Emergency care of children and young people [electronic resource] edited by Karen Cleaver & Janet Webb.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the scene: the context of emergency care for children and young people / Karen Cleaver & Janet Webb -- Principles of emergency care for children and young people / Lesley Wayne, Louise Bunn & Janet Webb -- The ethical/legal context of caring for children and young people in the emergency department / Pat Rose -- Safeguarding and protecting children: the roles and responsibilities of the emergency care practitioner / Janet Webb -- Meeting the specific needs of young people attending the emergency department / Jean Shepherd & Olive McKeown -- Treatment and management of minor injuries / Lesley Wayne & Louise Bunn -- The principles of assessment and management of pain in children and young -- People attending an emergency department / Ann Rich -- Emergency care of the critically ill or seriously injured child / Karen Chandler, Gill McEwing & Janet Kelsey -- Paediatric resuscitation / Rebecca Hoskins & Karen Chandler -- Emergency care and management of children with acute respiratory illness / Janet Kelsey & Gill McEwing -- The assessment and management of paediatric fever in the emergency setting / Karen Cleaver -- Emergency care of children with sickle cell disease: one family's experience / Priscilla Dike -- Emergency care of children and young people with diabetic ketoacidosis / Camille Roddan.

Electronic reproduction. New York, N.Y. : Ovid Technologies, Inc. Available via World Wide Web.