Publisher's Synopsis
ACLS Review Made Incredibly Easy!, 4th Edition is packed with easy-to-remember definitions and step-by-step directions on the latest algorithms giving you the confidence you need to pass the ACLS certification exam as well as the knowledge and skills needed to perform advanced cardiac life support.
Allow ACLS Review Made Incredibly Easy to guide you through the latest ACLS training and exam preparations with:
- NEW and updated American Heart Association Guidelines with illustrations
- NEW and updated cardiovascular pharmacology content - including the action, indication, dosages, and precautions for the major drugs used during ACLS
- NEW and updated interventions
- NEW and updated CPR skills with illustrations
- Explanation of the ACLS course and exam components
- Devices and procedure skills - including ventilation techniques, endotracheal intubation, and supraglottic devices as well as pacemakers, defibrillators, and more!
- Identification of which cardiac rhythms may require ACLS treatment
- Skills required for the first 30 minutes of cardiac emergencies
- Management of specific rhythms - hypovolemia, hypoxia, acidosis, hypothermia, cardiac tamponade, tension pneumothorax, pulmonary coronary thrombosis, and more
- Dozens of 4 color diagrams and illustrations that outline the core concepts and skills needed for ACLS certification.
