Emergency management of the coding patient
Subtitle: cases, algorithms, evidence
By: Emily L. Senecal, Michael R. Filbin.
Contributors: Filbin, Michael R.
Series: Emergency management series; Emergency management series (Blackwell Pub.)
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9781405104555
Subjects: Medical emergencies.; Hospitals -- Emergency services.; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation -- methods.; Emergency Treatment -- methods.; Tachycardia -- therapy.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the code: teamwork and leadership; title: Basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); title: Airway management; title: Electrical cardioversion and defibrillation; title: Tachycardia overview; title: Narrow-complex tachycardia: sinus tachycardia and multifocal atrial tachycardia; title: Narrow-complex tachycardia: supraventricular tachycardia; title: Narrow-complex tachycardia: atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter; title: Wide-complex tachycardia: stable; title: Ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia; title: Bundle branch blocks and supraventricular tachycardia with aberrancy; title: Bradycardia; title: Pulseless electrical activity; title: Asystole; title: Acute coronary syndrome; title: Altered mental status; title: Acute pulmonary edema; title: Acute bronchospasm; title: Hyperkalemic arrest; title: Seizure; title: Shock; title: Anaphylaxis.