Research Catalog

Title

The textbook of emergency cardiovascular care and CPR / editor-in-chief, John M. Field ; AHA editors, Peter J. Kudenchuk, Robert E. O'Connor, Terry L. Vanden Hoek ; ACEP editors, Michael J. Bresler, Amal Mattu, Scott M. Silvers.

Publication

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2009], ©2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Field, John M.
• American College of Emergency Physicians.
• American Heart Association.

Description

xvii, 610 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm

Subjects

• Emergency Medical Services > methods
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation > methods
• Cardiovascular Diseases > therapy
• CPR (First aid)
• Cardiovascular emergencies

Note

• "American College of Emergency Physicians; American Heart Association."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Acute Coronary Syndromes -- 1. Pathophysiology and Initial Triage of Acute Coronary Syndromes / John M. Field -- 2. Sudden Cardiac Death: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Future Directions / Steven H. Mitchell and Graham Nichol -- 3. Evaluation, Differential Diagnosis, and Approach to the Patient with Possible Acute Coronary Syndrome / Judd E. Hollander -- 4. Community and Prehospital Strategies for Managing Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes / Joseph P. Ornato -- 5. Emergency Department Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes / Charles V. Pollack, Jr. and Richard L. Summers -- 6. Heart Failure and Acute Puhnonary Edema in the Emergency Department / W. Frank Peacock -- 7. Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Coronary Syndromes / John M. Field -- 8. Ultrasonography in Emergency Cardiovascular Care / Anthony J. Dean and Sarah A. Stahmer -- Pt. 2. Basic Life Support -- 9. Pathophysiology of Cardiac Arrest / Karl B. Kern -- 10. Circulatory Adjuncts to Improve Coronary Perfusion Pressure / Karl B. Kern -- 11. Basic Life Support: Science to Survival / Michael R. Sayre and Diana M. Cave -- Pt. 3. Defibrillation -- 12. Restoring Life: The Story of Human Defibrillation and Modern CPR / Mark E. Silverman -- 13. Defibrillation: Practice / Vincent N. Mosesso, Jr. and Cheryl Rickens -- 14. Ventricular Fibrillation and Defibrillation: Experimental and Clinical Experience with Waveforms and Energy / Roger D. White and Richard E. Kerber -- Pt. 4. Airway Management in Basic and Advanced Life Support -- 15. Respiratory Physiology in ECC: Principles of Oxygenation and Ventilation / Elizabeth H. Sinz and Kane High -- 16. Monitoring and Maintaining a Patent Airway / Elizabeth H. Sinz and Kane High -- 17. Oxygen Administration and Supraglottic Airways / Michael Shuster -- 18. Endotracheal Intubation and Management of the Difficult Airway / Kane High -- Pt. 5. Arrhythmias -- 19. Life-Threatening Arrhythmias: Evaluation, Identification, and Assessment / Peter J. Kudenchuk -- 20. The Electrophysiology of Arrhythmias / Peter J. Kudenchuk -- 21. Pulseless Cardiac Arrest / Peter J. Kudenchuk -- 22. Tachycardia with Pulses: Narrow and Wide / Peter J. Kudenchuk -- 23. Bradycardia / Peter J. Kudenchuk -- 24. Electrical Therapies / Peter J. Kudenchuk -- Pt. 6. Pharmacology in Emergency Cardiovascular Care -- 25. Drugs for Control of Rhythm / Peter J. Kudenchuk -- 26. Cardiovascular Function and Vascular Tone: Physiology for ECC / Raul J. Gazmuri and Beatrice M. Correa -- 27. Nonadrenergic Vasopressors in ECC / Helmut Raab, Martin Dunser and Volker Wenzel -- Pt. 7. Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome and Management -- 28. Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome and Management / Robert W. Neumar and Jerry Nolan -- Pt. 8. Special Resuscitation Situations -- 29. Toxicology in Emergency Cardiovascular Care / Allan R. Mottram and Timothy B. Erickson -- 30. Drowning / David Szpilman, Anthony J. Handley, Joost Bierens, Linda Quan and Rafael Vasconcellos -- 31. Hypothermia / Eric A. Weiss -- 32. Electrical Current and Lightning Injury / Mary Ann Cooper, Christopher J. Andrews and Ronald L. Holle -- 33. Severe, Life-Threatening Asthma / Jill M. Baren -- 34. Anaphylaxis / Michael E. Winters -- 35. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pregnancy / Carolyn M. Zelop and Edward P. Grimes -- Pt. 9. Stroke -- 36. Stroke / Edward C. Jauch and Todd J. Crocco -- Pt. 10. Ethics -- 37. Ethics in Emergency Cardiovascular Care / Kenneth V. Iserson -- Pt. 11. Education and Research -- 38. Careers in Resuscitation Medicine / Benjamin S. Abella and Lance B. Becker.

ISBN

• 9780781788991 (alk. paper)
• 0781788994 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2008028088

OCLC

• ocn191807956
• 191807956
• SCSB-5443745

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries