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ABC of Resuscitation, 6th Edition
by JASMEET SOAR, GAVIN D. PERKINS & JERRY NOLAN
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
Series:
ABC
Format:
Paperback Book (124 Pages)
Published:
December 2012
ISBN:
9780470672594
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Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Foreword - Douglas Chamberlain
Preface
1 Cardiac Arrest and the Chain of Survival
Jasmeet Soar, Gavin D. Perkins and Jerry Nolan
2 Sudden Cardiac Death
David Pitcher
3 Causes and Prevention of Cardiac Arrest in Hospital
Gary B. Smith
4 Basic Life Support
Anthony J. Handley
5 Advanced Life Support
Gavin D. Perkins, Jerry Nolan, Jasmeet Soar and Susanna Price
6 Defibrillation
Charles Deakin and Michael Colquhoun
7 Airway Management and Ventilation
Jerry Nolan and Jasmeet Soar
8 Post resuscitation care
Jerry Nolan
9 Paediatric Resuscitation
Ian K. Maconochie and Robert Bingham
10 Resuscitation at birth
Jonathan Wyllie and Sean Ainsworth
11 Out-of-hospital Resuscitation
Mark Whitbread, Fionna P. Moore and Joanne K. Smith
12 In-hospital CPR
Robin P. Davies and Gavin D. Perkins
13 Peri-arrest arrythmias
Jerry Nolan and David Pitcher
14 Pacing and ICDs
Rani Robson and Jerry Nolan
15 Cardiac arrest in pregnancy
David A. Gabbott
16 Drowning
Anthony J. Handley
17 Trauma
David J. Lockey and Kate Crewdson
18 Human Factors
Peter-Marc Fortune and Andrew S. Lockey
19 CPR Devices
Gavin D. Perkins and Jerry Nolan
20 Resuscitation in Sport
Carl Gwinnutt
21 Improving Outcomes from Cardiac Arrest – Quality, Education and Implementation
Jasmeet Soar and Keith Couper
22 Decisions relating to Resuscitation
Serena Cottrell and David Pitcher
Index
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