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AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted

ACEP Now

Background From its founding in 1881 to today, the American Red Cross has taught tens of millions of Americans first aid and other lifesaving skills, including CPR. It also offers a comprehensive “CPR for the Professional Rescuer” course. In 2015, it introduced Basic Life Support (BLS) training and certification for EMS personnel.

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ILCOR goes Annual! AHA gives focused recommendations.

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

DISPATCH-ASSISTED COMPRESSION-ONLY CPR COMPARED WITH DISPATCH-ASSISTED CONVENTIONAL CPR (ADULTS): CONSENSUS ON SCIENCE. What is the optimal instruction sequence for coaching callers in dispatch-assisted CPR? In the 2015 CoSTR, this was cited as a strong recommendation but based on very low-quality evidence.19,20

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Seeing Peter Safar, and his work

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Validation of methods of controlling the unprotected natural airway; comparisons of methods of artificial respiration, validating mouth-to-mouth as the most effective means, training and popularizing mouth-to-mouth, and linking and coordinating external cardiac massage (the Johns Hopkins Group) to be Steps A, B, & C of CPR. " Peter J.