Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) provides critical training to Canadian healthcare professionals, for the next level of adult emergency cardiovascular care. The Heart & Stroke ACLS Reference Cards are updated to reflect new science in the 2020 Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
These cards are convenient, quick-reference tools healthcare professionals can access during the ACLS course and various healthcare settings.
Set of 3 cards includes the following information for quick access by healthcare providers:
1. ACLS Cardiac Arrest, Arrythmias, and Their Treatment
2. ACLS Acute Coronary Syndromes and Stroke
3. ACLS Cardiac Arrest in Special Situations and Neuroprognastication
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A Davis's Notes title! The pocket guide that covers it all—basics, 12-lead, ACLS, meds, and CPR for adults and children!
A quick look-up reference for ECG interpretation and management! This indispensable pocket guide presents the basics (anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system, electrical conduction system of the heart, basic ECG concepts and components,) ACLS and CPR algorithms, emergency medications, and comprehensive information on monitoring leads and interpretation of over 100 ECG strips, including 12-lead and pacemaker rhythms.
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Worth every penny!! “Bought this to keep in my lab coat to help me interpret ECGs. It is absolutely perfect. Has several different rhythms and 50 practice questions. It's also waterproof and tear proof. Wish I bought it sooner.—Online Reviewer
If you are trying to learn EKG, this is a must have!! “Really convenient tool to learn from. Easy to navigate.—Emily, L., Online Reviewer
Great for nursing students and RNs. “As a nurse educator (and earlier a staff RN) I made these required reading for my students. Their small size with spiral binding make them useful well beyond graduation.—Barbara R., Online Reviewer
Perfect Pocket reference. “For those of us that don't always remember every detail of EKGs, and need some help on the fly, this book is perfect. I can fit it in my pocket and pull for reference whenever I need. I have already recommended it to many of my colleagues.—Online Reviewer
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This issue of Heart Failure Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Francesco Antonini-Canterin, is dedicated to Clinical Heart Failure Scenarios: from Prevention to Overt Disease and Rehabilitation. This issue is one of four selected each year by series consulting editor Dr. Eduardo Bossone. This issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview over the broad spectrum of clinical scenarios of heart failure, starting from prevention in asymptomatic phase to acute and chronic congestive heart failure to modern rehabilitation.
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Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022 and 2023!
Enthusiastically acclaimed by medical students and faculty worldwide, this text is specifically designed to prepare students for their first encounters with patients with cardiovascular disease. Thoroughly revised by internationally recognized Harvard Medical School faculty and a team of select cardiology fellows and internal medicine residents, this seventh edition equips students with a clear, complete, and clinically relevant understanding of cardiovascular pathophysiology, setting a strong foundation for patient diagnosis and management.
New seventh edition highlights :
- Review questions and answers in each chapter prepare students for course and board exams.
- New contributors include cardiology fellows and internal medicine residents, who worked closely with faculty to extend coverage of clinically pertinent issues for medical students.
- Updated content reflects the latest understanding of mechanisms of cardiac disease and technological advances.
Classic student-friendly features :
- Full-color illustrations help readers visualize and quickly grasp key concepts.
- Medical imaging and color clinical photographs show real-world examples of many clinically relevant cardiovascular conditions.
- Introductory chapter outlines and end-of-chapter summaries provide organized, quick review of core information.
Bonus online study tools :
- Animations help support understanding of complex, dynamic disease processes.
- Interactive question bank reinforces learning and improves retention.
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For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Cardiology Secrets, 6th Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style - making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.
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The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time - succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective.
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Fully revised and updated, including new information on peripheral vascular and cerebrovascular disease, direct oral anticoagulant agents, and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
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New chapter on COVID-19 and the Cardiovascular System.
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Several hundred illustrations, figures, and flow diagrams clearly depict key topics.
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Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams.
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Bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from global leaders in the field - all providing a concise overview of important board-relevant content.
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Written by global experts and thought leaders in cardiovascular disease.
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Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime.
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Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
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Ideal for trainees and practicing clinicians, Goldberger's Clinical Electrocardiography: A Simplified Approach, 10th Edition, covers the basics of ECG analysis and interpretation, as well as the differential diagnoses, underlying causes, and therapeutic implications of ECG findings. The authors' award-winning, systematic approach takes readers though the nuts and bolts of ECG interpretation. Beyond these essential details, the text serves as an invaluable and unique asset in hospital wards, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, and especially intensive and cardiac care units, where the recognition of normal and abnormal patterns is only the starting point in patient care.
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Offers practical, comprehensive coverage of real-world ECGs across a range of point-of-care settings, explaining not only how to interpret the data, but the implications of ECG findings for clinical management.
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Covers recent advances in pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator technology; myocardial ischemia and infarction; arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardias and sudden cardiac arrest syndromes; drug toxicities; cardiac monitoring, including wearable devices; cardiomyopathies and COVID-19.
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Features nearly 300 high-quality illustrations, with an abundance of quick reference information highlights, including key pathophysiologic concepts, reminders, clinical pearls, and key points, as well as more than 250 review questions online.
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Discusses basic principles of electrophysiology in an easily understandable format for students and non-cardiologists.
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Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
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Build the knowledge and skills you need to provide emergency cardiovascular care! ACLS Study Guide, 6th Edition provides a comprehensive, easy-to-understand overview of advanced cardiovascular life support. With case studies and hundreds of full-color photos and illustrations, this guide covers everything from airway management to cardiac arrest rhythms and electrophysiology, tachycardias and bradycardias, acute coronary syndromes, and acute ischemic stroke. Discussions of the newest ECC guidelines and ACLS treatment algorithms help you manage common cardiac conditions. Written by noted EMS educator Barbara Aehlert, ACLS Study Guide is ideal for use with the American Safety & Health Institute ACLS certification course.
Key Features:
- Easy-to-understand approach simplifies your study of advanced cardiac life support, thanks to Barbara Aehlert's unique, conversational writing style.
- Case studies describe real-world examples of common clinical situations, helping you master skills in cardiac rhythm interpretation, medication administration, and other essential interventions.
- Evidence-based practice recommendations are provided for emergency medical treatment.
- ACLS Pearl boxes offer brief explanations of complex topics and useful tips for clinical practice.
- Keeping It Simple boxes provide clear and concise summaries of key points along with memory aids.
- End-of-chapter quizzes include answers and rationales, helping you remember the most important information.
New to this Edition:
- NEW! Updated content includes the latest guidelines from the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care and the International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations.
- NEW! 20 new illustrations are added to the book's hundreds of illustrations.
Everything you need to know about the latest cardiac devices and how to use them to diagnose and treat patients safely and effectively
In a critical care setting, time is often of the essence and there is no room for confusion about different cardiac devices?which are evolving at a rapid-pace. Understanding how to choose and use each of these devices correctly is crucial. Devices in Cardiac Critical Care addresses this important issue by providing thorough coverage of all the devices you are likely to encounter. Written in an engaging, conversational style, this accessible book will assist you in making effective clinical judgements.
The book is divided into chapters based on genuine clinical cases and features a proposed approach for each case. In addition to the cases, each chapter covers indications, contraindications, mechanism of working, complications, troubleshooting, and includes figures and tables. Key points highlight important information for convenient, quick review.
Devices in Cardiac Critical Care covers:
• Resuscitation devices (airway, hypothermia and CPR)
• Mechanical circulatory devices (right and left heart support devices)
• Valvular devices
• Arrythmia devices
• Fluid management/hemodynamic assessment devices (including renal devices)
• Respiratory support devices
• Remote monitoring devices (Tele CCU)
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Shirt Pocket Companion to The Complete Guide to ECGsThe ECG Criteria Book provides ECG criteria for 125 ECG diagnoses, including arrhythmias and conduction disturbances; chamber enlargement and hypertrophy; ischemic syndromes; pacemakers; and drug, electrolyte and medical disorders. Also includes sections on approach to ECG interpretation, differential diagnosis of ECG abnormalities, and ACLS algorithms.
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Perfect for residents, generalists, anesthesiologists, emergency department physicians, medical students, nurses, and other healthcare professionals who need a practical, working knowledge of cardiology, Netter's Cardiology, 3rd Edition, provides a concise overview of cardiovascular disease highlighted by unique, memorable Netter illustrations. This superb visual resource showcases the well-known work of Frank H. Netter, MD, and his successor, Carlos Machado, MD, a cardiologist who has created clear, full-color illustrations in the Netter tradition. New features and all-new chapters keep you up to date with the latest information in the field.
Key Features:
- Includes 13 all-new chapters: Basic Anatomy and Embryology of the Heart, Stem Cell Therapies for Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Events, Clinical Presentation of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism, and more.
- Videos and 25 printable patient education brochures included in the enhanced eBook version
- Features new coverage of 3-D TEE imaging for structural heart procedures.
- Contains color-coded diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms and clinical pathways.
- Uses an easy-to-follow, templated format, covering etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnostic approach, and management/therapy for each topic.
- Offers dependable clinical advice from Drs. George A. Stouffer, Marschall S. Runge, Cam Patterson, and Joseph S. Rossi, as well as many world-renowned chapter contributors.
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
New to this Edition:
- Expert Consult access for first time
- Link outs from EC to 25 printable patient education brochures
- New 3-D TEE imaging for structural heart procedures
- New video clips for structural heart disease/procedures
- New chapters on:
- Basic Anatomy and Embryology of the Heart
- Stem Cell Therapies for Cardiovascular Disease
- Diabetes and Cardiovascular Events
- Coronary Hemodynamics and FFR
- Epidemiology of Congestive Heart Failure- HFpEF and HFrEF
- Cardiovascular Manifestations of Rheumatic fever
- Clinical Presentation of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
- Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair
- Interventions for tricuspid and pulmonic valve disease
- Left atrial appendage occlusion
- Renovascular Hypertension and Renal Denervation
- Carotid Artery Revascularization
- Diseases of the Aorta
- Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
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Designed for portability and quick reference, Pocket Cardiology, Third Edition , provides the essential information needed by practitioners and trainees on a daily basis, and is an excellent resource for clinical board review. Written and edited by Dr. Marc S. Sabatine and a team of cardiologists from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, this fully updated volume provides a concise and focused review of all areas of cardiology in one easy-to-navigate, pocket-sized notebook.
- Contains fully updated core clinical topics on cardiovascular evaluation tools, preventative cardiology, coronary disease, heart failure, critical care, valvular heard disease, pericardial heart disease, vascular disease, arrhythmias, and adult congenital heart disease
- Provides quick and thorough guidelines for each disease on how to work up initial diagnosis and follow-up steps
- Covers the latest updates on pharmacologic management of obesity, algorithms for patients presenting with chest pain, and coronary revascularization guidelines. Contains new information on molecular therapies for cardiomyopathies, transcatheter interventions for tricuspid valve disease, new approaches to AF ablation and physiologic pacing; new chapters for congenital coronary anomalies and genetic syndromes; and much more
- Follows the bestselling, looseleaf Pocket Notebook format , featuring bulleted lists, tables, diagrams, and algorithms that make essential facts easy to find and retain
- Contains current, evidence-based clinical recommendations , supported by key references to the most recent practice guidelines, high-tier reviews, and important clinical trials
- Includes useful illustrations of echocardiography, cardiac nuclear imaging, and coronary angiography, as well as EKG tracings and a color photo insert
- An invaluable tool for cardiovascular physicians and fellows, medical residents, NPs and PAs, and others who are interested in cardiology