Basic life support skills / Baxter Larmon, Heather Davis.

Includes index.

Head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver -- Jaw-thrust maneuver -- Use of a pocket mask -- Bag-valve-mask ventilation, two-person technique -- Insertion of an oropharyngeal airway -- Insertion of a nasopharyngeal airway -- Oral suctioning -- Suctioning through an endotracheal tube -- Oxygen tank assembly -- Administration of oxygen by a nonrebreather mask -- Administration of oxygen by a nasal cannula -- Nasogastric intubation in infants and children -- Sellick's maneuver -- Assisting with endotracheal intubation -- Insertion of esophageal tracheal combitube -- Artificial ventilations of a stoma breather -- Pulse oximetry -- Body substance isolation precautions -- Lifting and moving -- Vital signs -- Initial assessment -- Rapid trauma assessment -- Detailed physical examination -- Ongoing assessment -- Assessment of the responsive medical patient -- Assessment of the unresponsive medical patient -- Assessment of the trauma patient with no significant mechanism of -- Injury -- Assessment of the trauma patient with a significant mechanism of injury -- Administration of activated charcoal -- Administration of glucose -- Administration of metered-dose inhaler -- Administration of nitroglycerin -- Administration of epinephrine auto-injector -- Administration of nebulized medication -- Automated external defibrillation -- Applying soft restraints -- Assisting with childbirth -- Bleeding control and shock management -- Dressing and bandaging -- Immobilizing a long bone -- Joint immobilization -- Sling and swathe immobilization -- Applying a HARE traction splint -- Applying a Sager traction splint -- Applying a cervical collar -- Spinal immobilization with a Kendrick extrication device -- Spinal immobilization of a supine patient -- Spinal immobilization of a standing patient -- Helmet removal -- Rapid extrication.