Pocket Pediatric Emergency Medicine Course for Interns (Original PDF from Publisher)

• The Pocket Pediatric Emergency Medicine Course (PEMC) for interns is a manual tailored for junior doctors
• It is based on the assumption that expertise in pediatric emergency medicine is not immediately available
• It teaches a team approach to the rapid assessment and management of critically ill children in resource-limited settings
• It emphasizes on clinical acumen, team communication and repeated assessments
• Algorithms are based on history and assessment that lead to choosing best-suited interventions
• The PEMC teaches resuscitation with minimal reliance on expensive tests or scans
• The royalties from the “Pocket PEMC for interns” will be used to support academic activities in the field of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Institute of Child Health, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.