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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The care of critically ill children has received some attention over the past 10 years and many of the recommendations from reports relating to the provision of paediatric intensive care (PIC) have been implemented (Department of Health (DH) 1997a 1997b). However paediatric high dependency care (HDC) is only just beginning to emerge as a speciality in its own right with a distinct body of knowledge clinical skills and its own organisational and educational concerns. With the increase in the dependency of children admitted to hospital over the last 5 years (Haines 2005) there is now an urgency to review the provision and development of paediatric HDC within the United Kingdom in much the same way as PIC services have been reviewed. This chapter explores HDC definitions and current models of care reviews current stan dards for the development of high dependency (HD) services and explores the concept of ‘critical care without walls. Also considered will be the ethos behind the development and growth of the early warning scoring systems and the utilisation of outreach services. There will be some consideration of the holistic nature of HDC of children and in order to ensure the quality of care provision an appraisal of the educational and support needs of staff that care for these children and their families.