Awarded second place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Critical Care-Emergency Nursing category. Provide the best possible emergency cardiovascular care — using the newest ECC guidelines! ACLS Study Guide, 5th Edition offers a complete, full-color overview of advanced cardiovascular life support. An easy-to-read approach covers everything from airway management to cardiac arrest rhythms and their management, electrical therapy, acute coronary syndromes, and acute stroke. In addition to the latest ACLS treatment algorithms, this edition includes case studies and hundreds of full-color photos and illustrations. - Case studies present common, realistic clinical situations, helping you learn and apply skills in cardiac rhythm interpretation, medication administration, and other essential interventions. - ACLS Pearls boxes offer brief explanations of complex topics and useful tips for clinical practice. - End-of-chapter quizzes include answers and rationales, helping you learn and remember the most important information. - Easy-to-understand approach simplifies your study of advanced cardiac life support, thanks to Barbara Aehlert's unique, conversational writing style. - NEW! UPDATED content centers on evidence-based practice recommendations, including the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care and the 2015 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations. - NEW! Improved format integrates all case studies into the appropriate chapters, so that you can apply concepts immediately to real-world situations.

Written in a conversational style, the 3rd edition of the ACLS Study Guide features unique, user-friendly, and easy to remember treatment algorithms - totally revised to reflect the 2005 emergency cardiac care guidelines. Full-color throughout, it offers a complete, concise overview of advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS), acute coronary syndromes, and acute stroke. It also features easy-to-access information with Stop and Review quizzes in each chapter and a comprehensive pretest and posttest. New to this edition are a handy ACLS quick-reference fold-out card, a heart rate ruler, and more! In addition to being an outstanding study tool, the ACLS Study Guide, 3rd Edition is the official text for the American Safety and Health Institute ACLS certification course. For more information on ASHI courses, call 800-246-5101 or visit www.ashinstitute.com. A pretest and posttest, each containing 50 questions with answers and rationales, provide readers with opportunities to check comprehension prior to and after study. Chapter Objectives allow readers to preview the main points in each chapter. Quick Review boxes throughout the chapters and Stop and Review sections at the end of the chapters test reader comprehension of the material. Chapters 1-8 comprise a Preparatory section to provide the foundation for the case presentations in the second section. Ten case studies present real-life clinical situations enabling the reader to make decisions based on information in the Preparatory section. Consistent organization of case studies include Objective, Skills to Master, Rhythms to Master, Medications to Master, Related Text Chapters, Questions, Answers, Essential Actions, and Unacceptable Actions to aide in the study and mastery of material. Unique treatment algorithms - totally revised to reflect the 2005 emergency cardiac care guidelines - simplify the new treatment guidelines, making them easier to use and remember. Chapter on Stroke has now been expanded to include Special Resuscitation Situations. ACLS Pearl boxes contain key points and useful tips for clinical practice. Keeping it Simple boxes contain essential information in a clear and concise manner. A heart rate ruler is included to help determine heart rate while practicing ECG recognition. A 4 x 6 pocket-size quick-reference card with key ACLS algorithms is included for field-use. Vascular Access and Medications combined into one chapter to present venous circulation information with all relevant common medications used during a cardiac-related emergency.

Perforated cards in a book format feature a review question and ECG tracing on the front of the card, with the answer and rationale on the back. Color-coded cards are designed to correspond with discussions in the author's text, ACLS Quick Review Study Guide. 500 cards.

This updated edition breaks down key exam topics into 31 daily review sessions using short summaries, lists, tables, examples, and graphics. A Study Resources section provides users with a quick reference for locating more in-depth treatment of a day's topics within the relevant Foundational and Supplemental resources.

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With timely, detailed coverage of the new requirements and skills needed to pass the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Examination, this book discusses the new American Heart Association ACLS algorithms, and reviews important drugs and treatment modalities, including defibrillation, and pacing. Case scenarios are emphasized. 112 illus.