Description
Elsevier Rapid Acls 2003 Edition by Barbara Aehlert
Designed to offer fast, essential information on the spot, this full-colour, pocket-sized, quick-reference guide features durable fluid-resistant paper, and a hole drilled in the upper left corner for securing the book in a specific location. It contains a broad range of topics pertaining to advanced cardiovascular life support including information on airway, pharmacology, vascular access, ECGs, electrical therapy, and acute coronary syndromes. There are tables, mnemonics and algorithms throughout; supplemental material on basic life support (BLS); and a section on pediatric advanced life support (PALS). Table of contents : - 1. Basic Life Support; 2. Initial Assessment; 3. Airway; 4. Vascular Access; 5. ECGs; 6. Vagal Maneuvers and Electrical Therapy; 7. Acute Coronary Syndromes; 8. Cardiovascular Pharmacology; 9. The ACLS Algorithms; 10. Stroke; 11. Pediatric Resuscitation Medication Tables; 12. Pediatric Algorithms; 13. Neonatal Resuscitation; 14. Facts and Formulas; 15. Common Medical Abbreviations.