Covers the processes involved in transporting sick children and neonates. This book includes: principles of safe transport; transport physiology; the ambulance environment; equipment and monitoring; air transport of critically ill children; neonatal resuscitation and stabilization; and, paediatric resuscitation and stabilization.

Contributors. Acknowledgements. Foreword. Principles of safe transport. Transport physiology. The ambulance environment. Equipment and monitoring. Air transport of critically ill children. Neonatal transport. Neonatal resuscitation. Paediatric resuscitation and stabilisation. Management of the airway. Management of the circulation. Trauma. Drugs. Special transport interventions. What to do when it all goes wrong. Drugs. Appendix 1: Typical retrival forms. Appendix 2: Essential equations and aide-mémores. Selected references and bibliography. Index

Increasingly the need is recognized for safe and effective care of children being transferred for specialist services. Whether a premature baby or a critically ill child is being transported, specialist skills and knowledge are required. This book, based on a highly popular course from the University Hospitals of Leicester, covers the processes involved in transporting sick children and neonates. The book is also the coursebook for NEOSTAR, which will be run by the Advanced Life Support Group. Major sections cover: Planning transport programmesThe clinical management of different groups of critically ill infants and children. This tried and tested, practical guide is ideal for doctors, nurses and other health care workers that are involved with organizing transport services or who may be care for babies and children during transfer. Chapters include: Principles of safe transportTransport physiologyThe ambulance environmentEquipment and monitoringAir transport of critically ill childrenNeonatal resuscitation and stabilizationPaediatric resuscitation and stabilizationManagement of airway and breathingManagement of the circulationTraumaSpecial transport interventionsWhat to do when it all goes wrongDrugs