Advanced Cardiac Life Support

A Guide for Nurses

Philip Jevon author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:2nd Oct '09

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Advanced Cardiac Life Support cover

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

In the event of an adult cardiac arrest, it is essential to be able to respond rapidly, providing safe and effective care. This new and updated edition of Advanced Cardiac Life Support provides the theoretical background to resuscitation as well as explaining the essential resuscitation skills required to manage an adult cardiac arrest- from the time it occurs until subsequent transfer to the ICU.

The emphasis is on the prevention of cardiac arrest with detailed information on the management of peri-arrest arrhythmias and acute coronary syndromes. Advanced Cardiac Life Support also discusses ethical and legal issues, record keeping, dealing with bereavement, audit, equipment and training- providing an essential quick reference tool for nurses and health care professionals.

  • An evidence-based approach to emergency care based on the latest Resuscitation guidelines
  • A succinct yet comprehensive guide to the management of cardiac arrest
  • Written by an experienced resuscitation training offer who is also a qualified nurse and former CCU Charge Nurse

"Praised in its previous edition as a concise source of essential information, this new edition presents the most recent information in an accessible format and serves as an excellent reference source for all cardiologists, radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians". (TMCnet.com, 19 January 2011)

ISBN: 9781405185660

Dimensions: 217mm x 140mm x 18mm

Weight: 504g

336 pages

2nd edition