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| EMERGENCY CARE OF THE PATIENT WITH A HEART ATTACK
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By
Roger Gamon, RN, BA(Hons), Primary PCI Clinical Project Manager, Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cardiac Network, UK
Tom Quinn, MPhil, RN, FESC, Professor of Cardiac Nursing, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK; Clinical Lead, Cardiovascular Diseases, National Library for Health
Brian Parr, BA(Hons), Dip(N), RN(level 1), Nurse Clinician (Acute Coronary Syndromes and Angina), Cardiology Department, Salford Royal Hospital Trust, UK
Description
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. A short pocketbook, this book highlights
key areas of the assessment and care of the patient with (or suspected of having) an acute coronary syndrome. It is aimed at ambulance
technicians and paramedics, emergency nurses, cardiac care unit staff, and others involved in the care of this group of patients whether
in the community or hospital setting.
Contents
Foreword by Professor Malcolm Woollard. 1. Emergency care of the heart attack patient - an overview. 2. Assessing the patient with chest
pain or discomfort. 3. Immediate management. 4. Taking a 12 lead ECG. 5. Interpreting the 12 lead ECG in the patient with ACS. 6. Complications.
7. Cardiac rhythm disturbances and ACS. 8. Reperfusion 1: thrombolytic treatment. 9. Care during administration of thrombolytic treatment.
10. Interventional cardiology in the treatment of the patient with ACS. 11. The non-STEMI patient with ACS. 12. Measuring and improving
the quality of emergency cardiac care. Index.
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Paperback, 176 pages, publication date: NOV-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-10249-3
ISBN-10: 0-443-10249-X
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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