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.

• Download a copy of the Field Manual (Ukrainian) (PDF)
• Download a copy of the Field Manual (English) (PDF)
• Download a copy of the Field Manual (Arabic) (PDF)
• Download a copy of the Field Manual (Dari) (PDF)
• Download a copy of the Field Manual (Francophone/French) (PDF)
• Download a copy of the Field Manual (Pashtun) (PDF)
• Download a copy of the Field Manual (Russian) (PDF)

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