ABC of Resuscitation Book

List of Contributors, vii

Foreword, ix

1 Cardiac Arrest and the Chain of Survival, 1
Jasmeet Soar, Gavin D. Perkins and Jerry Nolan

2 Sudden Cardiac Death, 3
David Pitcher

3 Causes and Prevention of Cardiac Arrest in Hospital, 9
Gary B. Smith

4 Basic Life Support, 15
Anthony J. Handley

5 Advanced Life Support, 21
Gavin D. Perkins, Jerry Nolan, Jasmeet Soar and Susanna Price

6 Defibrillation, 26
Charles Deakin and Michael Colquhoun

7 Airway Management and Ventilation, 30
Jerry Nolan and Jasmeet Soar

8 Post-Resuscitation Care, 36
Jerry Nolan

9 Paediatric Resuscitation, 40
Ian K. Maconochie and Robert Bingham

10 Resuscitation at Birth, 47
Jonathan Wyllie and Sean Ainsworth

11 Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation, 52
Joanne K. Smith, Mark Whitbread and Fionna P. Moore

12 In-Hospital CPR, 57
Robin P. Davies and Gavin D. Perkins

13 Peri-arrest Arrhythmias, 62
Jerry Nolan and David Pitcher

14 Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators, 67
Rani Robson and Jerry Nolan

15 Cardiorespiratory Arrest in Advanced Pregnancy, 72
David A. Gabbott

16 Drowning, 78
Anthony J. Handley

17 Trauma, 82
Kate Crewdson and David J. Lockey

18 Human Factors, 86
Peter-Marc Fortune and Andrew S. Lockey

19 CPR Devices, 90
Gavin D. Perkins and Jerry Nolan

20 Resuscitation in Sport, 95
Carl Gwinnutt

21 Improving Outcomes from Cardiac Arrest: Quality, Education and Implementation, 100
Jasmeet Soar and Keith Couper

22 Decisions Relating to Resuscitation, 104
Serena Cottrell and David Pitcher

Index, 111