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AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted

ACEP Now

For decades, only one major organization—the American Heart Association (AHA)—provided standardized training and certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). It also offers a comprehensive “CPR for the Professional Rescuer” course.

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Issue #3: The Latest in Critical Care, 6/5/23

PulmCCM

Read in Journal of Critical Care ECMO vs CPR for pre-hospital resuscitation after cardiac arrest. Read in AJRCCM In The News The Hospitalist and the Resuscitationist 2023 Conference will take place September 27-30 in Montreal. makes me long for an adequately powered randomized trial. Patients with secondary pneumothoraces (e.g.,

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Prehospital ECPR in metropolitan Australia

PHARM

Survival from refractory out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) without timely return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) utilising conventional advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) therapies is dismal. Time from decision to ECMO support was 16 min (11–26 min). CPR duration was 46 min (32–62 min).