Advanced cardiac life support
Subtitle: the practical approach
By: the Advanced Life Support Group.
Contributors: Driscoll, P. A. 1955-; Advanced Life Support Group (Manchester, England)
Edition: 2nd ed. / edited by Peter Driscoll ... [et al.].
Publisher: Chapman & Hall Medical
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; New York
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780412710902
Subjects: Heart Arrest -- therapy -- Great Britain -- Handbooks.; Life Support Care -- standards -- Great Britain -- Handbooks.; Resuscitation -- methods -- Great Britain -- Handbooks.; Cardiovascular emergencies.
Genres: Handbooks.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Introduction; title: Ch. 2. The natural history of myocardial infarction; title: Ch. 3. Pharmacology; title: Ch. 4. Acid-base balance and blood gas analysis; title: Ch. 5. Basic life support; title: Ch. 6. Airway control and ventilation; title: Ch. 7. Access to the circulation; title: Ch. 8. Cardiac monitoring and rhythm recognition; title: Ch. 9. Treatment protocols; title: Ch. 10. Post-resuscitation care; title: Ch. 11. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - putting it all together; title: Ch. 12. Paediatric life support; title: Ch. 13. Special situations; title: Ch. 14. Procedures - airway control and ventilation; title: Ch. 15. Procedures - access to the circulation; title: Ch. 16. Procedures - treatment protocols; title: App. A. If you don't succeed; title: App. B. Ethical and legal considerations in resuscitation.