ABC of resuscitation
Contributors: Perkins, Gavin D.; Nolan, Jerry
Edition: 6th ed. / [edited by] Jasmeet Soar, Gavin D. Perkins, Jerry Nolan.
Series: ABC series; ABC series (Malden, Mass.)
Publisher: BMJ Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470672594
Subjects: Cardiopulmonary 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"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of Contributors Foreword - Douglas Chamberlain Preface; title: Cardiac Arrest and the Chain of Survival / Jasmeet Soar, Gavin D. Perkins and Jerry Nolan; title: Sudden Cardiac Death / David Pitcher; title: Causes and Prevention of Cardiac Arrest in Hospital / Gary B. Smith; title: Basic Life Support / Anthony J. Handley; title: Advanced Life Support / Gavin D. Perkins, Jerry Nolan, Jasmeet Soar and Susanna Price; title: Defibrillation / Charles Deakin and Michael Colquhoun; title: Airway Management and Ventilation / Jerry Nolan and Jasmeet Soar; title: Post resuscitation care / Jerry Nolan; title: Paediatric Resuscitation / Ian K. Maconochie and Robert Bingham; title: Resuscitation at birth / Jonathan Wyllie and Sean Ainsworth; title: Out-of-hospital Resuscitation / Mark Whitbread, Fionna P. Moore and Joanne K. Smith; title: In-hospital CPR / Robin P. Davies and Gavin D. Perkins; title: Peri-arrest arrythmias / Jerry Nolan and David Pitcher; title: Pacing and ICDs / Rani Robson and Jerry Nolan; title: Cardiac arrest in pregnancy / David A. Gabbott; title: Drowning / Anthony J. Handley; title: Trauma / David J. Lockey and Kate Crewdson; title: Human Factors / Peter-Marc Fortune and Andrew S. Lockey; title: CPR Devices / Gavin D. Perkins and Jerry Nolan; title: Resuscitation in Sport / Carl Gwinnutt; title: Improving Outcomes from Cardiac Arrest - Quality, Education and Implementation / Jasmeet Soar and Keith Couper; title: Decisions relating to Resuscitation / Serena Cottrell and David PitcherIndex.