Paediatric Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (PREM) for Low- and Middle-Income Countries , 2nd Ed. (New)

Empowering junior doctors in the battle to save childrenʼs lives

Indumathy Santhanam, Baljit Cheema, Anjali Ponni Rajkumar, Simon Craig

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Book

Edition:	2
Copyright Year:	2027
ISBN:	9788169236737
Binding Type:	Hardback

Recognize early. Respond rapidly. Resuscitate effectively. Save lives.

Every year, critically ill children are presented to hospitals where emergency care must be delivered despite limited resources, variable staffing, and restricted access to sophisticated technology.

PREM provides a practical solution.

Developed in Tamil Nadu, India, and shaped by experience from resource-constrained health care settings, this book presents a simple, structured, physiological approach to pediatric emergency care. It helps health care professionals recognize children at risk, prioritize interventions, work cohesively as a team, and deliver timely, effective resuscitation.

This updated edition provides a practical, evidence-based approach to pediatric emergency care, covering rapid assessment, resuscitation, emergency management, essential procedures, and medication guidance. It serves as an indispensable resource for undergraduates, trainees, and health care professionals working in both tertiary and resource-limited setting

Key Features:

Enhanced illustrations and algorithms for clear understanding (NEW).
Thoroughly revised content with updated guidelines and clinical case scenarios to reinforce evidence-based approach (NEW).
Introduction to the app (in development) in Chapter 63, which will act as a ready reference tool for all professionals (NEW).
Links to YouTube videos in suggested readings for quick reference (NEW).
Rapid assessment and recognition of the critically ill child.
Step-by-step approaches to pediatric resuscitation.
Practical management of common and life-threatening emergencies.
Essential procedures and medication guidance.
QR-linked videos for practical learning.
Guidance on teamwork, communication, and organization of emergency care.
Approaches suitable for district hospitals and other resource-limited settings.

PREM is more than a textbook. It is an approach to making pediatric emergency care safer, simpler, and more accessible.

When resources are limited, clinical excellence matters even more. PREM—bringing the right care to the right child at the right time.

About the Author:

Indumathy Santhanam, MD, DCH, is Professor and Project Director, Regional Collaborative Center, Pediatric Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine Skill Laboratory, National Health Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Baljit Cheema, MBBS, BSc, MRCPCH, DTM&H, MPhil (Emergency Medicine), MPP (Public Policy), is Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Pediatrics & Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Anjali Ponni Rajkumar, MSc (Biotechnology, University of Pennsylvania), is a Partner at Photo Emporium, Artist Aswatha, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Simon Craig, MBBS (Hons), FACEM, MHPE, MPH, is Professor and Pediatric Emergency Physician, Monash Medical Centre, and Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Section 1: Foundation

1. PREM Triangle

Indumathy Santhanam

Editors: Baljit Cheema, Simon Craig

2. PREM Team Approach to Unresponsiveness

Indumathy Santhanam, Baljit Cheema

Editor: Simon Craig

3. Recognition of Early Signs of Organ Dysfunction in the Outpatient Department

Indumathy Santhanam, Haiko Jahn, Prinetha Moodley

Editor: Simon Craig

Section 2: Oxygen Delivery Devices and Intubation

4. Bag Valve Mask Ventilation

Indumathy Santhanam, Ross Hofmeyr, Chandan Kumar Mahalingam, Poornisha Rajendran

Editor: Simon Craig

5. Frugal Innovation to Provide CPAP: Jackson Rees/Paediatric Bain’s Circuit

Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

6. Approach to Intubating the Physiologically Difficult Airway

Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

7. Approach to Intubating the Structurally Difficult Airway

Krishnan Narasimhan, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

Section 3: Airway and Breathing Emergencies

8. Approach to Stridor

Indumathy Santhanam, Deepa Raja, Prinetha Moodley

Editor: Simon Craig

9. Approach to Respiratory Distress

John Recardie (Jaco) Murray, Indumathy Santhanam, Shiji K. Jacob, Gundas Srinivas, Heloise Buys

Editor: Simon Craig

10. Pneumonia

John Recardie (Jaco) Murray, Shiji K. Jacob, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

11. Asthma

Tecwyn Davies, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

12. Bronchiolitis

Peter van Kooy, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

13. Recognizing Cardiac Failure in a Child Presenting with Respiratory Distress

Ritchie Sharon Solomon, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

Section 4: Circulation

14. General Approach to Shock

Indumathy Santhanam, Beyra Rossouw, Baljit Cheema

Editor: Simon Craig

15. Vasoactive Medications

Shanthi Sangareddi, Indumathy Santhanam, Beyra Rossouw

Editor: Baljit Cheema

16. Approach to Septic Shock

Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Baljit Cheema and Simon Craig

17. Hypovolaemic Shock

Indumathy Santhanam, Beyra Rossouw

Editor: Baljit Cheema

18. Anaphylaxis

Pradeepa Venkatesan, Beyra Rossouw, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Baljit Cheema

19. Cardiogenic Shock in the ED

Ritchie Sharon Solomon, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Baljit Cheema

20. Dengue Shock

Indumathy Santhanam, Shu-Ling Chong, Deepa Raja

Editor: Baljit Cheema

21. COVID and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome

Sharada Satishkumar, Vidya Krishna, Brendan McMullan, Asha Bowen

Editor: Simon Craig

22. Cyanotic Spell

Rajeshwari Sridharan, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Baljit Cheema

23. Acute Severe Hypertension

Rajeshwari Sridharan, Beyra Rossouw, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Baljit Cheema

24. Arrhythmias

Beyra Rossouw, Ritchie Sharon Solomon, Thangavelu Sankaralingam

Editor: Baljit Cheema

25. Cardiopulmonary Arrest

Indumathy Santhanam, Murali Thandavarayan, Chandan Kumar Mahalingam

Editor: Baljit Cheema

Section 5: Disability

26. Approach to Decreased Level of Consciousness

Indumathy Santhanam, Andrew Redfern

Editor: Simon Craig

27. Status Epilepticus

Indumathy Santhanam, Sangeetha Yoganathan, Andrew Redfern

Editor: Simon Craig

28. Raised Intracranial Pressure

Leema Pauline, Indumathy Santhanam, Andrew Redfern

Editor: Simon Craig

29. CSF Shunt Complications

Leema Pauline, Indumathy Santhanam, Andrew Redfern

Editor: Simon Craig

30. Acute Weakness

Leema Pauline, Indumathy Santhanam, Andrew Redfern

Editor: Simon Craig

Section 6: Metabolic and Electrolyte Emergencies

31. Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Hemchand K. Prasad, Philip Bergman, Indumathy Santhanam, Anand Kumar

Editor: Simon Craig

32. Non-diabetic Hypoglycaemia

Sidney Sunwoo, Hemchand K. Prasad

Editor: Simon Craig

33. Inborn Errors of Metabolism

Sidney Sunwoo, Hemchand K. Prasad

Editor: Simon Craig

34. Hypernatraemia and Hyponatraemia

Sidney Sunwoo, Sharada Sathishkumar

Editor: Simon Craig

35. Hyperkalaemia and Hypokalaemia

Sidney Sunwoo, Sharada Sathishkumar

Editor: Simon Craig

36. Electrolyte Emergencies: Hypercalcaemia and Hypocalcaemia

Sidney Sunwoo, Sharada Sathishkumar

Editor: Simon Craig

Section 7: Envenomation and Toxicology

37. Envenomation: Scorpion

Balaji Jayaraman, Shanthi Sangareddi, Akila Sivakumar

Editor: Baljit Cheema, Andis Graudins, Indumathy Santhanam

38. Snake Envenomation

Balaji Jayaraman, Akila Sivakumar, Shanthi Sangareddi, Cindy Stephen, Kate Balme

Editors: Baljit Cheema, Andis Graudins, Indumathy Santhanam

39. Poisoning—General Approach

Thangavelu Sankaralingam, Shanthi Sangareddi, Indumathy Santhanam, Cindy Stephen, Kate Balme

Editor: Baljit Cheema, Andis Graudins

40. Common Household Poisons and Pesticides

Indumathy Santhanam, Balaji Jayaraman, Sharada Sathiskumar, Cindy Stephen, Kate Balme

Editor: Baljit Cheema, Andis Graudins

41. Medication Ingestion

Sharada Sathishkumar, Cindy Stephen, Suresh Gupta

Editor: Baljit Cheema, Andis Graudins

Section 8: Trauma, Burns, Submersion, and Electrical Injury

42. Principles of Initial Trauma Care

Poornisha Rajendran, A. Padmavathy, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

43. Head Injury

Rhiannon Palmer, Franz Babl, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

44. Cervical Spine Injury

Heather Deane, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

45. Maxillofacial Injuries

Harith Al Rawi, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

46. Chest Trauma

Claire Wilkin, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

47. Abdominal Trauma

Neha Jain, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

48. Genitourinary Trauma

Patricia Holliday, Justin Howlett

Editor: Simon Craig

49. Orthopaedic Injuries: Upper Limb, Pelvis, and Lower Limb

Terry Carroll, Melanie Turner, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

50. Burn Injuries

Katherine Franklin, Gary Dos Passos, Indumathy Santhanam, Bronwyn Griffin

Editor: Simon Craig

51. Electrical Injury

Michael Coman, Gary Dos Passos, Indumathy Santhanam, Jayanthi Ramesh

Editor: Simon Craig

52. Submersion Injury

Natalie Hood, Jonathon Webber, Jayanthi Ramesh, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

Section 9: Abuse and Mental Health

53. Child Abuse

Neil McKerrow, Bindu Bali, Hima Bindu Vipparthi

Editor: Simon Craig

54. Childhood Sexual Abuse

Neil McKerrow, Bindu Bali, Hima Bindu Vipparthi

Editor: Simon Craig

55. Behavioural Emergencies

Ed Sixsmith

Editor: Simon Craig

Section 10: Neonatal Emergencies

56. The Collapsed Newborn

Padmesh Vadakepat, Sandi Lee Holgate, Haseena Hassan

Editor: Baljit Cheema

Section 11: Paediatric Surgery: Gastrointestinal Emergencies

57. Acute Abdomen

Maurizio Pacilli, Marion Arnold, G. Nandhini

Editor: Simon Craig

58. Bilious Vomiting

Marion Arnold, Maurizio Pacilli, G. Nandhini

Editor: Simon Craig

59. Pyloric Stenosis

Marion Arnold, Ramesh Nataraja, G. Nandhini

Editor: Simon Craig

60. Intussusception

Ramesh Nataraja, Marion Arnold, G. Nandhini

Editor: Simon Craig

61. Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Marion Arnold, Liz Goddard, G. Nandhini, Rupert Hinds

Editor: Simon Craig

Section 12: Emergency Systems

62. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Erin Mills

Editor: Baljit Cheema

63. Setting Up PREM Units

Darez Ahmad, Indumathy Santhanam, Venkatesh Balasubramanian, S. Uma

Editor: Simon Craig

64. Disaster Management

Wayne Smith

Editor: Baljit Cheema

Section 13: Otolaryngology, Skin, Haemato-oncology

65. Ear, Nose, and Throat Emergencies

Tecwyn Davies

Editor: Simon Craig

66. The Skin in Emergencies

Keir Shiels, Poornisha Rajendran

Editor: Simon Craig

67. Haematological Emergencies

Julie Cayrol, Elizabeth Molyneux, Indira Jayakumar, Kottayam Radhakrishnan, Peter Downie

Editor: Simon Craig

68. Oncology Emergencies

Julie Cayrol, Elizabeth Molyneux, Indira Jayakumar, Peter Downie

Editor: Simon Criag

Section 14: Radiology, Ultrasound, Sedation and Procedures in the ED

69. Chest X-Ray Interpretation

Thangavelu Sankaralingam, Shanthi Sangareddi, Indumathy Santhanam

Editor: Simon Craig

70. Incorporating Point of Care Ultrasound during Paediatric Resuscitation

Vigil James, Adnan Bilgrami

Editor: Baljit Cheema

71. Sedation

Ben Lawton, Sathishkumar Kandath, Jess Archibald

Editor: Simon Craig

72. Peripheral Venous Access

Priyavarthini Venkatachalapathy, Joyce Tan

Editors: Baljit Cheema

73. Intraosseous Access

Indumathy Santhanam, Priyavarthini Venkatachalapathy

Editor: Baljit Cheema

74. External Jugular Vein Cannulation

Priyavarthini Venkatachalapathy, Joyce Tan

Editor: Baljit Cheema

75. Urinary Catheterization

Priyavarthini Venkatachalapathy, Joyce Tan

Editors: Baljit Cheema

76. Nebulizer Therapy

Priyavarthini Venkatachalapathy, Junaidah Badron

Editors: Baljit Cheema

77. Needle Thoracocentesis

Priyavarthini Venkatachalapathy, Murali Thandavarayan, Junaidah Badron

Editors: Baljit Cheema

78. Chest Drain Insertion

Priyavarthini Venkatachalapathy, Murali Thandavarayan, Junaidah Badron

Editor: Baljit Cheema

79. Pericardiocentesis

Priyavarthini Venkatachalapathy, Murali Thandavarayan, Sashikumar Ganapathy

Editor: Baljit Cheema

80. Defibrillation and Synchronized Cardioversion

Priyavarthini Venkatachalapathy, Sashikumar Ganapathy

Editor: Baljit Cheema

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