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(National Safety Council) Text/workbook includes the latest Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiac Care. Presents a logical presentation of information allowing for increased proficiency and understanding of key skills and topics. Full-color design includes photographs, illustrations, and flowcharts. For lay courses in CPR. Softcover. ... Read more

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The article is excerpted fromGale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health.
This 5-vol. set provides more than 850 entries covering topics innursing and allied health written for students and professionals in thefield. Alphabetically arranged entries cover topics in body systems andfunctions, conditions and common diseases, issues and theories,techniques and practices, and devices and equipment. The Encyclopediacovers all major health professions, including nursing, physicaltherapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, medical labtechnology, emergency medical technology, dental assistance,pharmacology and nutrition. In addition, the set features approximately400 photographs and illustrations; appendices of related organizations,agencies and associations; and a general index.

Published/Released: November 2001

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This digital document is an article from Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed., brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1408 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The third edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depth medical guide features information on medical topics in language accessible to adult laypersons. Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description; causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more. Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes; precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and much more. ... Read more

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Basic Cardiac Life Support Instruction Material, study questions and AHA, Performance tests ... Read more

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The article is excerpted fromGale Encyclopedia of Medicine.

Consultthe second edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depthmedical guide for information on more than 1,700 medical topics inlanguage accessible to adult laypersons. Presented in a singlealphabetical sequence, articles range in length from one or twoparagraphs for minor topics, to several pages or more for major topics.Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description;causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more.Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes;precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and muchmore. This second edition includes more than 200 new entries, 300updated entries, approximately 650 color images and illustrations, anda comprehensive subject index. New features include biographical andhistorical sidebars throughout the text.

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• Definitions -- brief dictionary-style definition of the disorder
• Descriptions -- overview of the disorder; who gets it and why
• Causes & symptoms -- process, substance or organism thatproduces the condition; any risk factors that increase susceptibilityto the condition; signs and symptoms of the disease
• Diagnosis -- overview of procedures and tests used todiagnose the condition; how the test is done; who should be tested andwhen; time required; cost; whether it's typically covered by insurance
• Treatments -- overview of conventional methods of care ormanagement of the condition, such as drugs, surgeries, physicaltherapy, etc.
• Alternative treatments -- overview of alternative/complementary therapies that may be used to treat the condition
• Prognosis -- probable outcome of the disease
• Preventions -- what actions can be taken to prevent the condition from occurring

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• Definitions -- brief dictionary-style definition of the test/treatment
• Purposes -- why and when this test/treatment is prescribed
• Precautions -- when this test/treatment should not be prescribed
• Descriptions -- overview of the test/treatment including cost,length of time required, procedures followed, whether typically coveredby insurance
• Preparation -- pre-test treatment procedures, if any
• Aftercare -- post-test treatment procedures, if any
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• Normal results -- for tests, describes the normal values; for treatments, describes the anticipated outcomes
• Abnormal results -- defines abnormal test values

Published/Released: December 2001

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Amber Associations
As the other reviewers here have been quick to point out, this book is a gallimaufry of narrative strands taken from history, folklore, literature and imagination.But, someone will ask, "What is Fishing For Amber all about anyway?" - If forced to be reductionist about it, I suppose the one word that comes to mind is "Associations."In a sense, the interweaving narratives and histories mimic the human mind's tangential nature.Save that, rather than tangents, the associations' points de depart into another history or narrative are circuitous and eventually land one back at another point in the history of, say, amber.

All this makes for interesting, fascinating, enjoyable reading.So why am I, unlike the other reviewers, giving the book only four stars rather than the superlative five? Because methinks that this book, this woof of nested narratives, covering Proust, Vermeer, much Irish folklore, Greek and Roman mythology, a history of submarines, a (true) account of an actual language based on the diatonic scale,hagiography, ergotism and much, much more is a wee bit too clever by half to be a truly profound read.It takes on more than 350 pages can handle, as is evident in the eight page bibliography of 107 sources.

But it's fun, and you will certainly learn much between the covers of this book.I surely did. So, go ahead, drop your nets into these waters. Just beware that what you pull up will certainly be strange without necessarily being rich.You'll have to cast deeper into some of the books in the bibliography for that.

An Incredible Journey
This is an amazing book - a mixture of Fables, Folk Tales, Greek Myths, Dutch history, and Lives of Saints.
26 chapters, one for each letter of the Alphabet, "Antipodes" to "Zoetrope".
There are so many stories here, going off on so many seeming tangents, that you can hardly believe it will hold together, but it does so brilliantly

Wonders on every page!
"Fishing for Amber" is one of those enchanting books onesecretly hopes to acquire every time one purchases a book. It is atreasure-box filled with wonders, each more delightful than the last. PartJames Burke's Connections, part Umberto Eco, part Chet Raymo and alldelightful, the book is a melding of poetry, fact, and all the stopsbetween. The text meanders through ancient mythologies of the Greek Godsand their progeny, ghastly Irish yarns of bizarre encounters with the Fae,baroque histories from when the Netherlands were the cultural andintellectual center of Europe, and reflections on the author's own father,an Irish storyteller himself. Magical and haunting, it is a wild ride onhorseback at midnight not to be missed. ... Read more

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The “Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health” is an alphabetically arranged five-volume set of more than 850 entries written for students and professionals in the field. Topics include body systems and functions, conditions and common diseases, issues and theories, techniques and practices, and devices and equipment. The Encyclopedia covers all major health professions, including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, medical lab technology, emergency medical technology, dental assistance, pharmacology and nutrition, and features appendices of related organizations, agencies and associations.

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This ringbound book presents a reproduction of an important U.S. Army Correspondence Course reference, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Anesthesia Apparatus - Army Medical Department Course Student Self-Study Guide. These medical courses were developed by the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.Correspondence Course Of The U.S. Army Medical Department Center And School - Subcourse Md0532 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Introduction - As a member of the Army Medical Department, you are expected to know how to perform basic lifesaving procedures in an emergency. Such emergencies can occur anywhere on the battlefield, in your home, in a restaurant, or on the highway. In such an emergency, a person's life may depend upon your knowledge of what to do and upon your ability to do the procedure properly and quickly. This subcourse provides instruction which will enable you to remove an obstruction from a casualty's airway, restore respiration to a casualty who has stopped breathing, and restore blood circulation to a casualty whose heart has stopped beating. Instruction is provided for performing these procedures for an adult casualty, a child, and an infant.This subcourse consists of seven lessons and an examination. The lessons are:Lesson 1, Review of the Circulatory and Respiratory Systems.Lesson 2, Heart Attack and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.Lesson 3, Initiate Rescue Breathing on an Adult.Lesson 4, Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on an Adult.Lesson 5, Remove an Upper Airway Obstruction in an Adult.Lesson 6, Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on a Child or Infant.Lesson 7, Remove an Airway Obstruction in a Child or Infant. ... Read more

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an integral part of emergency medicine. Despite that, there has not been many published works of CPR in Malaysia.This study serves to look into the effectiveness of CPR performed in the emergency Department of a teaching hospital in Malaysia. All patients with CPR done in this hospital from March 2005 to March 2006 were included. A total of 63 cardiac arrest patients were analyzed. Out of these 63 patients, 23 (36.5%) of the 63 patients were categorized as out-of-hospital Arrests (OHA) whereas the other 40 (63.5%) had an in-hospital arrest (IHA). In total, 19 (30.2%) of them had achieved return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). Only 6 patients (9.5%) achieved ROSC until admission to ward (survival to admission). The chance of a patient with IHA to achieve ROSC regardless of whether the ROSC was sustained until admission to ward was about two times (37.5%) higher compared to a patient with OHA (17.4%) (p=0.094).Other factors found to be associated with higher chance of survival rate are early commencement of CPR, presence of emergency physicians during CPR and the presence of shockable rhythm as the initial cardiac arrest rhythm. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Science and Its Times, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1656 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work. Essays on people, theories, discoveries, and concepts are combined with overviews, bibliographies of primary documents, and chronological elements to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life. Entries represent people and developments throughout the world, from about 2000 B.C. through the end of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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56 pages of basic cardiac life support instructional mateial, study questions and American Heart Association, Inc., Performance Tests ... Read more