Emergency Management of the Coding Patient: Cases, Algorithms, Evidence

by Senecal, Emily; Filbin, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781405104555
• ISBN10: 1405104554
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-26
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

"Emergency Management of the Coding Patient: Cases, Algorithms, Evidence provides you with the leadership and clinical skills necessary to effectively manage a hospital code. Offering a complete review of ACLS protocols, this innovative manual introduces each chapter with clinical case scenarios of real-life emergency situations, encouraging critically thinking through management decisions."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Reviewers	viii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	x
Abbreviations	xi
I. THE BASICS	1	(22)
Introduction to the Code: Teamwork and Leadership	3	(3)
Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)	6	(5)
Airway Management	11	(5)
Electrical Cardioversion and Defibrillation	16	(7)
II. CARDIAC CODES	23	(68)
Tachycardia Overview	25	(3)
Narrow-Complex Tachycardias: Sinus Tachycardia and Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia	28	(5)
Narrow-Complex Tachycardias: Supraventricular Tachycardia	33	(7)
Narrow-Complex Tachycardias: Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter	40	(8)
Wide-Complex Tachycardia: Stable	48	(7)
Ventricular Fibrillation and Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia	55	(8)
Bundle Branch Blocks and Supraventricular Tachycardia with Aberrancy	63	(6)
Bradycardia	69	(7)
Pulseless Electrical Activity	76	(5)
Asystole	81	(4)
Acute Coronary Syndrome	85	(6)
III. NONCARDIAC CODES	91	(40)
Altered Mental Status	93	(6)
Acute Pulmonary Edema	99	(5)
Acute Bronchospasm	104	(4)
Hyperkalemic Arrest	108	(6)
Seizure	114	(7)
Shock	121	(5)
Allergy Anaphylaxis	126	(5)
IV. APPENDICES	131	(30)
Appendix A: Code Scenarios	133	(21)
Appendix B: Code Drugs	154	(7)
Index	161