Acute Cardiac Care A Practical Guide for Nurses

by Kucia, Angela; Quinn, Tom

• ISBN13: 9781405163613
• ISBN10: 1405163615
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-26
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Acute Cardiac Care provides nurses with a comprehensive understanding of the current practice and principles underlying the care and management of acute cardiac conditions. It addresses the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) with an emphasis on evidence based pharmacological management, cardiac emergencies (cardiac arrest, arrhythmia, acute pulmonary oedema, cardiogenic shock), current diagnostic and interventional modalities for the management of ACS, including risk stratification, and the ethical, political, social and economic factors that impact upon the provision of acute cardiac services in Australia and the UK. Edited by renowned academics & clinicians in the field, this practical text will encourage nurses to think critically about evidence and management of acute coronary conditions, and provide a guide on how and where to look for up-to-date evidence and guidelines. KEY FEATURES: A comprehensive and practical guide to the current practice and principles underlying the nursing care of acute cardiac conditions Edited by leading authorities in the field with a wealth of experience in acute cardiac care and resuscitation Has an emphasis on evidence-based practice, encouraging nurses to critically think about their practice Contains learning objectives, key points and activities and further reading guidelines

Author Biography

Angela Kucia is a Clinical Practice Consultant in Acute Cardiac Assessment at The Lyell McEwin and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals in Adelaide, South Australia. Angela was a clinical nurse manager in coronary care for many years and completed a PhD before moving to the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of South Australia as a lecturer where she developed the postgraduate cardiovascular nursing program. Although Angela has since returned to clinical practice, she continues to lecture in the program and remains actively involved in cardiovascular research. Angela is a past recipient of the South Australian Nurse of the Year Award and the prestigious South Australian Premier’s Scholarship in Nursing.

Tom Quinn is Professor of Clinical Practice at the University of Surrey, and was previously the UK's first Professor of Cardiac Nursing (at Coventry University) and a Consultant Cardiac Nurse. Tom has extensive clinical experience and was closely involved in developing and implementing the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease. He was seconded to the Department of Health as Section Head for the Heart Team from 1999–2001, and was later heart disease programme Lead for a strategic health authority and adviser in emergency cardiac care to the NHS Modernisation Agency, and latterly Regional Head of cardiovascular disease, stroke and research for a major regional ambulance service. He was chairman of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) working group on cardiovascular nursing in the mid–1990s and a member of the European Task Force on chest pain and currently the ESC working group on acute cardiac care; He is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) and a member of the British Cardiac Society. Professor Quinn was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing for his 'outstanding contribution' to cardiac nursing.

Table of Contents

Preface

Mechanics of the cardiovascular system

Regulation of cardiac and vascular function

Cardiac electrophysiology

The coronary circulation

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Populations at risk

Evidence-based practice

Ethics of research in acute cardiac care

Cardiovascular assessment

ECG interpretation

Cardiac monitoring

Laboratory tests

Diagnostic procedures

Sudden cardiac death

Out of hospital cardiac arrest and automated external defibrillation

Ethical issues in resuscitation

Pathogenesis of acute coronary syndromes

Presentations of acute coronary syndromes

Risk stratification in acute coronary syndromes

Reducing time to treatment

Reperfusion Strategies

Adjunct pharmacological agents in acute coronary syndromes

Arrhythmias

In-hospital resuscitation

Acute heart failure

Convalescence

Discharge planning and secondary prevention

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