Practical resuscitation : recognition and response / edited by Pam Moule and John W. Albarran.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the text and professional issues -- Recognising the sick patient and preventing cardiac arrest -- Resuscitation equipment -- Chain of survival -- Basic life support algorithm -- The universal ALS algorithm -- Management of the airway and breathing -- Monitoring and assessing cardiac rhythms -- Defibrillation theory and practice -- Drugs and delivery -- Management of potentially reversible causes of cardiac arrest -- Post resuscitation care -- Special circumstances -- Resuscitation of the seriously injured casualty -- Out-of-hospital resuscitation.