Quick Reference Guide for Paediatric Emergencies

This is the essential aide memoir for clinicians who are dealing with children with acutely life-threatening disorders. Written by Imperial College healthcare NHS trust consultants, it is packed with guidelines and tips on how best to address a comprehensive range of clinical conditions.

In paediatrics, the prognosis of acute diseases is very much dependent on the quality of clinical management during the initial hours after presentation. This pocket guide can be used immediately, at the bedside, to provide that all-important quick access to the correct information. The unique double-page organisation means the relevant information is accessible as soon as the book is opened. There is also space for the clinician to jot down personal comments and notes.

Armed with this little book, clinicians will have all the correct information on hand, to use ‘on the ground’ in the emergency room.

Sample Chapter(s)
Limiting Errors in the Management of Emergencies (392 KB)

• Limiting Errors in the Management of Emergencies
• In-Hospital Resuscitation
• Assessing a Patient in an Emergency: Immediate Actions
• Monitoring and Initial Helpful Procedures
• Some Tricky Signs
• Traffic Light System: Identifying Risks of Serious Illness
• Normal Heart Rate, Respiratory Rate, Blood Pressure
• Heart Rate and Temperature in a Child Less Than 1 Year Old
• Paediatric Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Paediatric Advanced Life Support (ALS)
• The Choking Child
• Upper Airways Obstruction
• Epiglottitis
• Management of Croup
• Bronchiolitis — Acute Care in Hospital (Bach Protocol)
• Acute Asthma Guideline: Severe and Life Threatening
• Sickle Cell Acute Chest Syndrome (ACS)
• Sickle Cell Acute Abdominal Crisis
• Haemodynamic Instability
• Anaphylaxis
• Kawasaki Disease (KD)
• Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
• Meningococcal Sepsis
• Necrotising Fasciitis
• Neonatal Sepsis and Meningitis
• Fever in Oncology/Immunocompromised/Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Patients
• Severe Malaria
• Osteomyelitis/Septic Arthritis: Urgent Management
• Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
• Duct-Dependant Congenital Heart Disease
• Tetralogy of Fallot — Hypercyanotic Spells
• Myocarditis: When to Think of It and Management of It
• Fluid Maintenance
• Vomiting and Dehydration Criteria
• Gastroenteritis
• Hypernatraemia
• Acute Electrolyte Corrections: HCO^-₃, Na⁺, K⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺
• Abdominal Surgical Emergencies — Bowel Onstruction or Necrosis
• Decreased Conscious Level: GCS <15 OR AVPU <A Coma Scores: Glasgow Coma Scale for Children and AVPU Scale
• Status Epilepticus Algorithm
• Meningoencephalopathy/Meningitis/Encephalitis
• Acutely Raised Intracranial Pressure (RICP)
• Acute Glomerulonephritis (GN)
• Nephrotic Syndrome (NS)
• Malignant Hypertension
• Acute Renal Failure
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
• Endocrine Emergencies
• Metabolic Emergencies and Hyperammonaemia
• Paediatric Trauma
• Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
• Children's Burns Guidelines
• Paediatric Major Haemorrhage Clinical Pathways (<50Kg)
• Paediatric Major Haemorrhage Protocol (<50Kg)
• Poisoning
• Helping the Anaesthetist Getting Ready to Intubate
• Helping the Anaesthetist Ventilate and Oxygenate
• Acute Pain Management: A Quick Guide
• Transport of the Critically Ill Child: CATS Guidelines
• Suspecting Child Abuse
• Safeguarding Children and Young People Team
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
• Apparent Life Threatening Events (ALTE)
• Death of Children: Expected and Unexpected (UK Rules and Regulations)
• Commonly Used Drugs in the First Hours and Doses
• First Line Treatment for Specific Infectious Syndromes
• Notifiable Diseases
• Growth Charts — Boys (WHO/RCPCH): 0–4 Years Old
• Growth Charts — Girls (WHO/RCPCH): 0–4 Years Old
• Body Mass Index (BMI)
• Estimated Body Surface Area
• Some Useful Formulas
• Unit Conversions and Dose Calculators