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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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REBEL Cast Ep113: Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation

RebelEM

If you work in a tertiary academic center with a catheterization lab and/or ECMO immediately available, the application of a second defibrillator may not be immediately needed. The above resource limitation applies in the opposite setting and requires a clinical judgement call to be made.

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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. Founded first ICU that was multi-disciplinary.