Philip Jevon (Walsall Manor Hospital)

Ecgs for Nurses

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

ECGs for Nurses provides everything the nurse needs to know about the electrocardiogram. Accessible yet comprehensive, and packed with case studies, this portable guide enables nurses to become skilled practitioners in an area often seen as highly complex.

Produktdetails

• Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses
• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 127mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9781405181624
• ISBN-10: 1405181621
• Artikelnr.: 23600055

Autorenporträt

Phil Jevon is Resuscitation Officer/Clinical Skills Lead at Manor Hospital, Walsal. He is also Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Birmingham Medical School and Editor of the British Journal of Resuscitation.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword iv
Acknowledgements vi
Chapter 1 The conduction system in the heart 1
Chapter 2 Principles of ECG monitoring 10
Chapter 3 ECG interpretation of cardiac arrhythmias 40
Chapter 4 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the SA node 50
Chapter 5 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the atria 72
Chapter 6 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the AV junction 96
Chapter 7 Cardiac arrhythmias originating in the ventricles 114
Chapter 8 Cardiac arrhythmias with atrioventricular block 135
Chapter 9 Cardiac arrhythmias associated with cardiac arrest 155
Chapter 10 Recording a 12 lead ECG 169
Chapter 11 Interpreting a 12 lead ECG 182
Chapter 12 Management of peri-arrest arrhythmias 220
Chapter 13 Record keeping 243
Appendix 249
Index 286

Rezensionen

"I thoroughly recommend this text to all who work within an acutecare area, or indeed any nurse with an interest in developing theirECG interpretation skills."--British Journal ofResuscitation

"Easy to read, succinct review of the cardiac conductionsystem...(a) useful tool for any health professional new to amonitored environment, and would provide the essential baselineknowledge required for such staff."--British Journal ofPerioperative Nursing