Table Of Contents:
PART I: CARING FOR CHILDREN

Approach to the Pediatric Patient in the Emergency Department 1(7)

James S. Seidel

Deborah Parkman Henderson

Pediatric Emergency Department Environment 8(7)

Larry Bruce Mellick

Susan McClellan Asch

Injury Prevention and Control 15(8)

M. Denise Dowd

Carl D. Stevens

Emergency Medical Services for Children 23(19)

George L. Foltin

Michael G. Tunik

Arthur Cooper

Barbara A. Barlow

Interhospital Transport 42(4)

Karin A. McCloskey

Richard A. Orr

Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit Interface 46(2)

Edward E. Conway Jr.

Pain Control, Analgesia, and Sedation 48(23)

Thomas E. Terndrup

James D'Agostino

Appendix 7A: Blocks of the Upper Extremities

Norman C. Christopher

Death of a Child 71(6)

Deborah Parkman Henderson

Continuous Quality Improvement 77(4)

Eugene Izsak

L.A. Dandrea

Legal Issues 81(14)

Mitchell B. Cordover
PART II: RESUSCITATION

Emergency Management of Respiratory Distress and Failure 95(9)

Jill M. Baren

James S. Seidel

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 104(14)

James S. Seidel

Shock 118(38)

Mary Fran Hazinski

Roger M. Barkin

Appendix 13A: Venous and Arterial Access

Norman C. Christopher

Richard M. Cantor

Dysrhythmias 156(10)

Leon Chameides

Fluid and Electrolyte Balance 166(24)

Alfred Sacchetti

Richard J. Brilli

Roger M. Barkin

Blood, Blood Components, and Transfusion Reactions 190(7)

Lance Sieger
PART III: NEWBORN EMERGENCIES

Newborn Resuscitation 197(8)

Lynne M. Berry

James F. Padbury

Acute Distress in the Neonate and Postnatal Period 205(18)

David J. Burchfield
PART IV: TRAUMA

Approach to Multiple Trauma 223(13)

Laura S. Fitzmaurice

Appendix 19A: Rapid Sequence Induction

Head Trauma 236(16)

Margaret Dolan

Facial Trauma 252(35)

Wassam M. Rahman

Timothy J. O'Connor

Neck and Spinal Cord Trauma 287(31)

Francisco A. Medina

Thoracic Trauma 318(17)

Arthur Cooper

George L. Foltin;

Appendix 23A: Tube Thoracostomy

Norman C. Christopher

Abdominal Trauma 335(20)

George L. Foltin

Arthur Cooper

Genitourinary Trauma 355(16)

Marianne Gausche
PART V: MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SOFT TISSUE INJURIES

Foreign Bodies of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Airway 371(10)

Dena R. Brownstein

Management Principles--Musculoskeletal and Soft Tissue Injuries 381(10)

Dee Hodge III

Hand and Wrist Injuries 391(12)

Lisa S. Etzwiler

Upper Extremity Injuries 403(18)

Mark Joffe

Lower Extremity and Pelvic Injuries 421(8)

Susan B. Torrey

Ankle and Foot Injuries 429(10)

J. Leigh Jackson

James G. Linakis

Emergency Care of Minor Wounds 439(20)

Donald Demetrios Zukin

Alson S. Inaba

Christopher Wuerker
PART VI: ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

Animal and Human Bites 459(6)

Julia A. Rosekrans

Venomous Animal Bites and Stings 465(9)

Susan B. Tully

Willis A. Wingert

Near Drowning 474(8)

Jim R. Harley

Daniel W. Ochsenschlager

Electrical and Lightning Injuries 482(7)

M. Lois Hall

Robert M. Sills

Thermal Injury 489(7)

Ruth Ann Parish

Heat-induced Illnesses 496(4)

Marilyn F.A. Mellor

Accidental Hypothermia and Frostbite 500(11)

Harold J. Hofstrand

High Altitude Illness and Dysbarism 511(11)

Kathleen M. Smith

Radiation Exposure 522(5)

Susan McClellan Asch
PART VII: POISONING

General Management Principles for Poisoning 527(8)

Milton Tenenbein

Specific Toxins 535(43)

Gary S. Wasserman

Thomas T. Mydler

Vidya Sharma

Inhalation Injuries 578(21)

Anthony J. Scalzo
PART VIII: DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES

Child Abuse and Neglect 599(20)

Theodore M. Barnett

Allergic and Immunologic Disorders 619(12)

Kimberly H. Edwards

Carden Johnston

Cardiovascular Disorders 631(41)

Marilyn M. Li

Terry P. Klassen

Lise K. Watters

Dermatologic Disorders 672(37)

Julia A. Rosekrans

Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders 709(46)

John P. Santamaria

Thomas J. Abrunzo

Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders 755(19)

Richard A. Saladino

Eye Disorders 774(21)

Jacalyn S. Maller

Gastrointestinal Disorders 795(70)

Douglas A. Boenning

Bruce L. Klein

Evaline A. Alessandrin

Robert A. Belfer

James M. Chamberlain

Marc H. Gorelick

Lisa Sinclair Hart

Kathleen A. Lillis

Julian B. Orenstein

Daniel W. Ochsenschlager

Mary D. Patterson

Yeheskel Waisman

Jose L. Wright

Gynecologic and Obstetric Disorders 865(32)

Angela Sirnick

Marlene D. Melzer-Lange

Hematologic and Oncologic Disorders 897(29)

David T. Bachman

Roger M. Barkin

Sharon A. Brennan

Michael Recht

Infectious Disorders 926(46)

Robert A. Felter

John R. Bower

Appendix 55A: Postexposure Prophylaxis for Common Viral an Bacterial Pathogens

Appendix 55B: Acute Exposure to Blood That May Contain HBsAg

Neurologic Disorders 972(53)

Susan M. Fuchs

Roger M. Barkin

Mananda S. Bhende

Javier A. Gonzalez del Rey

Douglas Holtzman

Daniel J. Isaacman

Raymond B. Karasic

Ronald I. Paul

Orthopedic Disorders 1025(17)

Paula C. Fink

James E. Dufort

Deborah L. Smith-Wright

Psychiatric and Behavioral Disorders 1042(14)

Theodore M. Barnett

Respiratory Disorders 1056(71)

Mary A. Letourneau

Suzanne Schuh

Marianne Gausche

Urinary and Renal Disorders 1127

Joseph A. Weinberg

Julio Castillo

Felton E. Combest

Earl R. Dixon

Martin I. Herman

Amy L. Hertz

Warren L. Hutcheson

John G. Knepper

James A. O'Donnell II

Mary P. Sweeney

David G. Ward
Appendix A, Reference Standards
Appendix B, Parental Instruction Sheets for Common Illnesses
Appendix C, Formulary