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This new edition in the Mobile Medicine series covers today’s life-saving approaches to the critically ill or injured child. Find what you need quickly using the step-by-step, outline format that includes numerous algorithms, tables, and figures. After all, time is of the essence when performing emergency techniques such as intraosseous needle insertion, intubation, and cardioversion/defibrillation. Significant updates and revisions make the third edition of this reference a must-have for any physician, resident, nurse, or emergency medical technician. New to this edition * Includes new chapters—Asthma; Acute Renal Failure; Diabetic Ketoacidosis; Gastrointestinal Emergencies; Liver Failure; Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies; Hypo/Hyperthermia; and Terrorism and Mass Casualty—to prepare you for a broader range of emergency situations. * Features new and expanded material, including spinal cord trauma and additional focus on the hot topic of pain and sedation. * Supplements comprehensive coverage with additional illustrations to give you expert visual guidance. David G. Nichols , MD, MBA, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia & Critical Care; Myron Yaster , MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Charles N. Paidas , MD, MBA, Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, Oncology and Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Charles Schleien , MD, MBA, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Clinical Anesthesia; Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Dorothy G. Lappe , RN, MS, MBA