Take Your Pediatrician with You: Keeping Your Child Healthy at Home and on the Road (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

Synopsis

Named One of the Best Consumer Health Books of 2007 by Library JournalIt's three o'clock in the morning and your child is screaming in pain. To make matters worse, you and your family are vacationing in a strange city. What should you do? Call the front desk? Your family pediatrician? An ambulance?From in-flight earaches to strep throat, from poison ivy to insect bites, illness and injury are common and unwelcome traveling companions. You need to know when to treat your child yourself and when to seek professional medical care. This compact handbook tells you how to decide and then puts crucial information for preventing and treating acute childhood illnesses and injuries at your fingertips. In Take Your Pediatrician with You, Dr. Christopher Ryder offers expert advice on keeping children safe and healthy at home and on the road. He includes detailed instructions for creating a children's medical care kit to use at home or while traveling. Also included are descriptions of common childhood illnesses and summer woes; travel tips; accident prevention; and guidelines for emergency care. A chapter on international adoption guides parents through the process of bringing a child home safely. As well as a reassuring travel companion, this valuable resource will become the "turn-to" guide at home and in childcare centers.

Copyright:

2007

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

648 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780801896118

Related ISBNs:

9780801886010

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press

Date of Addition:

09/27/21

Copyrighted By:

Christopher S. Ryder

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Travel, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and Family, Medicine

Reading Age:

18 and up

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.