Research Catalog

Title

ACLS scenarios : core concepts for case-based learning / Richard O. Cummins, Judy Reid Graves ; with 146 illustrations ; illustrations (except EGGs) by Kimberly Battista, photography by Vincent Knaus.

Author

Cummins, Richard O.

Publication

St. Louis, MO : Mosby Lifeline, c1996

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Details

Additional Authors

Graves, Judith Reid

Description

v, 314 p. : ill. (some col.); 28 cm.

Alternative Title

Advanced Cardiac Life Support scenarios : core concepts for case- based learning

Subjects

• Cardiac resuscitation > Problems, exercises, etc
• Heart Arrest > therapy
• Life Support Care
• Resuscitation
• Cardiac arrest > Treatment > Problems, exercises, etc

Bibliography (note)

• Includes index and appendices.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Cardiac Arrest!: General Approaches to Cardiopulmonary Emergencies -- Ch. 2. Code Blue: Respiratory Arrest, Airway Management, and IV Access -- Ch. 3. The Hunt for Ventricular Fibrillation: Automated External Defibrillators in Advanced Cardiac Life Support -- Ch. 4. Mega-Ventricular Fibrillation: Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation -- Ch. 5. Pulseless Electrical Activity: The Hunt for Reversible Causes -- Ch. 6. Asystole: When to Start? When to Stop? -- Ch. 7. Bradycardia -- Ch. 8. Tachycardia Cases: Stable Versus Unstable -- Ch. 9. Acute Myocardial Infarction -- Ch. 10. Hypotension, Shock, and Acute Pulmonary Edema: Pump, Tank, Electricity, and Resistance -- Ch. 11. Toxicologic and Electrolyte Abnormalities -- Ch. 12. Drowning -- Ch. 13. Electric Shock and Lightning Strike -- Ch. 14. Hypothermia -- Ch. 15. Cardiac Arrest Associated with Trauma -- Ch. 16. Cardiac Arrest Associated With Pregnancy -- ACLS Formulary --
• Appendix A Automated Defibrillators: Operator's Checklist.

ISBN

0815115172

OCLC

• ocm33888166
• SCSB-4779520

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries