Essentials of Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Program Review and Exam Preparation

Brainard (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

1997
Appleton & Lange (Verlag)
978-0-8385-0259-4 (ISBN)

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Provides a comprehensive overview of important topics for an Essentials of ACLS Course. This book focuses on the nine essential ACLS case scenarios and their algorithms. It contains pre- and post-tests which helps students to identify areas for further study.

For pre-hospital and acute/sub-acute facility health care providers preparing for an "Essentials of ACLS" course.

PREP provides a comprehensive overview of high impact topics for an Essentials of ACLS Course. Information is presented in a unique expanded outline format and focuses on the nine essential ACLS case scenarios and their algorithms. Pre- and post-tests help students identify areas for further study. Students can use this review to direct their study efforts toward exam-related material and strengthen core ACLS related knowledge and skills.

1. ACLS Course Requirements.

2. Principles of Adult ACLS.

3. Endotracheal Intubation and Airway Adjuncts.

4. Defibrillation and Transcutaneous Pacemakers.

5. Intravenous Techniques.

6. Electrocariology.

7. Electrocardiographic Signs of Ischemia Injury and Infarct.

8. Mechanisms of Arrhythmia Formation.

9. Therapeutic Agents of the ACLS Algorithms.

10. Lethal Arrhythmias.

11. The Bradycardias.

12. The Tachycardias.

13. The Essential ACLS Cases.

Cases
1. Respiratory Arrest With a Pulse/The Universal Algorithm.2. Witnessed Cardiac Arrest/The AED Algorithm.3. Mega VF: Refractory VF-Pulseless VT/The VF/VT Algorithm.4. Pulseless Electrical Activity/The PEA Algorithm.5. Asystole/The Asystole Algorithm.6. Acute Myocardial Infarction/The Acute Myocardial Infarction Algorithm.7. Unstable Bradycardia/The Bradycardia Algorithm.8. Unstable Tachycardia/The Electrical Cardioversion Algorithm.9. Stable Tachycardia/The Stable Tachycardia Algorithm.Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.1.1997
Verlagsort	Maidenhead
Sprache	englisch
Maße	209 x 278 mm
Gewicht	693 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
ISBN-10	0-8385-0259-8 / 0838502598
ISBN-13	978-0-8385-0259-4 / 9780838502594
Zustand	Neuware