The cardiopulmonary physiology and pharmacology that form the basis of anesthesia practice are also applicable to treating the victims of cardiac arrest (Otto CW. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In: Barash PG, Cullen BF, Stoelting RK, Cahalan MK, Ortega R, Stock MC, eds. Clinical Anesthesia. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013:1672–1700). (Please see Appendix C for American Heart Association [AHA] Resuscitation Protocols).

1. History
2. Scope of the Problem
3. Ethical Issues: Do not Resuscitate Orders in the Operating Room
4. Components of Resuscitation
5. Pharmacologic Therapy
6. Electrical Therapy
7. Putting it all Together
8. Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
9. Postresuscitation Care