Professional Rescuer Cpr

Professional Rescuer CPR, Third Edition provides individuals who have a job-related duty to respond to emergencies with the knowledge and skills to recognize and provide care in respiratory and cardiac emergencies. These skills include: performing two-rescuer CPR and techniques for special rescue situations, using resuscitation masks and bag-valve masks for ventilating victims, and proper use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).

Emergency Cardiac Care and the Professional Rescuer	p. 2
Professional Rescuers and EMS Systems	p. 2
Preparing for Emergencies	p. 3
Disease Transmission and Precautions	p. 4
Cardiovascular Disease: Improving the Odds	p. 6
The Chain of Survival	p. 6
Legal and Ethical Considerations	p. 9
Understanding the Human Body	p. 13
Body Systems	p. 13
When Body Systems Fail	p. 17
Patient Assessment	p. 23
Assessing the Emergency Scene	p. 23
Assessing the Patient	p. 24
Basic Life Support for Adults and Children	p. 28
Patient Assessment	p. 28
Position the Unresponsive Patient	p. 28
Perform CPR	p. 32
Airway Obstruction	p. 35
Basic Life Support for Infants	p. 42
Assessment of an Infant	p. 42
Check Responsiveness	p. 42
Airway Obstruction	p. 45
Resuscitation Adjuncts	p. 51
Resuscitating Adjuncts	p. 51
Suction Devices	p. 51
Airways	p. 53
Ventilation Devices	p. 55
Automated External Defibrillation	p. 60
Special Resuscitation Situations	p. 67
Trauma	p. 67
Drowning	p. 68
Hypothermia	p. 69
Electric Shock	p. 70
Appendix	p. 73
Index	p. 82
Image Credits	p. 87
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