Philip Jevon

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (eBook, PDF)

A Guide for Nurses

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Advanced Cardiac Life Support 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 discusses ethical and legal issues, record keeping, dealing with bereavement, audit, equipment and training- providing an essential quick reference tool for nurses and health care professionals. * An evidence-based approach to emergency care based on the latest Resuscitation guidelines * A succinct yet comprehensive guide to the management of cardiac arrest * Written by an experienced resuscitation training offer who is also a qualified nurse and former CCU Charge Nurse

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444309980
• Artikelnr.: 38309314

Autorenporträt

Phil Jevon qualified as an RGN in 1986. He worked on CCU between the years 1987 and 1993 during which time he gained considerable experience in coronary care nursing. He has been the Resuscitation Officer/Clinical Skills Lead at The Manor Hospital, Walsall since 1993 and is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the Birmingham Medical School. While working on CCU and since then in his role as a member of the hospital cardiac arrest team, he has got considerable experience in advanced cardiac life support.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.

Chapter 1 An Overview of Advanced Cardiac Life Support.

Chapter 2 Resuscitation Equipment.

Chapter 3 Recognition & Prevention of Cardiopulmonary Arrest.

Chapter 4 Principles of Cardiac Monitoring and ECG Recognition.

Chapter 5 Basic Life Support.

Chapter 6 Airway & Ventilation.

Chapter 7 Defibrillation.

Chapter 8 Advanced Life Support.

Chapter 9 Resuscitation in Special Situations.

Chapter 10 Anaphylaxis.

Chapter 11 Acute Coronary Syndromes.

Chapter 12 Peri-arrest Arrhythmias.

Chapter 13 Post Resuscitation Care.

Chapter 14 Bereavement.

Chapter 15 Ethical & Legal Issues.

Chapter 16 Records & Record Keeping.

Chapter 17 Resuscitation Training

Rezensionen

"Praised in its previous edition as a concise source of essential information, this new edition presents the most recent information in an accessible format and serves as an excellent reference source for all cardiologists, radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians". (TMCnet.com, 19 January 2011)