Emergency Care of Children: Allergic Reactions and Seizures

Emergency Care of Children: Allergic Reactions and Seizures

This session begins with a discussion of why there is an increase in the number of allergic reactions experienced by children. The varied signs and symptoms of allergic reactions are described. Emergency care and treatment of allergic reactions which occur in infants, toddlers, children and adolescents are discussed. Common and varied symptoms of seizures or epileptic ‘fits’ are provided. The diagnosis of epilepsy in childhood is discussed. Generalised tonic clonic, absent, miclonic, atonic, and partial seizures are all described.

The main concepts explored in this session are:

• Emergency care of children
• Allergic reactions seen in the child
• Seizures and epilepsy in childhood
• Resuscitation of the infant, toddler, child and adolescent

Gerry Silk trained at The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, and has more than 32 years paediatric nursing experience, including 16 years in the Emergency Department of the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Gerry currently works as a paediatric nurse educator in Melbourne. Her teaching is consistently highly evaluated by participants who attend her lectures. Gerry is the author of the highly successful Ausmed book entitled 'Care of Sick Children: A Basic Guide'.

Speaker name: Gerry Silk
Recorded: 15 Mar 2010
Listening time: 43 Mins
Conference: Care of the Child with an Acute Illness
Session in Conference: Emergency care
State: Brisbane, Australia

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