Description |
xviii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
Contents |
1. The History of CPR / Yoshihide Nakagawa, Max Harry Weil and Wanchun Tang -- 2. Epidemiology: Etiology, Incidence, and Survival Rates / Lance B. Becker -- 3. Airways and Intubation / Miroslav Klain and Nicholas G. Bircher -- 4. Electrical Causes of Cardiac Arrest and their Management / Xiaohua Jin, Andrej Pernat and Joe Bisera -- 5. Automated External Defibrillation / Jean-Jacques Beraud, Gad Amith and Joe Bisera -- 6. Mechanical Interventions / Wanchun Tang and Max Harry Weil -- 7. Pharmacologic Interventions; I. Adrenergic and Nonadrenergic Vasopressors / Shijie Sun, Wanchun Tang and Max Harry Weil -- 8. Pharmacologic Interventions; II. Antiarrhythmics / Ricardo A. Samson and Robert A. Berg -- 9. Acid-Base and Electrolytic Management / Martin von Planta -- 10. Acute Myocardial Infarction / Craig B. Key, Jay L. Falk and Scott D. Greenwood -- 11. Complications and their Management / Norman A. Paradis and Christopher M. Davison |
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12. Monitoring Effectiveness / Jay L. Falk and David R. Theodorson -- 13. Neuronal Failure, Resuscitation, and Prognosis / Robert E. Adams -- 14. Postresuscitation Management / Raul J. Gazmuri and Frank A. Maldonado -- 15. Resuscitation in the Infant and Child / Warren G. Guntheroth -- 16. The Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Setting / Marvin L. Birnbaum -- 17. Acquired Infections: Risk and Prevention / George C. Mejicano and Dennis G. Maki -- 18. Cost and Outcome / Kang H. Lee, Derek C. Angus and James V. Snyder -- 19. Training and Retraining of Providers / William Kaye and Mary Elizabeth Mancini -- 20. Ethical and Legal Considerations / John A. Kellum, Michael DeVita and John J. Lombard, Jr. [et al.] -- 21. Looking to the Future / Max Harry Weil and Wanchun Tang |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
CPR (First aid)
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Heart Arrest -- therapy.
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Resuscitation.
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Author |
Tang, Wanchun.
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Weil, Max Harry, 1927-
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LC no. |
98038027 |
ISBN |
0721648177 |
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