Practical Resuscitation for Healthcare Professionals, 2nd edition

✍ Scribed by Pam Moule, John Albarran

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 248
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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 Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation. Practical Resuscitation for Healthcare Professionals covers adult, paediatric and trauma resuscitation and addresses current legal and ethical issues including family witnessed resuscitation.Revised in accordance with the ‘2005 European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation’Covers prevention and management of cardiac arrest and post-resuscitation careIncludes evidence based guidelines for basic and advanced life supportAddresses family witnessed resuscitationExamines early warning scoresEnables staff to develop key clinical competences in resuscitationExplores legal and ethical issuesExamines adult, paediatric and trauma resuscitationIncludes case studiesFrom reviews of the first edition:'a comprehensive book, which reflects current guidelines. It is set out in a logical format with relevant supporting diagrams and illustrations. There are clear learning outcomes for each chapter... a good introduction to resuscitation for nurses.'British Journal of Resuscitation

✦ Table of Contents

Practical Resuscitation for Healthcare Professionals......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Contributors......Page 12
Section 1 Introduction and Professional Issues......Page 13
1 Resuscitation Policy and Educational Developments......Page 14
2 Professional, Ethical and Legal Issues......Page 19
Section 2 Prevention and Preparation......Page 33
3 Recognizing the Critically Ill Patient and Preventing Cardiorespiratory Arrest......Page 34
4 Resuscitation Equipment......Page 46
5 Chain of Survival......Page 59
Section 3 Adult Basic Life Support......Page 67
6 Adult Basic Life Support Algorithm......Page 68
Section 4 Advanced Life Support......Page 89
7 The Advanced Life Support Algorithm......Page 90
Section 5 Paediatric Life Support......Page 97
8 Paediatric Life Support......Page 98
Section 6 Further Considerations of Resuscitation......Page 113
9 Management of the Airway and Breathing......Page 114
10 Monitoring and Assessing Cardiac Rhythms......Page 131
11 Defibrillation Theory and Practice......Page 153
12 Drugs and Delivery......Page 171
13 Management of Potentially Reversible Causes of Cardiac Arrest......Page 184
14 Post-Resuscitation Care......Page 196
15 Special Circumstances......Page 207
16 Resuscitation of the Seriously Injured Casualty......Page 223
17 Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation......Page 237
Index......Page 245