A major postgraduate textbook in paediatric emergency medicine, covering all the major topics that present to the trainee doctor in the emergency department.

• Short concise chapters, with key point boxes at the beginning - easy to use for the hard-pressed trainee.
• Aims to give a consensus approach to assessment and treatment, based on the latest evidence.
• Highlights areas of controversy.

General approach to the paediatric patient. Paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest. Basic life support. Paediatric advanced life support (ALS). Specific paediatric resuscitation. Shock. Neonatal resuscitation. Introduction to paediatric trauma. Paediatric neurotrauma. Thoracic injuries in childhood. Abdominal trauma. Wound management. Burns. Cyanotic heart disease and tetralogy of Fallot spells. Heart failure. Syncope. Congenital heart disease. Acute rheumatic fever. Infective endocarditis. Kawasaki disease. Paediatric arrhythmias. Upper respiratory infections. Inhaled foreign body. Acute asthma. Pertussis. Community-acquired pneumonia. Bronchiolitis. Croup. Abdominal pain. Gastrointestinal bleeding. Gastro-oesophageal reflux. Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS). Bilious vomiting. Food intolerance. Ingested foreign bodies. Hepatic failure. Diarrhoea and vomiting. Hepatitis. Intussusception. Herniae. Gastroenteritis. Constipation. CSF shunt complications. Raised intracranial pressure. Seizures and non-epileptic events. Acute weakness. Acute ataxia. Headache. CNS infections: meningitis and encephalitis. Infectious diseases. Metabolic emergencies. Diabetic emergencies in children. thyroid emergencies. Adrenal crisis. Disorders of fluids, electrolytes and acid-base. The use of blood products in children Anaemia. Disorders of coagulation. Platelet disorders. Vasculitis. Acute leukaemia. Febrile neutropenia. Dermatology. Ophthalmological emergencies. Congenital, developmental and neoplastic conditions. Ocular trauma. The ear. The nose. The mouth and throat. Retropharyngeal abscess. Foreign bodies and caustic ingestion. Paediatric gyaecology. Emergency contraception. Acute renal failure. Haematuria. Hypertension. Urinary tract infection in preschool children Haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Nephrotic syndrome. Henoch-Schonlein purpura. Paediatric psychiatric emergencies. Sexual assault. Child abuse. Managing the death of a child in the emergency department: bereavement issues. Forensic paediatric and the law. Analgesia and sedation. General approach to poisoning. Specific poisons. Envenomation. Drowning. Heat induced injury. Cold injuries. Anaphylaxis. Electrical injuries. Injury prevention in the emergency department. Paediatric resuscitation tape. Bag valve mask ventilation. Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal airways. Tracheal intubation. Confirmation of intubation. The surgical airway. Needle thoracostomy. Tube thoracostomy. Removing and replacing a tracheostomy tube. Central and peripheral intravenous lines. Intra-osseous infusions. Rectal diazepam administration. Umbilical vessel cannulation. Electrical countershock. Pericardiocentesis. Transurethral catheterisation and suprapubic bladder aspiration. Penile zipper injury. Lumbar puncture. Orthopaedics and rheumatology. Fractures and dislocations. Spinal injury. Risk management in acute paediatric orthopaedics. The acute scrotum. Acute problems of the penis and foreskin. Acute neonatal emergencies. Emergency medical transport and retrieval.

By Peter Cameron, Professor of Emergency Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Prahran, and Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; George Jelinek, Professor and Chairman of Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and University of Western Australia, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, Western Australia; Ian Everitt, Emergency Paediatrician, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Subiaco; Joondalup Health Campus, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; Gary J. Browne, MBBS, FRAQCP, FACEM, Associate Professor of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, The University of Sydney, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, Children's Hospital Institute of Sports Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine, Visiting Fellow in Sports Medicine & Associate Professor, The University of New South Wales, Head of Academic Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; and Jeremy Raftos, MD, Director, Paediatric Emergency, Women's and Children's Hospital, Children, Youth and Women's Health Service, North Adelaide, South Australia