Basic life support skills
By: Baxter Larmon, Heather Davis.
Contributors: Davis, Heather.
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Emergency medicine; Life support systems (Critical care); Medical emergencies; First aid in illness and injury; Emergency medical technicians
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver; title: Jaw-thrust maneuver; title: Use of a pocket mask; title: Bag-valve-mask ventilation, two-person technique; title: Insertion of an oropharyngeal airway; title: Insertion of a nasopharyngeal airway; title: Oral suctioning; title: Suctioning through an endotracheal tube; title: Oxygen tank assembly; title: Administration of oxygen by a nonrebreather mask; title: Administration of oxygen by a nasal cannula; title: Nasogastric intubation in infants and children; title: Sellick's maneuver; title: Assisting with endotracheal intubation; title: Insertion of esophageal tracheal combitube; title: Artificial ventilations of a stoma breather; title: Pulse oximetry; title: Body substance isolation precautions; title: Lifting and moving; title: Vital signs; title: Initial assessment; title: Rapid trauma assessment; title: Detailed physical examination; title: Ongoing assessment; title: Assessment of the responsive medical patient; title: Assessment of the unresponsive medical patient; title: Assessment of the trauma patient with no significant mechanism of; title: Injury; title: Assessment of the trauma patient with a significant mechanism of injury; title: Administration of activated charcoal; title: Administration of glucose; title: Administration of metered-dose inhaler; title: Administration of nitroglycerin; title: Administration of epinephrine auto-injector; title: Administration of nebulized medication; title: Automated external defibrillation; title: Applying soft restraints; title: Assisting with childbirth; title: Bleeding control and shock management; title: Dressing and bandaging; title: Immobilizing a long bone; title: Joint immobilization; title: Sling and swathe immobilization; title: Applying a HARE traction splint; title: Applying a Sager traction splint; title: Applying a cervical collar; title: Spinal immobilization with a Kendrick extrication device; title: Spinal immobilization of a supine patient; title: Spinal immobilization of a standing patient; title: Helmet removal; title: Rapid extrication.