CARE OF THE INFANT OR CHILD WITH ACUTE NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION
Cranial nerve Function controlled I Olfactory Sensory – smell II Optic Sensory – vision III Oculomotor Motor – all eye muscles except those served by IV and VI IV Trochlear…
CARE OF A CHILD WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY
Metatarsals fuse. Clavicle Week 5 The first bone in the skeleton with two centres that rapidly fuse. Adolescence Elongation of the sternal end, cartilaginous epiphysis appears and fuses several years…
CARE OF AN INFANT OR CHILD WITH GASTROINTESTINAL OR ENDOCRINE DYSFUNCTION
Following the fusion of the prominences the palates form to divide the primitive oral cavity into a separate nasal cavity and oral cavity. By day 51 the fusion is completed…
ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CRITICALLY ILL CHILD/RESUSCITATION
Can patency be maintained?What strategies are required to protect the airway? Obstructions?Presence of foreign body, risk of loose teeth, blood, etc.Secretions – suction with care to remove.Ability to respond; cough,…
Health care in a longevity regime
CHAPTER 3 Health care in a longevity regime John McCormack FRAMEWORK This chapter raises the issue of longevity and the subsequent costs and quality of life that centenarians enjoy in…
