ABC of Resuscitation
6th Edition
Published on 11. December 2012
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Other digital
128 pages
978-1-118-47486-0 (ISBN)
Description
ABC of Resuscitation is a practical, illustrated guide to the latest resuscitation advice for the non-specialist and provides the core knowledge on the treatment of cardiopulmonary arrest. This edition provides a guide to the European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010 and the Resuscitation Council (UK) 2010 Resuscitation Guidelines. It Includes: the causes and prevention of cardiac arrest basic and advanced life support for adults, children and newborns resuscitation in a range of contexts (in-hospital and out-of-hospital, including drowning, pregnancy, sport and trauma) important aspects of implementation of guidelines including human factors and education ABC of Resuscitation, 6th Edition is ideal for all healthcare professionals including junior doctors, medical students, general practitioners, paramedics and nurses. It is also useful for pre-hospital care practitioners, emergency medicine trainees, resuscitation officers and all those who teach resuscitation.
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Series
Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
ISBN-13
978-1-118-47486-0 (9781118474860)
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Jasmeet Soar | Gavin D. Perkins | Jerry Nolan
ABC of Resuscitation
E-Book
11/2012
6th Edition
BMJ Books
€40.99
Available for download
Jasmeet Soar | Gavin D. Perkins | Jerry Nolan
ABC of Resuscitation
E-Book
11/2012
6th Edition
BMJ Books
€40.99
Available for download
Persons
Jasmeet Soar, Immediate Past Chair Resuscitation Council (UK), Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK Gavin D. Perkins, Chair Advanced Life Support Subcommittee, Resuscitation Council (UK), Clinical Professor of Critical Care Medicine, University of Warwick Medical School, UK Jerry Nolan, Past Chair Resuscitation Council (UK), Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK
Content
List of Contributors, vii Foreword, ix 1 Cardiac Arrest and the Chain of Survival, 1 Jasmeet Soar, Gavin D. Perkins and Jerry Nolan 2 Sudden Cardiac Death, 3 David Pitcher 3 Causes and Prevention of Cardiac Arrest in Hospital, 9 Gary B. Smith 4 Basic Life Support, 15 Anthony J. Handley 5 Advanced Life Support, 21 Gavin D. Perkins, Jerry Nolan, Jasmeet Soar and Susanna Price 6 Defibrillation, 26 Charles Deakin and Michael Colquhoun 7 Airway Management and Ventilation, 30 Jerry Nolan and Jasmeet Soar 8 Post-Resuscitation Care, 36 Jerry Nolan 9 Paediatric Resuscitation, 40 Ian K. Maconochie and Robert Bingham 10 Resuscitation at Birth, 47 Jonathan Wyllie and Sean Ainsworth 11 Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation, 52 Joanne K. Smith, Mark Whitbread and Fionna P. Moore 12 In-Hospital CPR, 57 Robin P. Davies and Gavin D. Perkins 13 Peri-arrest Arrhythmias, 62 Jerry Nolan and David Pitcher 14 Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators, 67 Rani Robson and Jerry Nolan 15 Cardiorespiratory Arrest in Advanced Pregnancy, 72 David A. Gabbott 16 Drowning, 78 Anthony J. Handley 17 Trauma, 82 Kate Crewdson and David J. Lockey 18 Human Factors, 86 Peter-Marc Fortune and Andrew S. Lockey 19 CPR Devices, 90 Gavin D. Perkins and Jerry Nolan 20 Resuscitation in Sport, 95 Carl Gwinnutt 21 Improving Outcomes from Cardiac Arrest: Quality, Education and Implementation, 100 Jasmeet Soar and Keith Couper 22 Decisions Relating to Resuscitation, 104 Serena Cottrell and David Pitcher Index, 111