books by Advanced Life Support Group (emergencies management cardiology)

books by Advanced Life Support Group

books:

Emergency Paediatric Care CD-ROM: The Practical Approach
Advanced Life Support Group

BMJ Books, 2004

With over 900 pages of management including more than 500 clinical photographs, x rays, ECGs, this CD Rom contains information on the clinical management of neonatal and paediatric emergencies. Also included are over 120 videos which demonstrate children experiencing emergency problems and receiving various life saving procedures, an essential element of the CD Rom as a training tool. There are algorithms for the management of ...

Special Incident Medical Management And Support: The Practical Approach (Advanced Life Support Group)

2 reviews
Advanced Life Support Group

Bmj Publishing Group, 2009

excellent book for learning and review
I am an emergecy medicine physician.I first bought this edition as a resident;I found it excellent then and now.It is written in an easy to learn format,with radiographs and illustrations side by side for comparison.As it's only 105 pages ,it can be read quickly. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to all students and residents.Hat's off for a great book.Buy it!

Acute Medical Emergencies

Blackwell Publishing, 2002

This comprehensive book gives a systematic approach to managing acute patients, from basic procedures to the specific treatments for different conditions. Based on the Advanced Life Support Group course MedicALS, it is a tried and tested guide appropriate for all emergency staff, as well as those likely to encounter acute emergencies on the ward. Contents include: recognition of the medical emergency the structured approach to: airway, ...

Emergency Medicine Questions Pearls of Wisdom

1 review
Thomas Vallombroso, Advanced Life Support Group, ...

Bmj Publishing Group, 2001

A quick review
This text provides a quick, concise review of the pimary topics covered on emergency medicine exams. I found it to be a good way to prepare for inservice exams and the written boards.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support: The Practical Approach
Advanced Life Support Group

Chapman & Hall, 1993

This system of care of the cardiac emergency which is taught in this volume enables the non-specialist doctor, nurse or paramedic to deal with these emergencies in a logical and systematic way, and facilitates subsequent management by other medical specialists. The reader is presented with a practical approach to care, relevant to all healthcare professionals working in the acute sector. Revisions to the tried and tested first edition are the ...

Critical Care Focus 6: Cardiology
Helen F. Galley, Woolf, ...

Bmj Publishing Group, 2001

This issue of the critical care focus series addresses cardiological problems likley to be encountered in the Intensive Care Unit. It includes dealing with patients with chronic heart failure and the pharmacological treatment strategies available; a step by step approach to dealing with arrythmias, acute coronary syndrome, advances in measurement of cardiac output,and a detailed review of the heart and vasculature in septic shock.

Advanced Paediatric Life Support: The Practical Approach
Advanced Life Support Group

BMJ Books, 2005

This international bestseller covers the full advanced paediatric life support course, with the core sections for the abbreviated one-day course clearly picked out. The book provides practical guidance for managing children and infants in the first life-threatening "golden" hour. This new edition goes beyond immediate management to include stabilisation and transfer. This title is now available for the PDA, powered by Skyscape - to buy your ...

Pocket Guide to Teaching for Medical Instructors
Advanced Life Support Group

BMJ Books, 2008

This new edition of the bestselling Pocket Guide to Teaching for Medical Instructors by the Advanced Life Support Group and Resuscitation Council (UK) provides an updated guide for instructors teaching on life support courses. Compiled by authors experienced in designing highly respected and successful courses, this guide gives sound, clear advice on the most effective methods of teaching. Content covers an introduction to the basic ...

Pre-Hospital Paediatric Life Support: The Practical Approach
Advanced Life Support Group

BMJ Books, 2005

This practical book written especially for prehospital staff provides all the information needed to deal with children in life threatening situations before arriving at hospital. It is a complementary volume to the best-selling Advanced Paediatric Life Support

Safe Transfer and Retrieval

Blackwell Publishing, 2002

Patient transfer is becoming increasingly frequent as specialist departments are being concentrated in the larger hospitals, and in the UK owing to the lack of ICU beds. There is a growing need for information on how to handle patients in these eventualities. This book gives a systematic approach for the safe transportation of patients between departments and hospitals. This is the course book for the Safe Transfer and Retrieval courses run ...

Stress and the Heart: Psychosocial Pathways to Coronary Heart Disease
C. O'Callaghan, Cashman, ...

BMJ Books, 2002

This book brings together the evidence on psychosocial factors that influence the causation and progression of coronary heart disease. These include macrosocial factors such as social class, broad social influences such as the impact of work and social support and personal aspects such as depression and hostility. An important part of the book is the description of psychological and social influences on diet, smoking and physical activity all of ...

Paediatric and Neonatal Safe Transfer and Retrieval: The Practical Approach
Advanced Life Support Group

Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

With over ten thousand inter-hospital transfers of children and neonates now taking place every year in the UK, this book, and the associated training course run by the Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) have been developed to provide an introduction to the knowledge required to undertake these transfers. Paediatric and Neonatal Safe Transfer and Retrieval (PaNSTaR) is aimed at healthcare professionals either beginning their training in ...

Major Incident Medical Management and Support: The Practical Approach in the Hospital
Advanced Life Support Group

BMJ Books, 2005

This is the course book for a new ALSG course on preparation for and medical management of major incidents within the hospital. It will be a companion volume to MIMMS, which deals with the prehospital situation, and will meet an ever increasing need as natural and other disasters affect hospital staff and administrators. The course aims to provide a systematic approach for all personnel who would be involved in managing a major incident in the ...