PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support: Study Guide

Updated to reflect the new 2010 Emergency Cardiovascular Care guidelines, this concise, easy-to-read guide provides the most essential information on prehospital and hospital management of pediatric emergencies. It is also the approved text for the American Safety & Health Institute's (ASHI) pediatric advanced life support course.

• Outline format with bulleted lists, concise tables, and a user-friendly writing style, makes this comprehensive text incredibly easy to read and understand.
• Pre-test and a post-test consist of multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, and essay questions to test your overall comprehension of the material.
• PALS Pearl boxes help you apply text information to real-life clinical situations.
• Sidebars contain additional information related to the topics covered in the chapter, providing an opportunity for further learning.
• Laminated quick reference card provides easy access to critical information in the field or hospital, such as:
• respiratory and heart rates
• blood pressure
• basic life support interventions
• Glasgow Coma Scale
• airway size and equipment selection for intubation corresponding to the Broselow Resuscitation Tape
• several pediatric algorithms
• pain assessment tools

• Updated content reflects the new 2010 Emergency Cardiovascular Care guidelines, as well as current industry standards.