TY - BOOK AU - Bethel,James TI - Paediatric minor emergencies SN - 9781905539352 PY - 2008/// CY - Keswick PB - M and K Update KW - Pediatric emergencies KW - Medical emergencies KW - Children KW - Emergencies KW - Child N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and index; pt. 1. Caring for children and adolescents -- pt. 2. Minor injury -- pt. 3. Minor illness N2 - There is a dearth of written work relating specifically to the emergency care of the child. Why this should be the case is perhaps not as perplexing as it may initially appear: although children make up between 25% and 30% of the attendance of many emergency departments, constituting approximately 3.5 million attendances a year (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) 1999, 2007), there has until recently been little specific provision made for them. Whilst not addressing all of the challenges it is hoped that this work will provide some of the necessary knowledge for emergency nu UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?custid=ns123844&authtype=ip,shib&direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=400954 ER -