeguarding and protecting children: the roles and responsibilities of the emergency care practitioner / Janet Webb

Meeting the specific needs of young people attending the emergency department / Jean Shepherd & Olive McKeown

Treatment and management of minor injuries / Lesley Wayne & Louise Bunn

The principles of assessment and management of pain in children and young people attending an emergency department / Ann Rich

Emergency care of the critically ill or seriously injured child / Karen Chandler, Gill McEwing & Janet Kelsey

Paediatric resuscitation / Rebecca Hoskins & Karen Chandler

Emergency care and management of children with acute respiratory illness / Janet Kelsey & Gill McEwing

The assessment and management of paediatric fever in the emergency setting / Karen Cleaver

Emergency care of children with sickle cell disease: one family's experience / Priscilla Dike

Emergency care of children and young people with diabetic ketoacidosis / Camille Roddam.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611318840

9781281318848

1281318841

9780470691786

0470691786

9780470691113

0470691115

OCLC:

608622710