Table of Contents
Foreword Cardiac Arrest Amal Mattu xiii
Preface William J. Brady Nathan P. Charlton Benjamin J. Lawner Sara F. Sutherland xv
Introduction Robert E. O'Connor xix
Cardiac Arrest: A Public Health Perspective Dawn Taniguchi Amy Baernstein Graham Nichol 1
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Tanner S. Boyd Debra G. Perina 13
In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Peter Monteleone Christine M. Lin 25
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Update Joshua C. Reynolds Michael C. Bond Sanober Shaikh 35
Electrical Therapies in Cardiac Arrest Peter P. Monteleone Heather A. Borek Seth O. Althoff 51
The Impact of the Code Drugs: Cardioactive Medications in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Kelly Williamson Meghan Breed Kostas Alibertis William Brady 65
Airway Management in Cardiac Arrest Jose V. Nable Benjamin J. Lawner Christopher T. Stephens 77
Prognosis in Cardiac Arrest Joseph P. Martinez 91
"Putting It All Together" to Improve Resuscitation Quality Robert M. Sutton Vinay Nadkarni Benjamin S. Abella 105
Postresuscitation Care Daniel Boutsikaris Michael E. Winters 123
Rapid Response Systems: Identification and Management of the "Prearrest State" Michael T. McCurdy Samantha L. Wood
Pediatric Resuscitation and Cardiac Arrest William A. Woods 153
Cardiac Arrest in Special Populations Jeffrey D. Ferguson Jocelyn De Guzman 169
Devices Used in Cardiac Arrest Steven C. Brooks Alina Toma Jonathan Hsu 179
Index 195
