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• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contributors
• Previous Edition Contributors
• Foreword
• Contents
• 1 ACLS essentials
• What is ACLS?
• ACLS training
• ACLS testing
• Study strategies
• Quick quiz
• Scoring
• Suggested references
• 2 ACLS in practice
• The chain of survival
• Recognition and activation
• Immediate CPR
• Rapid defibrillation
• Effective ACLS interventions
• Integrated post–cardiac arrest care
• Initial rescue steps
• Carrying out the steps
• Airway
• Breathing
• Defibrillation
• ACLS survey
• Airway
• Breathing
• Circulation
• Differential diagnosis
• Using a team approach
• Showing respect
• Communicating clearly
• Knowing roles and responsibilities
• Knowledge sharing
• Summarization
• Debriefing
• Treatment algorithms
• Quick quiz
• Scoring
• Suggested references
• 3 Recognizing cardiac arrhythmias
• The importance of interpretation
• Understanding cardiac conduction
• Sinoatrial node
• Atrioventricular node
• Safety mechanisms
• Abnormal impulses
• Monitoring cardiac rhythms
• Applying monitoring devices
• Interpreting rhythm strips: An eight-step method
• Recognizing normal sinus rhythm
• Recognizing sinus bradycardia
• Recognizing premature complexes
• Premature atrial contractions
• Premature ventricular contractions
• Are you serious?
• Recognizing narrow complex tachycardias
• Sinus tachycardia
• Atrial fibrillation
• Atrial flutter
• Atrial tachycardia
• Multifocal atrial tachycardia
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
• Junctional tachycardia
• Recognizing atrioventricular blocks
• First-degree AV block
• Second-degree AV block (type I)
• Second-degree AV block (type II)
• Third-degree AV block
• Recognizing ventricular rhythms
• Idioventricular rhythm
• Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia
• Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
• Torsades de pointes
• Ventricular fibrillation
• Recognizing pulseless electrical activity and asystole
• PEA
• Asystole
• Quick quiz
• Scoring
• Suggested References
• 4 Airway management
• Respiratory system basics
• Conducting airways
• Airway management steps
• Proper positioning
• Opening the airway
• Barrier devices
• Face shield
• Pocket face mask
• Oxygen administration devices
• Nasal cannula
• Simple face mask
• Venturi mask
• Nonrebreather mask
• Ventilation devices
• Bag valve mask device
• Automatic transport ventilator
• Advanced airway devices
• Nasopharyngeal airway
• Oropharyngeal airway
• Endotracheal tube
• Supraglottic airways
• Esophageal-tracheal tube airway
• Laryngeal tube airway
• Laryngeal mask airway
• Quick quiz
• Scoring
• Suggested references
• 5 Electrical therapy
• Defibrillation
• CPR before and after is better
• A real need for speed
• Automated external defibrillators
• Form and function
• Data entry
• Conventional defibrillators
• Conventional wisdom
• Restoration station
• Synchronized cardioversion
• It’s electric
• Elective synchronized cardioversion
• If at first you don’t succeed…
• Emergency synchronized cardioversion
• Temporary pacemakers
• Transcutaneous pacemaker
• Setting the pace
• Transvenous pacemaker
• Pulse power
• Evaluating pacemaker function
• Failure to capture
• Failure to pace
• Failure to sense
• Oversensing
• Quick quiz
• Scoring
• Suggested references
• 6 Cardiovascular pharmacology
• Emergency medication administration
• ACE inhibitors
• Enalapril
• Lisinopril
• Adrenergics
• Epinephrine
• Dopamine hydrochloride
• Dobutamine hydrochloride
• Norepinephrine
• Isoproterenol
• Vasopressin
• Analgesics
• Morphine sulfate
• Antiarrhythmics
• Adenosine
• Amiodarone hydrochloride
• Atropine sulfate
• Lidocaine
• Ibutilide fumarate
• Procainamide hydrochloride
• Anticoagulants
• Heparin and heparin derivatives
• Factor Xa inhibitor: Fondaparinux (Arixtra)
• Direct thrombin inhibitor—Bivalirudin (Angiomax)
• Antiplatelet medications
• Aspirin
• Abciximab
• Clopidogrel
• Eptifibatide
• Prasugrel
• Ticagrelor
• Cangrelor
• Tirofiban
• Beta-adrenergic blockers
• Esmolol hydrochloride
• Labetalol hydrochloride
• Metoprolol tartrate
• Calcium channel blockers
• Diltiazem hydrochloride
• Verapamil hydrochloride
• Statins
• Atorvastatin
• Diuretics
• Furosemide
• Mannitol
• Electrolytes and buffers
• Calcium chloride
• Magnesium sulfate
• Sodium bicarbonate
• Fibrinolytics
• Alteplase
• Reteplase
• Tenecteplase
• Inotropics
• Digoxin
• Milrinone lactate
• Nitrates
• Nitroglycerin
• Vasodilating antihypertensive agents
• Nitroprusside sodium
• Antidotes
• Naloxone hydrochloride
• Digoxin immune Fab
• Flumazenil
• Glucagon
• Quick quiz
• Scoring
• Suggested references
• 7 IV access and invasive techniques
• IV access basics
• Choosing an access site
• IV safety
• Basic venipuncture devices
• Over-the-needle catheters
• Winged steel needle sets
• Establishing peripheral IV lines
• Upper extremity veins
• External jugular vein
• Adjunctive devices for use in obtaining peripheral IV and central line access
• Establishing central IV lines
• Internal jugular vein
• Subclavian vein
• Femoral vein
• Establishing intraosseous access
• Other invasive techniques
• Pericardiocentesis
• Needle thoracostomy
• Quick quiz
• Scoring
• Suggested references
• 8 Treatment algorithms
• Understanding algorithms
• Adult BLS health care provider algorithm
• Initial finding
• Circulation
• Airway
• Breathing
• Defibrillation
• Adult cardiac arrest algorithm
• VF or pulseless VT
• Asystole
• PEA
• Adult immediate post–cardiac arrest care algorithm
• Optimizing tissue perfusion
• Treating hypotension
• Supporting organ function
• Implementing goal-directed care
• Identifying and treating reversible causes of arrest
• Adult bradycardia algorithm
• Treatment
• Adult tachycardia algorithm (with pulse)
• Treatment
• Acute coronary syndromes algorithm
• Treatment
• Acute stroke algorithm
• Quick quiz
• Scoring
• Suggested references
• 9 Critical situations
• A look at critical situations
• Cardiac arrest during pregnancy
• Cardiac arrest as a result of trauma
• Submersion or drowning
• Electric shock or lightning strike
• Hypothermia
• Toxicologic emergencies
• Near-fatal asthma
• Anaphylaxis
• Quick quiz
• Scoring
• Suggested references
• 10 Megacode review
• A look at the megacode
• Team leader role
• Algorithms
• Megacode testing
• Manikins
• Let’s pretend! Sample megacode scenarios
• Scenario #1
• Scenario #2
• Scenario #3
• Quick quiz
• Scoring
• Suggested references
• Appendices
• Practice makes perfect
• BLS guidelines: obstructed airway management (adult)
• Guide to common antiarrhythmic drugs
• NIH stroke scale
• Managing electrolyte disturbances associated with cardiac arrest
• Glossary
• Index