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Code blue: Cardiac arrest and resuscitation
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sits and anesthetics for the emergency department setting, but the emphasis would have to be away from the operating room environment. WILLIAM G. BARSAN, MD Department of Emergency Medicine University of Cincinnati Medical Center Cincinnati, Ohio
the mind of the reader as to why other causes of sudden death are not highlighted. Overall, the book has cohesiveness and purpose in the first half, which disseminates and is somewhat lost in the second half. Read in its entirety, it is probably a useful text for primary care physicians and emergency physicians in treating patients with sudden cardiopulmonary arrests. The following is a summary of my assessment of Code Blue: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation:
Code Blue: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation. By Eisenberg MS, Cummins RO, Ho MT. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1987. $18.95. Code Blue: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation is an excellently written practical synopsis of current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques, probably suitable for the emergency physician. The format of the book provides the reader with a practical approach to modem CPR and acts as an effective supplement to American Heart Association guidelines. The references are somewhat inadequate and inconsistently classified, giving the in-depth reader problems in tracking down origin of statements made by the authors. Specifically, the book is not referenced in the text and references are merely tagged on at the end of each chapter. The legal aspects following CPR and drug therapy are somewhat hastily covered and are dealt with rather skimpily, as are the sections that deal with brain death and its evaluation. The section on drowning does not distinguish salt water from fresh water drowning, and its inclusion leaves a question in
(1) The book is appropriate (2) (3)
(4)
(5) (6) (7)
for practitioners of emergency medicine. The authors have an excellent track record. I have already commented on the structure of the book. The table of contents is clear and the index is appropriate. There are no references given relating to the text. The chapter structure and content are satisfactory. The book is structured and written appropriately for emergency physicians. The style and clarity are excellent. The doses and grafts and tables appear to be accurate. The production is appropriate, as are the illustrations. Comparisons with other texts indicate that this is a concise summary of the field but is comparably a good book, with the disadvantages already mentioned. T. ANTHONY DON MICHAEL, MD Universio of California-Los Los Angeles, California
Angeles
413
sits and anesthetics for the emergency department setting, but the emphasis would have to be away from the operating room environment. WILLIAM G. BARSAN, MD Department of Emergency Medicine University of Cincinnati Medical Center Cincinnati, Ohio
the mind of the reader as to why other causes of sudden death are not highlighted. Overall, the book has cohesiveness and purpose in the first half, which disseminates and is somewhat lost in the second half. Read in its entirety, it is probably a useful text for primary care physicians and emergency physicians in treating patients with sudden cardiopulmonary arrests. The following is a summary of my assessment of Code Blue: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation:
Code Blue: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation. By Eisenberg MS, Cummins RO, Ho MT. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1987. $18.95. Code Blue: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation is an excellently written practical synopsis of current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques, probably suitable for the emergency physician. The format of the book provides the reader with a practical approach to modem CPR and acts as an effective supplement to American Heart Association guidelines. The references are somewhat inadequate and inconsistently classified, giving the in-depth reader problems in tracking down origin of statements made by the authors. Specifically, the book is not referenced in the text and references are merely tagged on at the end of each chapter. The legal aspects following CPR and drug therapy are somewhat hastily covered and are dealt with rather skimpily, as are the sections that deal with brain death and its evaluation. The section on drowning does not distinguish salt water from fresh water drowning, and its inclusion leaves a question in
(1) The book is appropriate (2) (3)
(4)
(5) (6) (7)
for practitioners of emergency medicine. The authors have an excellent track record. I have already commented on the structure of the book. The table of contents is clear and the index is appropriate. There are no references given relating to the text. The chapter structure and content are satisfactory. The book is structured and written appropriately for emergency physicians. The style and clarity are excellent. The doses and grafts and tables appear to be accurate. The production is appropriate, as are the illustrations. Comparisons with other texts indicate that this is a concise summary of the field but is comparably a good book, with the disadvantages already mentioned. T. ANTHONY DON MICHAEL, MD Universio of California-Los Los Angeles, California
Angeles
413