Cardiac Impairment MD0571

DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LESSON 1
	Section I. GENERAL INFORMATION
		1-1. INTRODUCTION TO CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
		1-2. SUDDEN DEATH
		1-3. RECOVERY PROBABILITY RATES
		1-4. COMMON CAUSES OF SUDDEN DEATH
		1-5. RESCUER RESPONSIBILITIES DURING CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
		1-6. DEFINITION OF CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
		1-7. IMPORTANCE OF CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
	SECTION II. RESCUE BREATHING
		1-8. INTRODUCTION
		1-9. RESCUE BREATHING PROCEDURE
	Section III. CHEST COMPRESSIONS
		1-10. INTRODUCTION
		1-11. EFFECTS OF CHEST COMPRESSIONS
		1-12. PROCEDURE FOR CHEST COMPRESSIONS
	Section IV. ONE-RESCUER METHOD CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
		1-13. INTRODUCTION
		1-14. ONE-RESCUER CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION METHOD
	Section V. TWO-RESCUER METHOD CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
		1-15. INTRODUCTION
		1-16. TWO-RESCUER CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION: GENERAL METHOD
		1-17. TWO-RESCUER CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION: ONE-RESCUERCARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION IN PROGRESS
		1-18. TWO-RESCUER CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION: NOCARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION IN PROGRESS
		1-19. RESCUERS CHANGE POSITIONS IN TWO-RESCUER CARDIOPULMONARYRESUSCITATION
		1-20. MONITOR THE CASUALTY
	Section VI. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION COMPLICATIONS/CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION TERMINATION
		1-21. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION COMPLICATIONS
		1-22. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION TERMINATION
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 2
	Section I. DYSRHYTHMIA
		2-1. INTRODUCTION
		2-2. DYSRHYTHMIA CAUSES/SIGNIFICANCE
	Section II. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
		2-3. GENERAL
		2-4. INNERVATION
		2-5. GRAPHIC DISPLAY OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
	Section III. RHYTHMS/HEART BLOCKS
		2-6. ANALYSIS OF EKG RHYTHM STRIPS
		2-7. CARDIAC RHYTHMS
		2-8. ATRIAL RHYTHMS
		2-9. JUNCTIONAL RHYTHMS
		2-10. HEART BLOCKS
		2-11. VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS.
		2-12. ASYSTOLE (CARDIAC STANDSTILL)
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 3
	Section I. REVIEW OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM ANDTHE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
		3-1. DEFINITIONS
		3-2. IMPORTANCE OF FOOD, OXYGEN, AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
		3-3. THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
		3-4. THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
		3-5. BLOOD FLOW
	Section II. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING CARDIAC ARREST
		3-6. CARDIAC ARREST AND HEART ATTACK
		3-7. PRIMARY CAUSES OF CARDIAC ARREST
		3-8. MAJOR RISK FACTORS OF CARDIAC ARREST
		3-9. MAJOR SIGNS OF CARDIAC ARREST
		3-10. COMPONENTS OF THE DEFIBRILLATOR (LIFEPAK 5)
	Section III. MAJOR MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES OF CARDIAC ARREST
		3-11. MONITORED CARDIAC ARREST
		3-12. UNMONITORED CARDIAC ARREST
	SECTION IV. CARDIOVERSION
		3-13. ATTACH THE PATIENT TO THE CARDIAC MONITOR
		3-14. PERFORM CARDIOVERSION PROCEDURE
		3-15. CONCLUSION
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS