The Textbook of Emergency Cardiovascular Care and CPR

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES: Pathophysiology and Initial Triage of Acute Coronary Syndromes, John M. Field / Sudden Cardiac Death: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Future Directions, Steven H. Mitchell and Graham Nichol / Evaluation, Differential Diagnosis, and Approach to the Patient with Potential Acute Coronary Syndrome, Judd E. Hollander / Community and Pre-Hospital Strategies for Managing Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients, Joseph P. Ornato / Emergency Department Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes, Charles V. Pollack, Jr. and Richard W. Summers / Heart Failure and Acute Pulmonary Edema in the Emergency Department, W. Frank Peacock / Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Coronary Syndromes, John M. Field / Ultrasonography in Emergency Cardiovascular Care, Anthony J. Dean and Sarah A. Stahmer BASIC LIFE SUPPORT: Pathophysiology of Cardiac Arrest, Karl B. Kern / Circulatory Adjuncts to Improve Coronary Perfusion Pressure, Karl B. Kern / Basic Life Support: Science to Survival, Michael R. Sayre and Diana M. Cave DEFIBRILLATION: Restoring Life: The Story of Human Defibrillation, Mark E. Silverman / Defibrillation: Clinical Practice, Vincent N. Mosesso, Jr. and Cheryl Rickens / Ventricular Fibrillation and Defibrillation: Experimental and Clinical Experience with Waveforms and Energy, Roger D. White and Richard Kerber AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IN BASIC AND ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT: Respiratory Physiology in ECC: Principles of Oxygenation and Ventilation, Elizabeth H. Sinz and Kane High / Monitoring and Maintaining a Patent Airway, Elizabeth H. Sinz and Kane High / Oxygen Administration and Supraglottic Airways, Michael Shuster / Endotracheal Intubation: Management of the Difficult Airway, Kane High ARRHYTHMIAS: Life-Threatening Arrhythmias: Evaluation, Identification, and Assessment, Peter J. Kudenchuk / The Electrophysiology of Arrhythmias, Peter J. Kudenchuk / Pulseless Cardiac Arrest, Peter J. Kudenchuk / Tachycardia with Pulses-Narrow and Wide, Peter J. Kudenchuk / Bradycardia, Peter J. Kudenchuk / Electrical Therapies, Peter J. Kudenchuk PHARMACOLOGY IN ECC: Drugs for Control of Rhythm, Peter J. Kudenchuk / Cardiovascular Function and Vascular Tone-Physiology for ECC, Raul J. Gazmuri and Beatrice M. Correa / Nonadrenergic Vasopressors in ECC, Helmut Raab, Martin Dunser, and Volker Wenzel PERI-ARREST MANAGEMENT: Pre-Arrest Management, MaryAnn Peberdy / Post Cardiac Arrest Syndrome and Management, Robert W. Neumar and Jerry Nolan SPECIAL RESUSCITATION SITUATIONS: Toxicology in Emergency Cardiovascular Care, Allan R. Mottram and Timothy B. Erickson / Drowning, David Szpilman, Anthony J. Handley, Joost Bierens, Linda Quan, and Rafael Vasconcellos / Hypothermia, Eric A. Weiss / Electrical Injuries, Mary Ann Cooper, Chris Andrews, and Ronald L. Holle / Life-Threatening Asthma, Jill M. Baren / Anaphylaxis, Michael E. Winters / Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pregnancy, Carolyn M. Zelop and Edward P. Grimes / Trauma, C. James Holliman STROKE: Stroke, Edward C. Jauch and Todd J. Crocco ETHICS: Ethics in Emergency Cardiovascular Care, Kenneth V. Iserson EDUCATION AND RESEARCH: Careers in Resuscitation Medicine, Benjamin S. Abella and Lance B. Becker / Education in Emergency Cardiovascular Care, Mary Fran Hazinski et al.