Abc of Resuscitation

Description

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. The new edition is fully up to date with a new editorial team and includes the European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010 and the Resuscitation Council (UK) 2010 Resuscitation Guidelines.

Table of contents

List of Contributors
Foreword

• 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