Resuscitation Rules

Tim Hodgetts and Nick Castle

BMJ Books, £13.95, pp 126 ISBN 0727913719

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a procedure that most medical and paramedical professionals are rarely, if ever, required to perform. A Dutch general practitioner, for example, is generally confronted with a resuscitation only once every 18 months. Most trained lay people will never deal with a resuscitation. In order to retain knowledge and skills, it is important to study and practise regularly.

This book contains 60 important rules for basic life support, advanced …