Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction to the ACLS provider course
  • Ch. 2. The systematic ACLS approach
  • Ch. 3. The advanced ACLS skills
  • Ch. 4. The human dimension of CPR and ACLS: human, ethical, and legal issues
  • Ch. 5. Final, take-home ACLS concepts
  • Case 1. Respiratory compromise: from shortness of breath to respiratory arrest (with a pulse)
  • Case 2. VF treated with CPR and automated external defibrillation
  • Case 3. VF/pulseless VT: persistent/refractory/recurrent/shock resistant
  • Case 4. Pulseless electrical activity
  • Case 5. Asystole: the silent heart algorithm
  • Case 6. Acute coronary syndromes: patients with acute ischemic chest pain
  • Case 7. Bradycardias
  • Case 8. Unstable tachycardia
  • Case 9. Stable tachycardia
  • Case 10. Acute ischemic stroke
  • Appendix 1. Basic ACLS skills: CPR and AED
  • Appendix 2. Workbookreview questions and annotated answers
  • Appendix 3. ACLS rhythms for the ACLS algorithms
  • Appendix 4. ACLS durgs, cardioversion, defibrillation and pacing
  • Index.