Acting Correctly During Cardiac Arrest: Why Immediate Resuscitation Is So Important

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Check – Call – Compress

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

439 kr

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A sudden cardiac arrest can strike anyone—and anyone might be the one standing nearby. There’s nothing worse than not knowing what to do.Are you afraid of finding yourself in such a situation?Do you want to know how to help someone who’s unresponsive?Do you hope someone would help you if you were lying lifeless on the ground?Do you want to understand why immediate action is vital for survival?This book shows you how to respond correctly in the event of cardiac arrest. Through vivid explanations and personal interviews, you’ll learn essential facts about resuscitation—not only the medically correct steps, but also legal, ethical, and philosophical aspects. Voices include survivors, first responders, emergency physicians, a lawyer, an airline captain, a chaplain, a psychotherapist, and intensive care specialists.This book is for everyone who wants to know how to give first aid during cardiac arrest.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-03-28
Mått155 x 235 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
FörlagSpringer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN9783662729908

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Jan C. BehmannParamedic, First Aid Instructor, Occupational Safety Specialist, Certified Fire Protection Officer, and Head of an accredited First Aid training center. Managing Partner of medicteach GmbH. Author of several professional books, including an officially approved First Aid manual, as well as numerous specialist articles. Since 2017, freelance contributor to the weekly newspaper Der Freitag. Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. mult. Bernd W. BöttigerLong-standing Chief Physician, Head and Director of the Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine at the University Hospital in Cologne, Germany. Former board member of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI), Chairman of the German Resuscitation Council (GRC), and holder of leading positions in the European Resuscitation Council (ERC), the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), and both the European (ESAIC) and the global (WFSA) anesthesiology societies. Founder of the German Resuscitation Foundation, Federal Physician and board member of the German Red Cross (DRK), and elected member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.