Contributors to Seventh Edition vii
 
Contributors to Australia/New Zealand Edition x
 
Foreword xi
 
Preface to First Edition xiii
 
Preface to the Modified Australian and New Zealand Seventh Edition xiv
 
Preface to Seventh Edition xv
 
Acknowledgements xvii
 
Contact Details and Further Information xxi
 
Part 1: Introduction 1
 
1 Introduction and structured approach to paediatric emergencies 3
 
2 Getting it right: non-technical factors and communication 19
 
Part 2: The seriously ill child 29
 
3 Structured approach to the seriously ill child 31
 
4 Airway and Breathing 45
 
5 Circulation 65
 
6 Decreased conscious level (with or without seizures) 93
 
7 Exposure 115
 
Part 3: The seriously injured child 125
 
8 Structured approach to the seriously injured child 127
 
9 The child with chest injury 147
 
10 The child with abdominal injury 157
 
11 The child with traumatic brain injury 161
 
12 The child with injuries to the extremities or the spine 173
 
13 The burned or scalded child 183
 
14 The child with an electrical injury 191
 
15 Special considerations 195
 
Part 4: Life support 207
 
16 Basic life support 209
 
17 Support of the airway and ventilation 227
 
18 Management of cardiac arrest 245
 
Part 5: Practical application of APLS 259
 
19 Practical procedures: airway and breathing 261
 
20 Practical procedures: circulation 277
 
21 Practical procedures: trauma 295
 
22 Imaging in trauma 309
 
23 Structured approach to stabilisation and transfer 323
 
Part 6: Appendices 337
 
Appendix A Acid-base balance and blood gas interpretation 339
 
Appendix B Fluid and electrolyte management 357
 
Appendix C Paediatric major trauma 371
 
Appendix D Safeguarding 375
 
Appendix E Advance decisions and end of life 383
 
Appendix F General approach to poisoning and envenomation 397
 
Appendix G Resuscitation of the baby at birth 419
 
Appendix H Drowning 439
 
Appendix I Point-of-care ultrasound 445
 
Appendix J Formulary 455
 
List of algorithms 475
 
Working group for seventh edition 477
 
References and further reading 479
 
Index 485
 
How to use your textbook 506