Cardiac Rehabilitation
The level of involvement of each member of the multidisciplinary team varies, but in general the medical practitioners prescribe cardioprotective medication and the allied health professionals empower lifestyle and behaviour…
Ethical Issues in Cardiac Care
It is evident that there is a range of decision-making approaches that can help to guide the practitioner in making decisions about nursing care or contributing to the wider decision-making…
Acute Coronary Syndrome in Perspective
As cardiac events have huge significance for all practitioners, this book will prove to be a practical resource for many nurses working within both general and specialist emergency/cardiac hospital settings….
Secondary Prevention Within the Community
Type: supervised CR exercise sessions usually consist of aerobic and muscular strength endurance training, which are normally alternated as part of a circuit class (Appendix A shows a typical CR…
Reducing the Risk: Primary Care Initiatives
This means that bystander and community-based CPR plays a significant role in return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after cardiac arrest. However, audits of out of hospital cardiac arrest still show…
