ABC of Resuscitation

Jasmeet Soar, Immediate Past Chair Resuscitation Council (UK), Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK
 
Gavin D. Perkins, Chair Advanced Life Support Subcommittee, Resuscitation Council (UK), Clinical Professor of Critical Care Medicine, University of Warwick Medical School, UK
 
Jerry Nolan, Past Chair Resuscitation Council (UK), Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, U

ABC of Resuscitation is a practical, illustrated guide to the latest resuscitation advice for the non-specialist and provides the core knowledge on the treatment of cardiopulmonary arrest.
 
This edition provides a guide to the European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010 and the Resuscitation Council (UK) 2010 Resuscitation Guidelines.
It Includes:
* the causes and prevention of cardiac arrest
* basic and advanced life support for adults, children and newborns
* resuscitation in a range of contexts (in-hospital and out-of-hospital, including drowning, pregnancy, sport and trauma)
* important aspects of implementation of guidelines including human factors and education
 
ABC of Resuscitation, 6th Edition is ideal for all healthcare professionals including junior doctors, medical students, general practitioners, paramedics and nurses. It is also useful for pre-hospital care practitioners, emergency medicine trainees, resuscitation officers and all those who teach resuscitation.

List of Contributors, vii
 
Foreword, ix
 
1 Cardiac Arrest and the Chain of Survival, 1
Jasmeet Soar, Gavin D. Perkins and Jerry Nolan
 
2 Sudden Cardiac Death, 3
David Pitcher
 
3 Causes and Prevention of Cardiac Arrest in Hospital, 9
Gary B. Smith
 
4 Basic Life Support, 15
Anthony J. Handley
 
5 Advanced Life Support, 21
Gavin D. Perkins, Jerry Nolan, Jasmeet Soar and Susanna Price
 
6 Defibrillation, 26
Charles Deakin and Michael Colquhoun
 
7 Airway Management and Ventilation, 30
Jerry Nolan and Jasmeet Soar
 
8 Post-Resuscitation Care, 36
Jerry Nolan
 
9 Paediatric Resuscitation, 40
Ian K. Maconochie and Robert Bingham
 
10 Resuscitation at Birth, 47
Jonathan Wyllie and Sean Ainsworth
 
11 Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation, 52
Joanne K. Smith, Mark Whitbread and Fionna P. Moore
 
12 In-Hospital CPR, 57
Robin P. Davies and Gavin D. Perkins
 
13 Peri-arrest Arrhythmias, 62
Jerry Nolan and David Pitcher
 
14 Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators, 67
Rani Robson and Jerry Nolan
 
15 Cardiorespiratory Arrest in Advanced Pregnancy, 72
David A. Gabbott
 
16 Drowning, 78
Anthony J. Handley
 
17 Trauma, 82
Kate Crewdson and David J. Lockey
 
18 Human Factors, 86
Peter-Marc Fortune and Andrew S. Lockey
 
19 CPR Devices, 90
Gavin D. Perkins and Jerry Nolan
 
20 Resuscitation in Sport, 95
Carl Gwinnutt
 
21 Improving Outcomes from Cardiac Arrest: Quality, Education and Implementation, 100
Jasmeet Soar and Keith Couper
 
22 Decisions Relating to Resuscitation, 104
Serena Cottrell and David Pitcher
 
Index, 111