ABC of resuscitation [electronic resource]. - 6th ed. / editors, Jasmeet Soar, Gavin D. Perkins, Jerry Nolan. - Chichester, West Sussex : BMJ Books, 2013. - ix, 114 p. : ill. (some col.). - ABC series . - ABC series (Malden, Mass.) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: List of Contributors Foreword - Douglas Chamberlain Preface -- Cardiac Arrest and the Chain of Survival / Jasmeet Soar, Gavin D. Perkins and Jerry Nolan -- Sudden Cardiac Death / David Pitcher -- Causes and Prevention of Cardiac Arrest in Hospital / Gary B. Smith -- Basic Life Support / Anthony J. Handley -- Advanced Life Support / Gavin D. Perkins, Jerry Nolan, Jasmeet Soar and Susanna Price -- Defibrillation / Charles Deakin and Michael Colquhoun -- Airway Management and Ventilation / Jerry Nolan and Jasmeet Soar -- Post resuscitation care / Jerry Nolan -- Paediatric Resuscitation / Ian K. Maconochie and Robert Bingham -- Resuscitation at birth / Jonathan Wyllie and Sean Ainsworth -- Out-of-hospital Resuscitation / Mark Whitbread, Fionna P. Moore and Joanne K. Smith -- In-hospital CPR / Robin P. Davies and Gavin D. Perkins -- Peri-arrest arrythmias / Jerry Nolan and David Pitcher -- Pacing and ICDs / Rani Robson and Jerry Nolan -- Cardiac arrest in pregnancy / David A. Gabbott -- Drowning / Anthony J. Handley -- Trauma / David J. Lockey and Kate Crewdson -- Human Factors / Peter-Marc Fortune and Andrew S. Lockey -- CPR Devices / Gavin D. Perkins and Jerry Nolan -- Resuscitation in Sport / Carl Gwinnutt -- Improving Outcomes from Cardiac Arrest - Quality, Education and Implementation / Jasmeet Soar and Keith Couper -- Decisions relating to Resuscitation / Serena Cottrell and David PitcherIndex.

"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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

9780470672594 (pbk.) 9781118474853 (e-book)




CPR (First aid)


Electronic books.

RC87.9 / .A23 2013eb

616.1