Children in Intensive Care: A Nurse's Survival Guide

by Lynda Hassell (Author), Joanna Davies (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.40

  This is a lightweight, pocket guide to paediatric intensive care for PICNs, paediatric nurses, neonatal nurses, adult intensive care nurses and accident and emergency nurses. It covers all aspects of the subject by body systems. Extra information is provided on equipment needed in a paediatric emergency and there are helpful hints on managing children with various conditions.

• Used

  Paperback
  2007

  $3.40

  The needs of critically ill children are unique and this handy pocket book will be invaluable to anyone who needs a quick account of intensive care procedures. It brings together all the vital information in one source and in an accessible format. The text is organised by body systems and gives helpful hints on managing children with various conditions. Tables of normal values are included and additional information is provided about equipment needed in a paediatric emergency. ?. the information is clearly laid out and so is readily accessible ?. lightweight, pocket sized and easy to use in a clinical setting ?. written by British authors - nothing quite like it on the market ?. covers equipment needed in a paediatric emergency ?. helpful hints on managing a range of patients with various conditions . brings together information not readily available in one book step by step chest x-ray interpretation including abnormalities non-invasive ventilation and capnography differentiation of upper airway obstruction new surgical options for very complex cardiac defects. diagrams of the recommended ways to move children with a suspected neck/head injury a chapter on child protection general features of common childhood illnesses