Title Emergency management of the coding patient : cases, algorithms, evidence / Emily L. Senecal, Michael R. Filbin

Published Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2005

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	616.025 Sen/Emo		AVAILABLE

Description xi, 170 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm Series Emergency management series Emergency management series (Blackwell Pub.) Contents Introduction to the code: teamwork and leadership -- Basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) -- Airway management -- Electrical cardioversion and defibrillation -- Tachycardia overview -- Narrow-complex tachycardia: sinus tachycardia and multifocal atrial tachycardia -- Narrow-complex tachycardia: supraventricular tachycardia -- Narrow-complex tachycardia: atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter -- Wide-complex tachycardia: stable -- Ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia -- Bundle branch blocks and supraventricular tachycardia with aberrancy -- Bradycardia -- Pulseless electrical activity -- Asystole -- Acute coronary syndrome -- Altered mental status -- Acute pulmonary edema -- Acute bronchospasm -- Hyperkalemic arrest -- Seizure -- Shock -- Anaphylaxis Notes Includes index Subject Medical emergencies. Hospitals -- Emergency services. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation -- methods. Arrhythmias, Cardiac -- therapy. Electrocardiography -- methods. Emergency Treatment -- methods. Genre/Form Problems and Exercises. Author Filbin, Michael R. LC no. 2005005200 ISBN 9781405104555 (paperback: alk. paper) 1405104554 (paperback: alk. paper)

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