Critically ill paediatric transfers have expanded rapidly over the past ten years and, as such, the need for transfer teams to recognise, understand and treat the various illnesses that they encounter is greater than ever. This highly illustrated book covers a multitude of clinical presentations in a case-based format to allow an authentic feel to the transfer process. Written by clinicians with experience in thousands of transfers, it brings together many years of experience from a world-renowned hospital. Following the case from initial presentation, to resuscitation and referral and finally with the transfer itself; the book explores the clinical stabilisation, human factors decisions and logistical challenges that are encountered every day by these teams. Following the entire journey, this is an ideal resource for all professionals who may be involved in critical care transfer and retrieval medicine, particularly those working in paediatrics, emergency medicine, anaesthesiology, intensive care, or pre-hospital settings.
Edited by:
Shelley Riphagen,
Sam Fosker
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781108931113
ISBN 10: 1108931111
Pages: 332
Publication Date: 06 January 2022
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Models of care Shelley Riphagen; 2. Logistics and organisation Shelley Riphagen and Karen Starkie; 3. Air retrieval Karen Starkie; 4. Improving team performance Shelley Riphagen and Karen Starkie; 5. I like children, but I don't fancy intubating one Rumiko King and Joanne Perkins; 6. Upper airway obstruction Gareth Waters and Andrew Nyman; 7. Just Bronchiolitis? Sam Fosker and Shelley Riphagen; 8. Foreign body aspiration Alexander Hall and Andrew Nyman; 9. A child with facial swelling Michael Carter and Shelley Riphagen; 10. Pneumonia & empyema Elizabeth Daisy Dunn and Marilyn McDougall; 11. The child with a cough and concerning white cell count Jo Dyer and Maja Pavcnik; 12. Worsening stridor, to intubate … or not to intubate Joanna Davies and Shelley Riphagen; 13. Difficult asthma Christopher Hands and Andrew Nyman; 14. Transfer of child with pulmonary hypertension Kenneth MacGruer and Alison Pienaar; 15. A blue baby Joanna Davies and Shelley Riphagen; 16. A Shocked blue baby who won't improve Jenny Budd and Shelley Riphagen; 17. Under a spell Catia Pinto and Miriam Fine-Goulden; 18. A decline in function Shelley Riphagen; 19. Rash, tachycardia and irritability Shelley Riphagen; 20. Is the baby's heart rate supposed to be slower than mine? Olga Van Der Woude and Shelley Riphagen; 21. A pale lethargic girl Maria Gual Sanchez and Shelley Riphagen; 22. Too fast for comfort Sarah Hardwick and Miriam Fine-Goulden; 23. Chickenpox and other bugs Michelle Alisio and Marilyn McDougall; 24. When amoxicillin just doesn't cover it Michael Carter and Marilyn McDougall; 25. Tumour lysis Jo Dyer and Shelley Riphagen; 26. Respiratory insufficiency on maximal support: Is that it? Federico Minen and Jon Lillie; 27. Cardiac arrest Abi Whitehouse and Jon Lillie; 28. A neurosurgical emergency Livia Procopiuc and Alison Pienaar; 29. A fall from height Caroline Smith, Sam Fosker and Shelley Riphagen; 30. Brain against the clock Sam Fosker; 31. When vomiting becomes blood Anna Canet Carres and Shelley Riphagen; 32. Bilious vomiting and distended abdomen? Let's find a surgeon Xabier Freire Gomez and Alison Pienaar; 33. What can't go down, must come up Emily Cadman and Alison Pienaar; 34. Not all burns can be seen Alex Williams and Ariane Annicq; 35. Drowning and organ donation Emma Prower and Joanne Perkins; 36. The cold shocked child Sam Fosker and Shelley Riphagen; 37. Encephalopathy Fiona Bickell and Shelley Riphagen; 38. Adolescent Psychosis and Seizures – infection, ingestion or encephalitis? Sasha Herring and Marilyn McDougall; 39. The Collapsed neonate Ain Satar and Shelley Riphagen; 40. A floppy breathless child Sam Fosker and Shelley Riphagen; 41. Fever in the times of COVID-19 (SARV-CoV2) Marilyn McDougall; 42. A palliative care transfer home Miriam Fine-Goulden and Joa Laddie; 43. A story that just doesn't add up Emma Smith and Shelley Riphagen; 44. Multidrug overdose – a practical guide to stabilisation and transfer Nav Somasinghe and Joanne Perkins; 45. Death is a possible outcome Dawn Knight and Shelley Riphagen; 46. Cold unconscious 12 year old girl Louisa Brock and Marilyn McDougall; 47. Another collapsed neonate Hannah Hayden and Maja Pavcnik; 48. The challenges of chemotherapy Heather Burnett and Maja Pavcnik; 49. Diarrhoea and vomiting Georgina Humble and Shelley Riphagen; 50. A life-threatening sickle cell crisis Juan Ramon Valle Ortiz and Shelley Riphagen; 51. A baby with acute liver failure Marilyn McDougall; 52. Air transport of a critically ill baby Joanna Davies and Shelley Riphagen; 53. Crew resource management Sam Fosker; 54. Chest drain insertion Marilyn McDougall; 55. Paediatric airway clearance for acute management on retrieval Rosalie Summers; 56. Use of ultrasound for paediatric retrieval Ariane Annicq; 57. Vasoactive drugs on retrieval Benedict Griffiths.
Shelley Riphagen is a trained paediatric intensivist and clinical lead for the South Thames Retrieval Service, integrated within the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Evelina London Children's Hospital in London. Samuel Fosker is an anaesthetic trainee with an interest in pre-hospital and retrieval medicine and currently undertaking a clinical fellow role at the Evelina Children's Hospital and South Thames Retrieval Service in London. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine.
Reviews for Cases in Paediatric Critical Care Transfer and Retrieval Medicine
'Caring for critically unwell and injured patients in a pre-hospital environment is extremely difficult. Healthcare professionals undertaking this work must embrace dynamic risk, meticulous attention to detail and be able to perform in the most challenging of circumstances. When applied to a paediatric population this cognitive burden increases, requiring a huge amount of additional knowledge, skills and behaviours to overcome. This book expertly describes the challenges and solutions in an array of complex paediatric cases. It is essential reading for any healthcare professional who provides paediatric critical care and moves children from A to B.' Rob Major, FRCEM FIMC MA, HEMS Consultant, Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Centre for Neuroscience, Surgery and Trauma, QMUL, Chair, Research Audit Innovation and Development and Training and Education Lead, East Anglian Air Ambulance 'This book presents an excellent introduction and overview for clinicians and administrators working in this complex care discipline ... The expertise of the contributors and editors is obvious and the production quality of the book is excellent.' David James Dries, Doody's Reviews
