Emergency Childcare: Ped

By Peter T. Greenspan, Suzanne LeVert, Various

Child health emergencies can arise without warning and critical first decisions often must be made before a doctor can be reached. EMERGENCY CHILDCARE gives you the quick answers every parent needs when minutes count. Peter T. Greenspan, M. D., one of the country's leading pediatricians, provides essential guidance for emergency situations as well as for common childhood illnesses and step-by-step advice on which action to choose RED FLAG: Call for a doctor, ambulance, or get to a hospital emergency room immediately. WHAT YOU CAN DO: Specific advice on home treatment to aid your child's comfort and recovery. WHAT NOT TO DO: Treatments that may be potentially dangerous in specific situations. Listed alphabetically and tagged for easy reference, each ailment is accompanied by clearly stated advice as to symptoms, action to be taken, what to expect in the way of medical treatment, and follow-up care.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380776359
• ISBN13: 9780380776351
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.9"