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Contents<br />

Contributors<br />

Introduction<br />

Introduction to the Fifth Edition<br />

Notes on the algorithm approach to resuscitation<br />

Acknowledgements<br />

1 Basic life support 1<br />

Anthony J Handley<br />

2 Ventricular fibrillation 5<br />

Michael Colquhoun, Charles D Deakin, Douglas Chamberlain<br />

3 The automated external defibrillator 12<br />

Roy Liddle, C Sian Davies, Michael Colquhoun, Anthony J Handley<br />

4 Asystole and pulseless electrical activity 16<br />

Michael Colquhoun, A John Camm<br />

5 Management of peri-arrest arrhythmias 20<br />

Michael Colquhoun, Richard Vincent<br />

6 Airway control, ventilation, and oxygenation 25<br />

Robert Simons<br />

7 Post-resuscitation care 32<br />

Peter A Oakley, Anthony D Redmond<br />

8 Resuscitation in pregnancy 36<br />

Stephen Morris, Mark Stacey<br />

9 Resuscitation at birth 39<br />

Anthony D Milner<br />

10 Resuscitation of infants and children 43<br />

David A Zideman, Kenneth Spearpoint<br />

11 Resuscitation in the ambulance service 50<br />

Andrew K Marsden<br />

12 Resuscitation in hospital 54<br />

T R Evans<br />

13 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in primary care 58<br />

Michael Colquhoun, Brian Steggles<br />

14 Resuscitation of the patient with major trauma 63<br />

Charles D Deakin<br />

15 Near drowning 72<br />

Mark Harries<br />

16 Drugs and their delivery 75<br />

Michael Colquhoun, David Pitcher, Jerry Nolan<br />

17 Cardiac pacing and implantable cardioverter defibrillators 81<br />

Michael Colquhoun, A John Camm<br />

18 Infection risks and resuscitation 87<br />

A J Harry Walmsley, David A Zideman<br />

19 Teaching resuscitation 90<br />

Ian Bullock, Geralyn Wynn, Carl Gwinnutt, Jerry Nolan, Sam Richmond, Jonathan Wylie,<br />

Bob Bingham, Michael Colquhoun, Anthony J Handley<br />

20 Training manikins 97<br />

Gavin D Perkins, Michael Colquhoun, Robert Simons<br />

21 The ethics of resuscitation 102<br />

Peter J F Baskett<br />

Index 107<br />

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