Pediatric Advanced Life Support Study Guide - Revised Reprint
Barbara Aehlert
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Product Information:
ISBN-13: 9780323047500
ISBN-10: 0323047505
Publisher: Mosby/JEMS
Format: Paperback, 528 pages
Pub Date: 10/2006
Edition Number: 2
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Synopsis
Updated to reflect the new 2005 emergency cardiovascular care guidelines! Popular author, Barbara Aehlert, incorporates both prehospital and hospital management of pediatric emergencies. In a concise, easy-to-read outline format, it provides the most essential information a provider needs. It is also the approved text for the American Safety & Health Institute's (ASHI)pediatric advanced life support course. For more information on ASHI courses, call 800-246-5101 or visit www.ashinstitute.org. Instructor resources available; contact your sales representative for details.
- An outline format featuring bulleted lists, concise tables, and a user-friendly writing style makes this comprehensive text incredibly easy to read and understand.
- A Pretest and a Posttest consisting of multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, and essay questions tests readers' overall comprehension of the material.
- Updated to reflect the new 2005 emergency cardiovascular care guidelines.
- PALS Pearl Boxes help readers apply information covered in the text to real-life clinical situations.
- Sidebars contain additional information relevant to the topics covered in the chapter, giving readers an opportunity for further learning.
- A laminated quick reference card gives practitioners easy access to critical information in the field or hospital. This convenient card includes essential information regarding respiratory and heart rates, blood pressure, basic life support interventions, Glasgow Coma Scale, airway size and equipment selection for intubation corresponding to the Broselow Resuscitation Tape, several pediatric algorithms, and pain assessment tools.
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Browse Titles In Related Subjects
Additional DescriptionPretest
Chapter 1 Chain of Survival and Emergency Medical Services for Children
Chapter 2 Patient Assessment
Chapter 3 Respiratory Distress and Respiratory Failure
Chapter 4 Respiratory I nterventions
Chapter 5 Cardiovascular Emergencies
Chapter 6 Cardiovascular Interventions
Chapter 7 Fluids and Medications
Chapter 8 Trauma and Burns
Chapter 9 Toxicological Emergencies
Chapter 10 Death of an Infant or Child
Chapter 11 Children with Special Healthcare Needs
Chapter 12 Resuscitation of the Newly Born
Post-test
Glossary
Index
