Practical resuscitation for healthcare professionals / edited by Pam Moule and John W. Albarran.

Practical resuscitation for healthcare professionals /

Practical Resuscitation for Healthcare Professionals is a beginner's guide to practical resuscitation which enables students and newly qualified staff to develop key resuscitation knowledge and skills. It reflects current guidelines and developments in resuscitation, including the 2005 European...

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Other Authors: Moule, Pam, Albarran, John W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Resuscitation.
Emergency nursing.
Resuscitation > methods
Emergency Treatment > methods
Resuscitation
Emergency Nursing
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Section 1: Introduction and Professional Issues. Resuscitation Policy and Educational Developments / Pam Moule, John W Albarran
  • Professional, Ethical and Legal Issues / John W Albarran, Paul Snelling
  • Section 2: Prevention and Preparation. Recognizing the Critically Ill Patient and Preventing Cardiorespiratory Arrest / Jackie Younker
  • Resuscitation Equipment / Una McKay
  • Chain of Survival / Ben King
  • Section 3: Adult Basic Life Support. Adult Basic Life Support Algorithm / Pam Moule
  • Section 4: Advanced Life Support. The Advanced Life Support Algorithm / Jackie Younker
  • Section 5: Paediatric Life Support. Paediatric Life Support / Rebecca Hoskins
  • Section 6: Further Considerations of Resuscitation. Management of the Airway and Breathing / Una McKay
  • Monitoring and Assessing Cardiac Rhythms / John W Albarran
  • Defibrillation Theory and Practice / John W Albarran, Pam Moule
  • Drugs and Delivery / John W Albarran, Paul Snelling
  • Management of Potentially Reversible Causes of Cardiac Arrest / Rebecca Hoskins
  • Post-Resuscitation Care / Ben King
  • Special Circumstances / Jackie Younker
  • Resuscitation of the Seriously Injured Casualty / Jas Soar
  • Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation / Ben King
  • Index.
  • Resuscitation policy and educational developments
  • Professional, ethical and legal issues
  • Recognizing the critically ill patient and preventing cardiorespiratory arrest
  • Resuscitation equipment
  • Chain of survival
  • Adult basic life support algorithm
  • The advanced life support algorithm
  • Paediatric life support
  • Management of the airway and breathing
  • Monitoring and assessing cardiac rhythms
  • Defibrillation theory and practice
  • Drugs and delivery
  • Management of potentially reversible causes of cardiac arrest
  • Post-resuscitation care
  • Special circumstances
  • Resuscitation of the seriously injured casualty
  • Out-of-hospital resuscitation.

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