| Preface | |
| Ch. 1 | Management Issues | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Ethical and Legal Issues | 13 |
| Ch. 3 | The Future of Pediatric Emergency Nursing | 27 |
| Ch. 4 | Developmental and Psychosocial Considerations | 35 |
| Ch. 5 | Prevention of Illness and Injury | 49 |
| Ch. 6 | Health History and Physical Assessment | 73 |
| Ch. 7 | Triage | 89 |
| Ch. 8 | Telephone Triage | 97 |
| Ch. 9 | Children with Special Healthcare Needs | 111 |
| Ch. 10 | Transport | 115 |
| Ch. 11 | Neonatal Emergencies | 123 |
| Ch. 12 | Common Chief Complaints | 137 |
| Ch. 13 | Pain Assessment and Management | 149 |
| Ch. 14 | Neonatal Resuscitation | 163 |
| Ch. 15 | Pediatric Resuscitation | 169 |
| Ch. 16 | Respiratory Emergencies | 177 |
| Ch. 17 | Cardiovascular Emergencies | 193 |
| Ch. 18 | Neurologic Emergencies | 211 |
| Ch. 19 | Gastrointestinal Emergencies | 233 |
| Ch. 20 | Genitourinary Emergencies | 251 |
| Ch. 21 | Musculoskeletal Emergencies | 271 |
| Ch. 22 | Dermatologic Emergencies | 281 |
| Ch. 23 | Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Emergencies | 295 |
| Ch. 24 | Endocrine Emergencies | 309 |
| Ch. 25 | Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies | 321 |
| Ch. 26 | Communicable and Infectious Diseases | 341 |
| Ch. 27 | Psychiatric Emergencies | 369 |
| Ch. 28 | Crisis Intervention and Management | 389 |
| Ch. 29 | Mechanisms of Injury | 401 |
| Ch. 30 | Initial Trauma Assessment and Intervention | 409 |
| Ch. 31 | Head Trauma/Traumatic Brain Injury | 425 |
| Ch. 32 | Spinal Cord Trauma | 431 |
| Ch. 33 | Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma | 437 |
| Ch. 34 | Thoracic Trauma | 445 |
| Ch. 35 | Abdominal Trauma | 451 |
| Ch. 36 | Genitourinary Trauma | 455 |
| Ch. 37 | Submersion Injuries | 461 |
| Ch. 38 | Musculoskeletal Trauma | 465 |
| Ch. 39 | Burn Trauma | 477 |
| Ch. 40 | Shock | 497 |
| Ch. 41 | Heat-related Emergencies | 503 |
| Ch. 42 | Cold-related Emergencies | 507 |
| Ch. 43 | Bites and Stings | 513 |
| Ch. 44 | Toxicologic Emergencies | 521 |
| Ch. 45 | Hazardous Material and Biochemical Emergencies | 555 |
| Ch. 46 | Child Abuse and Neglect | 573 |
| Ch. 47 | Child Sexual Abuse | 585 |
| Index | 593 |