Golden Hour: The Handbook of Advanced Pediatric Life Support

This new edition in the Mobile Medicine series covers today's life-saving approaches to the critically ill or injured child. Find what you need quickly using the step-by-step, outline format that includes numerous algorithms, tables, and figures.

-Prepare for a broad range of emergency situations with new chapters on General Surgical Emergencies; Asthma; Acute Renal Failure; Diabetic Ketoacidosis; Gastrointestinal Emergencies; Liver Failure; Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies; Hypo/Hyperthermia; and Terrorism and Mass Casualty.

-Solve more clinical challenges with new and expanded material, including spinal cord trauma, and additional focus on the hot topic of pain and sedation.

-Get expert visual guidance with additional illustrations to supplement the comprehensive coverage.

After all, time is of the essence when performing emergency techniques such as intraosseous needle insertion, intubation, and cardioversion/defibrillation.

Significant updates and revisions make the third edition of this reference a must-have for any physician, resident, nurse, or emergency medical technician.

Features new and expanded material, including spinal cord trauma and additional focus on the hot topic of pain and sedation. Supplements comprehensive coverage with additional illustrations to give you expert visual guidance.

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