Mosbys Comprehensive Pediatric Emergency Care is the first text to incorporate both prehospital and hospital management of pediatric emergencies. This unique text provides in-depth coverage of every area of pediatric emergency care making it ideal for prehospital providers, physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals who treat pediatric patients. This new text reflects the 2000 American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care guidelines and includes pediatric advanced life support. This is the approved textbook for the American Safety & Health Institute's (ASHI) pediatric emergency care 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.

• Includes pediatric advanced life support.
• 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 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.
• PEDS Pearl boxes help readers apply information covered in the text to real-life clinical situations.
• A Medication Chart in Chapter 8 features an alphabetical listing of medications commonly used in pediatric emergency care, helping readerslearn the basics of common medications at a glance.
• Sidebars contain additional information relevant to the topics covered in the chapter, giving readers an opportunity for further learning.
• Chapter quizzes help readers gauge their comprehension of the chapter.
• Glossary at the end of the book allows readers to look up words quickly and easily.
• A Pretest and a Posttest consisting of multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and essay questions test readers overall comprehension of the material.

Contains a FREE laminated quick-reference card!

With in-depth coverage of every area of pediatric emergency care, this title is ideal for prehospital providers, physicians, nurses and health care professionals. The text reflects the 2000 American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care guidelines and includes Pediatric Advanced Life Support.

Mosbys Comprehensive Pediatric Emergency Care is the first text to incorporate both prehospital and hospital management of pediatric emergencies. This unique text provides in-depth coverage of every area of pediatric emergency care making it ideal for prehospital providers, physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals who treat pediatric patients. This new text reflects the 2000 American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care guidelines and includes pediatric advanced life support. This is the approved textbook for the American Safety & Health Institute's (ASHI) pediatric emergency care 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.