| Description |
1 online resource (326 pages) |
| Contents |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support: A Guide for Nurses, Second Edition; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Resuscitation Service: An Overview; Chapter 2: Resuscitation Equipment; Chapter 3: Recognition and Treatment of the Critically Ill Patient; Chapter 4: Principles of Cardiac Monitoring and ECG Recognition; Chapter 5: Bystander Basic Life Support; Chapter 6: Airway Management and Ventilation; Chapter 7: Defibrillation and Electrical Cardioversion; Chapter 8: Advanced Life Support; Chapter 9: Resuscitation in Special Situations; Chapter 10: Anaphylaxis; Chapter 11: Acute Coronary Syndromes |
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Chapter 12: Management of Peri-Arrest ArrhythmiasChapter 13: Post-Resuscitation Care; Chapter 14: Bereavement; Chapter 15: Ethical Issues in Resuscitation; Chapter 16: Resuscitation Records; Chapter 17: Resuscitation Training; Index |
| Summary |
In the event of an adult cardiac arrest, it is essential to be able to respond rapidly, providing safe and effective care. This new and updated edition of Advanced Cardiac Life Support provides the theoretical background to resuscitation as well as explaining the essential resuscitation skills required to manage an adult cardiac arrest- from the time it occurs until subsequent transfer to the ICU. The emphasis is on the prevention of cardiac arrest with detailed information on the management of peri-arrest arrhythmias and acute coronary syndromes. Advanced Cardiac Life Support also discussed e |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Nursing.
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Cardiac intensive care.
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Advanced Cardiac Life Support -- methods
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Advanced Cardiac Life Support -- nursing
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Nursing Care -- methods
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Cardiac intensive care
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Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Nursing
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781444309980 |
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1444309986 |
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9781118286913 |
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111828691X |
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