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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795966503321

Titolo

ABC of resuscitation / / editors, Jasmeet Soar, Gavin D. Perkins, Jerry Nolan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

9781118474877

1118474872

Edizione

[Sixth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 114 pages) : illustrations

Collana

ABC series (Malden, Mass.)

Disciplina

616.1025

Soggetti

CPR (First aid)

Resuscitation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: List of Contributors Foreword - Douglas Chamberlain Preface -- Cardiac Arrest and the Chain of Survival / Jasmeet Soar, Gavin D. Perkins and Jerry Nolan -- Sudden Cardiac Death / David Pitcher -- Causes and Prevention of Cardiac Arrest in Hospital / Gary B. Smith -- Basic Life Support / Anthony J. Handley -- Advanced Life Support / Gavin D. Perkins, Jerry Nolan, Jasmeet Soar and Susanna Price -- Defibrillation / Charles Deakin and Michael Colquhoun -- Airway Management and Ventilation / Jerry Nolan and Jasmeet Soar -- Post resuscitation care / Jerry Nolan -- Paediatric Resuscitation / Ian K. Maconochie and Robert Bingham -- Resuscitation at birth / Jonathan Wyllie and Sean Ainsworth -- Out-of-hospital Resuscitation / Mark Whitbread, Fionna P. Moore and Joanne K. Smith -- In-hospital CPR / Robin P. Davies and Gavin D. Perkins -- Peri-arrest arrythmias / Jerry Nolan and David Pitcher -- Pacing and ICDs / Rani Robson and Jerry Nolan -- Cardiac arrest in pregnancy / David A. Gabbott -- Drowning / Anthony J. Handley -- Trauma / David J. Lockey and Kate Crewdson -- Human Factors / Peter-Marc Fortune and Andrew S. Lockey -- CPR Devices / Gavin D. Perkins and Jerry Nolan -- Resuscitation in Sport / Carl Gwinnutt -- Improving Outcomes from Cardiac Arrest - Quality, Education and Implementation / Jasmeet Soar and Keith Couper -- Decisions relating to Resuscitation / Serena



Cottrell and David PitcherIndex.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book is a practical guide to the latest resuscitation advice for the non-specialist, and covers the core knowledge on the management of patients with cardiopulmonary arrest"--Provided by publisher.