Advanced Paediatric Life Support: The Practical Approach

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Wiley, Jun 26, 2012 - Medical - 416 pages

This international bestselling book on acute paediatric care isthe coursebook for the Advanced Life Support Group’s AdvancedPaediatric Life Support (APLS). It uses their practical approach, atried and tested method of treating children during the crucialfirst few hours of a life threatening condition. 

This edition has been adapted specifically for use in Australiaand New Zealand, with the latest procedures, medications andclinical best practice to match the guidelines of the Australia andNew Zealand Resuscitation Councils.

Advanced Paediatric Life Support is used in emergency andpaediatric departments by physicians, nurses and allied healthprofessionals, and its clear layout and straightforward style makeit a highly practical tool both for training and in the event of anemergency.

The fifth edition includes major new features bringing it rightup to date, including:

  • The latest International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation(ILCOR) 2010 Guidelines
  • A new and improved design including full colour photographs anddiagrams
  • Fully adapted for use in Australia and New Zealand
  • New sections for Australasian-specific practice, includingenvenomation, burns, triage, neonatal resuscitation andformulary

With this book at hand, paediatric and emergency staff can beconfident in having comprehensive and authoritative guidance on thefirst principles of recognising life threatening conditions throughto all the procedures necessary to save a child’s life.

About the author (2012)

The Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG), Manchester UK, began life in 1990 and became a registered medical education charity in 1993. The organisation exists to "preserve life by providing training and education to the general public and in particular but not exclusively to doctors, nurses and other members of the medical profession, in life saving techniques".
The book is written and edited by Emergency Medicine specialists who are Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) trainers.

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