Pediatric practice can be hectic under optimal everyday conditions.
Imagine what can happen when a child has an asthma attack, is choking,
or goes into cardiac arrest. The efficient pediatric provider not only
needs to have current knowledge of tools and skills, but must also be
prepared to use them in the most relevant and up-to-date manner in a
crisis.
The Complete Resource on Pediatric Office Emergency Preparedness
expands the pediatric primary care physician's role by focusing on
coordinated care practice, specifically working in tandem with staff and
EMS crews. This handbook-and-video set gives readers protocols for best
office-based practices for common emergencies (e.g., head injuries) and
special cases (e.g., disasters). Its print guide identifies basic
medications (with indications and dosing instructions), equipment, and
life support procedures for optimum emergency preparedness, and the
video fleshes out these concepts with how-to and not-to case vignettes.
The package models current educational methods, both for learning and
for teaching skills to professionals and parents.
Key features of The Complete Resource:
- Protocols for common pediatric office emergencies.
- Protocols for special situations: children with special care needs,
psycho-social emergencies, disasters.
- Instruction on basic life support skills.
- Videos illustrating do's and don'ts of emergency response.
- Quality improvement and learning assessment materials.
- A family education unit on health emergencies and first aid.
The Complete Resource on Pediatric Office Emergency Preparedness is a
necessary addition to the pediatrician's education library, and should
be of particular interest to researchers in maternal and child health.