Arrêt cardiaque

Cardiac arrest is the extreme emergency par excellence, and occupies a special place because of its sudden onset and extremely poor prognosis if care is less than optimal.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the latest data on cardiac arrest, including management, treatment and outlook.

In each chapter, you'll discover :

1. an exploration of pathophysiological mechanisms, in particular ischemia-reperfusion phenomena; special attention to complex situations, such as trauma, cardiac arrest in pregnant women, and cardiac arrest following intoxication or hypothermia;
2. up-to-date updates on this pathology, as well as the most recent recommendations and treatment protocols, designed to optimize management in all clinical contexts;
3. the patient's future, whether or not cardiopulmonary resuscitation has led to immediate resumption of circulatory activity, representing the next stage in this management, with the need for close pre- and intra-hospital coordination within a dedicated care pathway, and the implementation of specific therapies aimed at cerebral protection;
4. the specificities of cardiac arrest in children, and the presence of relatives and family during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a concept that originated in pediatrics several decades ago, and is now being applied to the management of cardiac arrest in adults.

This book is intended for all healthcare professionals, doctors and nurses, likely to be confronted with the management of cardiac arrest, from the simple but essential initial recognition of cardiac arrest, to the implementation of the most complex multimodal therapies as they can be carried out in Cardiac Arrest Centers.

The various chapters have been written by experts in the field, based on the most recent scientific references, but also on updated international recommendations from learned societies, in particular those of the International Committee on Resuscitation.

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