Book contents
- Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Data Analysis and Medical Statistics
- Chapter 2 Basic Physics and Electronics
- Chapter 3 Heat, Temperature and Humidity
- Chapter 4 Behaviour of Fluids
- Chapter 5 Gas Measurement and Supply
- Chapter 6 Gas Concentration Measurement
- Chapter 7 Blood Gas Analysis
- Chapter 8 Vapours and Vaporizers
- Chapter 9 Ventilators and Breathing Systems
- Chapter 10 Safety in the Clinical Environment
- Chapter 11 Blood Pressure Measurement
- Chapter 12 Cardiac Output Monitoring
- Chapter 13 Cardiac Support Equipment
- Chapter 14 Ultrasound and Doppler
- Chapter 15 Atomic Structure, Radiation, Imaging and Lasers
- Chapter 16 Electro-biophysiology
- Index
- References
Chapter 2 - Basic Physics and Electronics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 August 2019
- Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Data Analysis and Medical Statistics
- Chapter 2 Basic Physics and Electronics
- Chapter 3 Heat, Temperature and Humidity
- Chapter 4 Behaviour of Fluids
- Chapter 5 Gas Measurement and Supply
- Chapter 6 Gas Concentration Measurement
- Chapter 7 Blood Gas Analysis
- Chapter 8 Vapours and Vaporizers
- Chapter 9 Ventilators and Breathing Systems
- Chapter 10 Safety in the Clinical Environment
- Chapter 11 Blood Pressure Measurement
- Chapter 12 Cardiac Output Monitoring
- Chapter 13 Cardiac Support Equipment
- Chapter 14 Ultrasound and Doppler
- Chapter 15 Atomic Structure, Radiation, Imaging and Lasers
- Chapter 16 Electro-biophysiology
- Index
- References
Summary
Whilst on a busy on-call in ICU, you are called to a cardiac arrest on the ward. There has been a power cut and, when you arrive, you see the patient still suspended in a hoist where they suffered their collapse. The staff are trying to administer CPR but, with every chest compression, the hoist sags with the effort. The battery is flat on the hoist.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019