Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ornato, Joseph P. (Editor), Peberdy, Mary Ann (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2005.
• Series: Contemporary Cardiology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Despite more than 50 years of medical progress since the introduction of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), only 1 out of 5 adults survive in-hospital cardiac arrest, and fewer than 1 in 10 survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. In Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, leading clinicians and scientists-...

Table of Contents:

• History of the Science of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Epidemiology of Sudden Death
• Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
• Physiology of Ventilation During Cardiac Arrest
• Management of Ventilation During Resuscitation
• Management of Airway Obstruction
• Etiology, Electrophysiology, Myocardial Energy Mechanics, and Treatment of Bradyasystole
• Pulseless Electrical Activity
• Chest Compression Technique
• Alternate Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Devices and Techniques
• Training Adults to Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• External Defibrillation
• Public Access Defibrillation
• Pacing During Cardiac Arrest
• Therapeutic Hypothermia in the Treatment of Cardiac Arrest
• Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Bypass As an Adjunctive Strategy for Resucitation
• Principles of Drug Delivery During CPR
• Pharmacological Resuscitation Interventions
• Use of Vasopressor Drugs in Cardiac Arrest
• Buffer Therapy
• Anti-Arrhythmic Drugs and Cardiac Resuscitation
• Electrolyte Disturbances and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Following Drowning
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Early Management of the Lightning Strike Victim
• Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Trauma
• Monitoring Techniques During Resuscitation
• Myocardial Dysfunction Postresuscitation
• Postresuscitation Cerebral Dysfunction
• Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• In-Hospital Resuscitation
• Successful Systems for Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation
• Animal Models of Resuscitation
• Design of Clinical Trials Relating to Medical Emergencies
• Ethics in Resuscitation
• The Future of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.