The Paediatric Blast Injury Field Manual has been created to provide technical guidance for those with medical training. It enables the user to adapt their knowledge to the treatment of severely injured children. The Field Manual has paediatric-specific sections on:
- Pre-hospital care and transport
- Damage control resuscitation, surgery and intensive care
- Surgery (thoraco-abdominal, limb, burns)
- Neurological injury
- Ward care
- Rehabilitation
- Psychosocial support
- Ethics and safeguarding
The Field Manual is also intended for use by anyone who is required to plan for the treatment of severely injured children, so they can see the resources, training and equipment that is required in a medical facility likely to receive blast injured children.
If you are a member of the NHS and would be interested in obtaining hard copies of the Field Manual, please contact Dr Paul Reavley.
For general enquires, please contact the Paediatric Blast Injury Partnership: [email protected]
Production Credits
Editorial
Chief editor
Dr Paul Reavley
Consultant Paediatric Emergency Physician
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Co-editors
Dr Steve Bree
Head of U.K. Military Anaesthesia
Dr Simon Horne
Consultant Emergency Physician, University Hospitals Plymouth
Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine
Dr Emily Mayhew
Imperial College Internal Lead, Peaediatric Blast Injury Partnership
Designer
Niki Bañados
Contributors
First response, PHEC, transport
Dr Andy Lockyer
Consultant EM, Bristol Royal Infirmary
Consultant PHEM, Great Western Air Ambulance
Consultant, UK Emergency Medical Team
Major Incident
DR SIMON HORNE
DCRS
Dr Paul Reavley
PICU
Dr David Inwald
Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare
NHS Trust, London
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Intensive Care, Imperial College London
Anaesthetics and Pain
Dr Steve Bree
Dr Paul Reavley
SURGERY
Nigel Tai
Consultant trauma and vascular surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust
Suren Arul
Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Clinical Lead for Paediatric Surgery, Birmingham Women and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust
Alan Kay
Consultant burns and plastic surgeon, QE Hospital Birmingham
Graham Lawton
Consultant plastic surgeon, Imperial College Healthcare Trust
WARD CARE
Dr Dan Magnus
Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Research Associate, University of Bristol
Dr Paul Reavley
REHABILITATION
Peter Skelton
Rehabilitation Project Manager, Humanity Inclusion
Emily McMullen
Humanity Inclusion
PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT
Arij Bou Reslan
Child Protection and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Advisor, Save the Children UK
Oksana Stolnikova
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Advisor, Save the Children UK
Leslie Snider
Director of Global Collaborative for Child and Family MHPSS
Supplementary Material
Dr John Hargrave
Save the Children UK liaison
James Denselow
Head of Conflict and Humanitarian Advocacy and Policy Team, Save the Children UK.
Printer
Adam Pitt
Paragon Service Point, Imperial College London
Page-per-Age Resource Card
Dr Pip Lewis
North West Thames Deanery