Menzies-Gow, Emma

Rapid Cardiac Care

36,20€

Ebook, PDF with Adobe DRM
ISBN: 9781119220282
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Printing	41 pages with an additional page accrued every 18 hours, capped at 41 pages
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Rapid Cardiac Care is an indispensable resource for all frontline staff working with acutely ill patients. Offering easy access to the knowledge base needed to provide rapid, safe and effective cardiac care, it is ideal for newly qualified healthcare professionals including, nurses, paramedics, cardiac technicians, junior medics, and physiotherapists.

Key features include:

Essential information to support the assessment of the cardiac patient including focused history taking and physical assessment, rhythm interpretation and 12-lead ECG assessment
Practical guidance on how to care for patients with cardiac emergencies, including acute coronary syndromes, arrhythmias, heart failure and cardiac arrest
A quick reference A-Z section that explores a wide range of conditions affecting the heart, each with a comprehensive overview of patient presentation and strategies to guide patient assessment and management
Diagrams and images are provided to facilitate learning

Keywords: General Clinical Nursing, Nursing Special Topics, General Clinical Nursing, Nursing Special Topics,

Cardiac; arrhythmia; Acute Coronary Syndrome ; ECG; 12-lead; cardiac arrest; Angina; Anti-arrhythmic pharmacological therapy; Arrhythmogenesis; Aortic aneurysm; Aortic regurgitation; Aortic stenosis; Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Atrial tachycardia; AVNRT; AVRT; Brugada syndrome; Cardiac resynchronisation therapy; Cardiogenic shock; Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery; CPAP; Dextracardia; Diabetes and heart disease; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Endocarditis; EPS and ablation; Heart blocks; Heart failure; Heart failure pharmacological therapy; Hypertension; Hypertrophic (obstructive) cardiomyopathy; Implantable cardioverter defibrillators; Long QT syndromes; Marfan syndrome; Mitral regurgitation; Mitral stenosis; Myocarditis; Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; Pacing; Pericarditis; Percutaneous coronary intervention; ST elevation myocardial infarction; Takotsubo; Torsade de Pointes; Unstable angina; Valve replacement surgery; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular; tachycardia; Wolff-Parkinson White