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AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted

ACEP Now

In 2015, it introduced Basic Life Support (BLS) training and certification for EMS personnel. Still, all academic programs and health care organizations should recognize both American Red Cross and AHA certifications. It also offers a comprehensive “CPR for the Professional Rescuer” course.

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Seeing Peter Safar, and his work

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Brief Summary of Life Acheivements by Safar : Too numerous to count ; consider the following: Established academic departments of anesthesiology, independent of Surgery. Initiation of closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation basic life support. March 27, 2015. Springer New York. A personal history.