PAL (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) Review: Pearls of Wisdom / Edition 3

by Marianne Gausche-Hill, Guy H. Haskell

Overview

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"The purpose is to help healthcare professionals study, learn, and retain critical information needed for the emergency care of children and improve performance on the PALS final exam. Numerous healthcare professionals are required to pass a PALS course each year. The book is easy and fast to read, while closely following current American Heart Association guidelines.....To review the content covered in a PALS course, this book uses a question and answer format to decrease the amount of reading and to emphasize the main learning points. Only the correct answers are provided. This format will help the reader avoid wasting time reading, reviewing, and possibly learning incorrect information.....this study guide is attractive for its time-saving, easy to read format that emphasizes major learning points."—Doody's Review Service

Updated to meet the 2005 American Heart Association Guidelines, this rapid-fire question-and-answer book is required reading for anyone preparing for PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certification or recertification.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071488334
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	05/27/2007
Series:	Pearls of Wisdom
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	697,322
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.60(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP is an Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles, California. She is also Director of Emergency Medical Services and affiliated with the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California.

Guy H Haskell, Ph.D, NREMT-P is the Director of Emergency Medical and Safety Services Consultants. He is also a Paramedic and Firefighter with the Benton Township Volunteer Fire Department in Unionville, IN.

Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP is a Professor of Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA. She is also the Director of Emergency Medical Services and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowships at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center's Department of Emergency Medicine in Torrance, CA.

Table of Contents

1.Emergency Medical Services for Children

2.Recognician of Shock and Respiratory Failure

3.Pediatric Basic Life Support

4.Airway and Ventilation

5.Vascular Access

6.Fluid Therapy and Medications

7.Cardiac Rhythm Disturbances

8.Trauma Resuscitation

9.Newborn Resuscitation

10.Immediate Postarrest Stabilization and Secondary Transport

11.Ethical and Legal Aspects of CPR in Children

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Charlotte A. Walker, MNSc (Central Arkansas Veterans Hospital)
Description: This is a study guide for successfully completing a Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Life Support course. This edition has been updated to meet the 2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for PALS.
Purpose: The purpose is to help healthcare professionals study, learn, and retain critical information needed for the emergency care of children and improve performance on the PALS final exam. Numerous healthcare professionals are required to pass a PALS course each year. The book is easy and fast to read, while closely following current American Heart Association guidelines.
Audience: It targets the broad audience of healthcare professionals who care for children: physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, paramedics, and EMTs. The authors have current backgrounds in the emergency care of children.
Features: To review the content covered in a PALS course, this book uses a question and answer format to decrease the amount of reading and to emphasize the main learning points. Only the correct answers are provided. This format will help the reader avoid wasting time reading, reviewing, and possibly learning incorrect information.
Assessment: The American Heart Association's Pediatric Advanced Life Support: Provider Manual, 2nd edition (2007) has more complete information, but this study guide is attractive for its time-saving, easy to read format that emphasizes major learning points.

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