ACLS resource text : for instructors and experienced providers by Field, John M; American Heart Association instant download

ACLS resource text : for instructors and experienced providers by Field, John M; American Heart Association instant download

x, 444 pages : 28 cm, This text is intended to provide ACLS instructors with the material to further develop the understanding, skills, and depth of background knowledge that experienced providers are expected to possess. It has 2 sections: Section 1 expands on the information presented in the ACLS Provider Manual and gives rationale background information and supplementary data on basic ACLS core material; Section 2 provides additional and advanced ACLS material to increase the provider's depth of understanding more complicated and special resuscitation situations, Based on the 2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (2005 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC), Includes bibliographical references and index, Introduction to advanced cardiovascular life support -- Sudden cardiac death: strategies for survival-integration of BLS and ACLS -- Defibrillation -- Basic airway management: integration of CPR with ventilation, airway and circulatory adjuncts -- Pulseless arrest: VF/VT -- Pulseless arrest: asystole/PEA -- Bradycardia -- Stable tachycardias and premature contractions -- Stoke -- Acute coronary syndromes-STEMI -- Introduction to ACLS for experienced providers -- Cardiovascular, Part 1 ACS, NSTEMI, and unstable angina -- [Cardiovascular] Part 2: heart failure and shock complicating ACS -- Toxicology in emergency cardiovascular care -- Special resuscitation situations, Part 1: hypothermia -- [Special resuscitation situations,] Part 2: drowning -- [Special resuscitation situations,] Part 3: severe, life-threatening asthma -- [Special resuscitation situations,] Part 4: anaphylaxis -- [Special resuscitation situations,] Part 5: impending cardiac arrest and resuscitation due to trauma -- [Special resuscitation situations,] Part 6: cardiac arrest during pregnancy -- [Special resuscitation situations,] Part 7: electric current and lightning injuries -- Life threatening electrolyte and acid base…