Contents -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Traveling with Children -- 1. Planning, Packing, and Pacing -- 2. Staying Safe, Staying Healthy, and Preventing Accidents -- 3. Traveling with Children outside the United States -- 4. Advice for Visiting Friends and Relatives -- 5. Traveling with Children Who Have Chronic Illnesses and Special Needs -- 6. Traveling Teenagers -- 7. Camping and Other Outdoor Adventures -- 8. Traveling by Air -- 9. Cruise Ships -- 10. Motion Sickness -- 11. Altitude Sickness -- 12. Travelers' Diarrhea -- 13. Selecting and Preparing Safe Food and Water -- 14. Skin Problems -- 15. Malaria -- 16. Other Mosquito-Borne Illnesses -- 17. Emerging Infectious Diseases -- 18. Bringing Your Internationally Adopted Child Home -- PART TWO: Common Childhood Illnesses -- 19. Newborns and Infants to Age Three Months -- 20. Fever -- 21. Pain -- 22. Teething -- 23. Colds, Upper Respiratory Infections, and Nasal Congestion -- 24. Sore Throats -- 25. Earaches and Ear Infections -- 26. Common Infections Your Child Is Sure to Get -- 27. Antibiotics -- 28. Coughs -- 29. Nosebleeds -- 30. Eye Problems -- 31. Vomiting, Diarrhea, and Dehydration Caused by Acute Gastroenteritis -- 32. Vomiting and Diarrhea with Causes Other Than Acute Gastroenteritis -- 33. Abdominal Pain -- 34. Constipation and Stooling Patterns -- 35. Headaches -- 36. Seizures, or Convulsions -- 37. Rashes -- PART THREE: Summer Woes -- 38. Sunburn -- 39. Insect Bites and Stings -- 40. Snake Bites -- 41. Venomous and Stinging Marine Animals -- 42. Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac Rashes -- 43. West Nile Fever -- 44. Lyme Disease -- 45. Foot and Ankle Care -- PART FOUR: Accidents, Injuries, and Emergencies -- 46. The Basics -- 47. Head Injuries -- 48. Spine, Neck, and Back Injuries -- 49. Poisoning.

50. Cuts, Scrapes, and Bruises -- 51. Burns -- 52. Foreign Bodies in the Ear -- 53. Foreign Bodies in the Nose -- 54. Knocked-Out Tooth -- 55. Mammal Bites -- 56. Rabies -- 57. Heat-Related Illness -- 58. Cold-Related Illness and Injuries -- 59. Fireworks Injuries -- 60. Lightning Injuries -- 61. Drowning Prevention -- 62. Breathing Difficulties -- 63. Choking -- 64. CPR and Basic Life Support -- PART FIVE: A Medical Kit for Children -- APPENDIX A: Average Weight of U.S. Children -- APPENDIX B: Converting Degrees Fahrenheit to Degrees Centigrade -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.