Resuscitate! : How Your Community Can Improve Survival from Sudden Cardiac Arrest /

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Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death among adults, yet it need not be fatal. Though survival in most communities is very poor, a few communities achieve rates as high as 50%. Why are some communities so successful in snatching life from the jaws of death? This book describes the steps...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Eisenberg, Mickey S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2013
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Emergency medical services.
CPR (First aid)
Community health services.
Cardiac resuscitation.
Cardiac arrest.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Cardiology.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Heart.
emergency medical centers.
Coeur > Reanimation.
Arrêt cardiaque.
Services des urgences medicales.
Reanimation cardiorespiratoire.
Heart Arrest
Emergency Medical Services
Death, Sudden, Cardiac > prevention & control
Community Health Services
Heart Arrest > therapy
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death among adults, yet it need not be fatal. Though survival in most communities is very poor, a few communities achieve rates as high as 50%. Why are some communities so successful in snatching life from the jaws of death? This book describes the steps any EMS system can take to improve cardiac arrest survival. It is written for the medical directors, administrative directors, fire chiefs, dispatch directors, and program supervisor who direct and run EMS systems all across the country, and for the EMTs, paramedics, and dispatchers who provide frontline care.
Notas:"A Samuel and Althea Stroum book."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (294 pages).
ISBN:9780295804569

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