TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Trauma and Special Emergencies A1 - Jones, Cathie Tingey A2 - Ellinas, Herodotos A2 - Matthes, Kai A2 - Alrayashi, Walid A2 - Bilge, Aykut PY - 2021 T2 - Clinical Pediatric Anesthesiology AB - FOCUS POINTSTrauma is the leading cause of pediatric mortality and these patients are best served at facilities equipped to treat children.Injuries not in character with the play patterns of children should raise concerns for nonaccidental trauma.The primary survey for pediatric patients is ABCDE: Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, and Exposure.It is important to prevent hypothermia in trauma patients to avoid the triad of acidosis, coagulopathy, and death.Burn patients are in a hypermetabolic state and have altered pharmacodynamics of many drugs, including neuromuscular blockers. They can also become very tolerant to pain medications.If inhalational injury is suspected in a burn patient, intubation should happen early. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1176458781 ER -