• Nigel M Turner.
• Department of Perioperative and Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital at University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands. n.m.turner@umcutrecht.nl
• Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2011 Jul 1;28(7):471-7.

AbstractThe present article is intended as an update for anaesthesiologists on recent developments in life-threatening paediatric emergencies and paediatric resuscitation. It is assumed that the reader has at least a basic knowledge of the general principles of emergency medicine, such as the ABCDE-approach and the principle of 'treat first what kills first'; and also that the reader is familiar with the anatomical, physiological and psychological differences between adults and children. The article begins with a description of the background to paediatric emergencies followed by a description of a widely used systematic approach to the assessment of the seriously ill child. In the second half of the article, the principles of the initial treatment for acute, life-threatening problems in children and paediatric resuscitation are discussed with reference to the recent literature. The article ends with a discussion of the changes in latest guidelines for resuscitation of babies at birth.

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