Health Care Provider CPR
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Learning
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington, MA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781449678272
Table of contents: title: 1. Emergency cardiac care and the health care provider.; title: Health care providers as rescuers; title: Preparing for emergencies; title: Disease transmission and precautions; title: Cardiovascular disease : improving the odds; title: The chain of survival; title: Legal and ethical considerations; title: 2. Understanding the human body.; title: Body systems; title: When body systems fail; title: 3. Patient assessment.; title: Assessing the emergency scene; title: Assessing the patient; title: 4. Basic life support for adults and children.; title: Patient assessment; title: Opening the airway and providing rescue breathing; title: Performing CPR; title: Airway obstruction; title: 5. Basic life support for infants.; title: Assessment of an infant; title: Opening the airway and providing rescue breathing; title: CPR for infants; title: Airway obstruction; title: 6. Resuscitation adjuncts.; title: Resuscitation adjuncts; title: Suction units; title: Simple airway adjuncts; title: Ventilation devices; title: Circulatory assist devices; title: Automated external defibrillation; title: 7. Special resuscitation situations.; title: Trauma; title: Drowning; title: Hyperthermia; title: Electric shock; title: Appendix : Evaluation forms