Emergency Medicine

This chapter focuses on the clinical presentation of common pediatric emergencies, with an emphasis on recognition, initial management steps, and stabilization. Topics discussed include respiratory distress, trauma, burn care, altered mental status (AMS), poisoning and toxic substance exposure, foreign body aspiration or ingestion, concussions, hypertensive crisis, and drowning. Also covered is the initial first hour of emergency care management of sepsis and shock. Status epilepticus, anaphylaxis, diabetic ketoacidosis, and cerebral edema are discussed in the neurology (Chap. 16 ), allergy (Chap. 11 ), and endocrinology (Chap. 12 ) chapters.