Abstract
In the cardiac intensive care unit (ICU) staff should be mentally and physically equipped to deal with sudden cardiac arrest and initiate prompt resuscitative efforts. Such efforts fundamentally involve a coordinated system to provide artificial ventilation and artificial circulation (i.e., basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR]) that may be supplemented by advanced cardiac life support systems (e.g., oxygen, defibrillation, specialized medications). Many of the elements of advanced cardiac life support are reviewed in detail in other chapters of this book, as follows :
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Recognition and treatment of arrhythmias (chapters 4, 5, and 6).
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Cardioversion and defibrillation (chapter 7).
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Recognition and treatment of conduction disorders (chapters 8 and 9).
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Recognition and treatment of hemodyna-mic disorders, including heart failure and car-diogenic shock (chapters 11 and 12).
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Antman, E.M., Rutherford, J.D. (1986). Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation. In: Coronary Care Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2303-7_10
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