I The Prearrest Period.- 1 Classification of Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment of Cardiac Arrest.- 2 Physiologic Basis for Prediction of Irreversible Cardiac Arrest.- 3 Dysrhythmia Surveillance Prevention of Ventricular Fibrillation and Ventricular Tachycardia.- II Airway Obstruction and Respiratory Arrest.- 4 Sequential Steps of Emergency Airway Control.- 5 Resuscitation—Opening the Airway Comparative Study of Techniques for Opening the Airway Obstructed by the Tongue.- 6 Emergency Management of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction Comparison of Artificial Cough Techniques, Manual Extrication Maneuvers, and Simple Mechanical Devices.- 7 Emergency Management for Airway Obstruction by Foreign Material.- 8 Improved Esophageal Obturator Airway (EOA) And New Esophageal Gastric Tube Airway (EGTA).- 9 Airway Management with the Esophageal Pharyngeal Airway.- 10 Bag-Valve-Mask O2 Ventilation Efficiency versus Convenience; O2 versus Valve Lock.- III Circulatory Arrest.- 11 Investigations in Prehospital Sudden Cardiac Death.- 12 Precordial Thumping During Cardiac Resuscitation.- 13 Mechanical External Cardiac Compression and Ventilation During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.- 14 Preliminary Observations During Mechanical External Heart Compressions.- 15 Present Place of Open-Chest Cardiac Resuscitation.- 16 Proposed New Emergency Medical Technician Procedures for Management of Hypovolemia.- IV Drugs in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.- 17 Drug Therapy During Cardiac Arrest.- 18 Vasoactive Cardiac Supportive Drugs.- 19 Electrophysiologic Principles of Antiarrhythmic Drugs.- 20 Effect of Bicarbonate and Tham on Apnea-Induced Hypercarbia.- 21 The Intrapulmonary Route for CPR Drugs.- V Electrocardiography, Pacing, and Defibrillation.- 22 Electrocardiography in Cardiac Arrest.- 23 External Cardiac Stimulation.- 24 Defibrillation Energy and Wave Forms.- 25 Spontaneous Ventricular Defibrillation and Refractory Defibrillation.- 26 Esophageal Electrocardiography and Low-Energy Ventricular Defibrillation.- VI The Immediate Postresuscitative Period.- To Chapters 27–29, Resuscitation of the Arrested Brain.- 27 Amelioration of Postischemic-Anoxic Brain Damage by Reflow Promotion.- 28 Amelioration of Postischemic-Anoxic Brain Damage by Thiopental.- 29 Cardiopulmonary-Cerebral Resuscitation (CPCR) Postresuscitative Intensive Therapy Recommendations and Patient Trial Protocols.- 30 Microcirculation in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.- VII Special Considerations.- 31 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation And Massive Hemorrhage.- 32 Near-Drowning.- 33 Intrauterine Fetal Resuscitation.- 34 Quantitative Goals in the Teaching of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.- 35 Legal Considerations of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.- VIII Historic Vignettes.- 36 Eighteenth Century Resuscitation.- 37 Contributions of William B. Kouwenhoven—Reminiscences.- 38 Contributions of Claude Beck.- 39 Rediscovery of Expired Air Methods for Emergency Ventilation.- 40 From Back-Pressure Arm-Lift to Mouth-to-Mouth, Control of Airway, and Beyond.- 41 Historic Vignettes Concerning Resuscitation from Drowning.- 42 The First Successful External Cardiac Stimulation and A–C Defibrillation.- 43 Rediscovery OF External Heart Compression in DR. William Kouwenhoven’s Laboratory.- 44 Fifteen Years’ Experience with Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.- Concluding Statement by the Host.- Concluding Statement by The Editor.
