Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Classification of Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment of Cardiac Arrest....Pages 3-7
Physiologic Basis for Prediction of Irreversible Cardiac Arrest....Pages 8-12
Dysrhythmia Surveillance Prevention of Ventricular Fibrillation and Ventricular Tachycardia....Pages 13-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Sequential Steps of Emergency Airway Control....Pages 23-32
Resuscitation-Opening the Airway....Pages 33-38
Emergency Management of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction....Pages 39-50
Emergency Management for Airway Obstruction by Foreign Material....Pages 51-57
Improved Esophageal Obturator Airway (EOA) and New Esophageal Gastric Tube Airway (EGTA)....Pages 58-64
Airway Management with the Esophageal Pharyngeal Airway....Pages 65-72
Bag-Valve-Mask O 2 Ventilation....Pages 73-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Investigations in Prehospital Sudden Cardiac Death....Pages 83-86
Precordial Thumping During Cardiac Resuscitation....Pages 87-93
Mechanical External Cardiac Compression and Ventilation During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation....Pages 94-98
Preliminary Observations During Mechanical External Heart Compressions....Pages 99-101
Present Place of Open-Chest Cardiac Resuscitation....Pages 102-106
Proposed New Emergency Medical Technician Procedures for Management of Hypovolemia....Pages 107-109
Drug Therapy During Cardiac Arrest....Pages 113-117
Vasoactive Cardiac Supportive Drugs....Pages 118-121
Electrophysiologic Principles of Antiarrhythmic Drugs....Pages 122-127
Effect of Bicarbonate and THAM on Apnea-Induced Hypercarbia....Pages 128-131
The Intrapulmonary Route for CPR Drugs....Pages 132-140
Electrocardiography in Cardiac Arrest....Pages 143-151
External Cardiac Stimulation....Pages 152-155
Defibrillation Energy and Wave Forms....Pages 156-160
Spontaneous Ventricular Defibrillation and Refractory Defibrillation....Pages 161-166
Esophageal Electrocardiography and Low-Energy Ventricular Defibrillation....Pages 167-174
Introduction to Chapters 27–29 Resuscitation of the Arrested Brain....Pages 177-181
Amelioration of Postischemicanoxic Brain Damage by Reflow Promotion....Pages 182-186
Amelioration of Postischemic-Anoxic Brain Damage by Thiopental....Pages 187-194
Cardiopulmonary-Cerebral Resuscitation (CPCR)....Pages 195-207
Microcirculation in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation....Pages 208-218
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Massive Hemorrhage....Pages 221-225
Near-Drowning....Pages 226-230
Intrauterine Fetal Resuscitation....Pages 231-238
Quantitative Goals in the Teaching of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation....Pages 239-245
Legal Considerations of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation....Pages 246-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Eighteenth Century Resuscitation....Pages 253-254
Contributions of William B. Kouwenhoven-Reminiscences....Pages 255-258
Contributions of Claude Beck....Pages 259-262
Rediscovery of Expired Air Methods for Emergency Ventilation....Pages 263-265
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
From Back-Pressure Arm-Lift to Mouth-to-Mouth Control of Airway, and Beyond....Pages 266-275
Historic Vignettes Concerning Resuscitation from Drowning....Pages 276-280
The First Successful External Cardiac Stimulation and A-C Defibrillation....Pages 281-285
Rediscovery of External Heart Compression in Dr. William Kouwenhoven’s Laboratory....Pages 286-291
Fifteen Years’ Experience with Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation....Pages 292-294
Concluding Statement by the Host....Pages 295-295
Concluding Statement by the Editor....Pages 296-297
Back Matter....Pages 299-302