| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006100270 |
| ISBN | 9781405101103 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1405101105 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
