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E-book: Emergency Care of Minor Trauma in Children

(Consultant in Emergency Medicine with a special interest in paediatrics, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust)
  • Format: 232 pages
  • Pub. Date: 10-Nov-2017
  • Publisher: CRC Press Inc
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781315349220
  • Format - EPUB+DRM
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  • Format: 232 pages
  • Pub. Date: 10-Nov-2017
  • Publisher: CRC Press Inc
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781315349220

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Succinct and highly illustrated, the third edition of this handy pocket guide enables practitioners to successfully manage common minor injuries in children at the point of care. Each chapter has been updated to reflect changes to the treatment for the injury based on recent research and new guidelines. The new edition includes:





the latest recommended guidelines and procedures, for instant access to key information generous use of colour, warning boxes, icons, clinical tips and practical advice to help the reader find information at a glance numerous illustrations help explain more difficult concepts detailed guidance on when to treat, how to treat, when to refer or when minor trauma is indicative of a more serious diagnosis.

This concise evidence-based book remains an essential purchase for junior doctors, nurse practitioners and emergency care practitioners in the emergency department, minor injury centre or primary care facility. It is a touchstone for all those seeing children following minor injury or trauma.
Introduction vi
List of videos
viii
Chapter 1 Prevention of injury
1(2)
Chapter 2 Pain management
3(10)
Chapter 3 Wounds and soft tissue injuries
13(14)
Chapter 4 Head and facial injuries
27(16)
Chapter 5 Neck and back injuries
43(10)
Chapter 6 Fractures and dislocations: General approach
53(11)
Chapter 7 Injuries of the shoulder to wrist
64(29)
Chapter 8 The hand
93(23)
Chapter 9 The lower limb
116(28)
Chapter 10 Burns, scalds and chemical and electrical injuries
144(10)
Chapter 11 Bites, stings and allergic reactions
154(4)
Chapter 12 Foreign bodies
158(16)
Chapter 13 Injuries of the external genitalia and anus
174(5)
Chapter 14 Non-accidental injury
179(8)
Chapter 15 Practical procedures
187(23)
Index 210
Dr Ffion Davies is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine with a special interest in paediatrics, who works at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. She likes to demystify paediatrics for Emergency Medicine clinicians and to challenge the scope of practice in Emergency Departments so that children get a better deal.