Paediatric and Neonatal Safe Transfer and Retrieval: The Practical Approach

Contributors.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Contact details and website information.

Part I: Introduction.

Chapter 1 Introduction.

Chapter 2 The structured approach to transfers.

Part II: Managing the transfer.

Chapter 3 Assessment and control.

Chapter 4 Communication.

Chapter 5 Evaluation.

Chapter 6 Preparation and packaging.

Chapter 7 Transportation.

Chapter 8 Putting ACCEPT into practice.

Part III: Practical aspects of paediatric and neonatal transfer medicine.

Chapter 9 Oxygen therapy and monitoring.

Chapter 10 Securing and packaging.

Part IV: Assessment and clinical aspects of transfer medicine.

Chapter 11 Introduction to the clinical assessment of children.

Chapter 12 Specifi c clinical conditions.

Part V: Special considerations.

Chapter 13 Parent support.

Chapter 14 Air transfers: an introduction.

Chapter 15 Transfers and management of the child for scans in the radiology department.

Chapter 16 Transporting the child with a diffi cult airway.

Chapter 17 Keeping safe in the transport environment.

Chapter 18 The infectious or contaminated child.

Chapter 19 Governance, legal and insurance issues.

Chapter 20 Documentation.

Part VI: Appendices.

Appendix A Intensive care levels: classifi cation of ICU patient dependency.

Appendix B The PaNSTaR transfer master: a summary of ACCEPT.

Appendix C Transfer aide-memoire.

Appendix D Checklists.

Appendix E Generic referral form.

Appendix F Transfer competences.

Appendix G Glossary.

Appendix H References and further information.

Index.

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