Paediatric advanced life support; a practical guide for nurses, 2d ed. by Jevon, Phil - 2012

Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Jevon,(Birmingham Medical School, UK) offers a guide for nurses to the assessment and delivery of resuscitation to infants and children. He outlines the knowledge, skills, drugs, and equipment needed to treat infants and children with potentially life threatening conditions and prevent cardiac arrest, using an evidence-based team approach based on the Resuscitation Council UK 2010 guidelines. Topics include airway management and ventilation, management of cardiac arrhythmias, defibrillation and electrical cardioversion, advanced life support, anaphylaxis, special situations like hypothermia and poisoning, post-resuscitation care, bereavement, record-keeping and audit, legal and ethical issues, and resuscitation training. A few other contributors, including an attorney, provide three of the chapters. (2012 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)