Primeros auxilios, RCP y DEA estandar, Octava edicion, es la referencia ideal para los cursos de capacitacion disenados para certificar a las personas en primeros auxilios, RCP y DEA. Mas que un texto independiente, este manual para estudiantes es el centro de un sistema integrado de ensenanza y aprendizaje que ofrece muchos recursos para apoyar efectivamente a los instructores y preparar a los estudiantes para aprender habilidades que salvan vidas. Este manual incluye: * Contenido actualizado que cumple o excede las recomendaciones cientificas desarrolladas por el Comite Internacional de Enlace en Reanimacion (ILCOR) y es consistente con las Pautas de RCP y ACE establecidas por la Asociacion Americana del Corazon y otros consejos de reanimacion de todo el mundo. * Enfasis en condiciones potencialmente mortales y enfoque en habilidades criticas para salvar vidas * Tablas de decisiones que proporcionan un resumen conciso de que signos buscar y que pasos de tratamiento seguir durante una emergencia * Informacion actualizada sobre RCP, DEA, lesiones y enfermedades * Contenido nuevo y actualizado sobre el control de hemorragias, la respuesta a la sobredosis de opioides, la RCP solo por compresiones y COVID-19

CPR and AED, Eighth Edition is ideal for use within training courses designed to certify lay responders in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillation. More than a stand-alone text, this student manual is the center of an integrated teaching and learning system that offers many resources to better support instructors and prepare students to learn life-saving skills. CPR and AED, Eighth Edition includes: Updated content that meets and exceeds the scientific recommendations developed by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) and is consistent with the CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines as established by the American Heart Association and other resuscitation councils around the world Current information on CPR, AED, choking and airway obstruction, and special situations New and updated content on back blows for adults, encircling thumbs CPR technique for infants, opioid overdose response, compression-only CPR, and COVID-19 precautions Contents CHAPTER 1 Introduction CHAPTER 2 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation CHAPTER 3 Airway Obstruction and Choking Care CHAPTER 4 Automated External Defibrillation CHAPTER 5 CPR Precautions, Complications, and Special Situations

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First Aid, CPR, And AED Standard Is The Centre Of An Integrated Teaching And Learning System That Offers Instructor, Student, And Technology Resources To Better Support Instructors And Prepare Students. The Text Includes: Coverage Of The 2005 UK Resuscitation Council Guidelines; Current Information On Injured And Illnesses- Core Information For First Aiders Presented In A Clear And Straightforward Format; Skill Drills That Offer Step-By-Step Explanations And Visual Summaries Of Important Skills; Flow Charts That Reinforce The Decision-Making Process And Appropriate Procedures; And Decision Tables That Provide A Concise Summary Of What Signs First Aiders Should Look For And What Treatment Steps They Should Take.

First Aid, CPR, And AED Standard Is Centre Of An Integrated Teaching And Learning System That Offers Instructor, Student, And Technology Resources To Better Support Instructors And Prepare Students. The Text Includes: Coverage Of The 2005 UK Resuscitation Council Guidelines; Current Information On Injured And Illnesses- Core Information For First Aiders Presented In A Clear And Straightforward Format; Skill Drills That Offer Step-By-Step Explanations And Visual Summaries Of Important Skills; Flow Charts That Reinforce The Decision-Making Process And Appropriate Procedures; And Decision Tables That Provide A Concise Summary Of What Signs First Aiders Should Look For And What Treatment Steps They Should Take.