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How to know if your child's illness or injury is really an emergency

About "If Your Kid Eats this Book, Everything will Still be Okay"

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Are you the kind of parent who panics every time your kid hits his head or wipes away a drop of snot? Or are you the parent handing a hemophiliac four-year-old a box cutter? Maybe you don’t actually have any kids and just like dropping fascinating tidbits of information at dinner parties. Whatever the case, this book has got something for you. What would happen if your child ate the decorative pebbles in the fish tank? Actually, probably nothing. But a teaspoon of what liquid lurking in your medicine cabinet could kill a room full of toddlers? How do you know if a kid is dehydrated or not? Sick with pneumonia or just a cold? Has appendicitis or just a bellyache?

This book is not about the basics of child care such as bathing, diapering, and feeding. There are many wonderful books out there that already cover these topics. As a pediatrician with training in pediatric emergency medicine, I have expertise in treating ill and injured kids. It’s what I love to do. However, somewhere along the way I started thinking, “Hey, there should be a book about this.” Medically speaking, over half of nighttime trips to the ER may be considered unnecessary and in my experience so are many of the daytime visits. The intent of this book is to help parents avoid the stress and expense of a potentially needless visit to the doctor or ER. How are parents supposed to know when a kid needs to be seen by his pediatrician and when he just needs chicken soup? What should they do if someone drops the baby? If his sister puts household bleach in his bottle, is he going to be okay?

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About Dr. Lara Zibners

Despite receiving a D in Library Sciences at the age of ten, Dr. Lara Zibners persevered in her academic studies, graduating cum laude from the Ohio State University School of Medicine. She then completed both a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and is currently board certified in both general pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. After finishing her training, she was awarded the position of assistant professor of pediatric emergency medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. In 2006, Dr. Zibners relocated to Great Britain with her husband. Currently living in London, she divides her professional time as an author, speaker, and emergency room pediatrician between London and New York.

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This website is intended to be a forum for education and sharing. I have done my very best to ensure that the information provided is as accurate and current as possible. However, this book is not to be considered a substitute for specific medical advice. If there is ever any doubt as to whether your child needs medical attention, do not hesitate to consult your pediatrician or alert Emergency Medical Services. If you are unsure, please err on the side of caution. Remember, I am not standing in your living room, looking at your child. You are. And you know your kid best.