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AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted

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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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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. Support of prevention activities to lessen the need for resuscitation. Safar, the early years 1924–1961, the birth of CPR." " Peter J.

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REBEL Cast Ep113: Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation

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In fact, 4000 paramedics in total were not only trained in the study protocol but also given a rigorous evaluation of their ability to perform CPR. On the topic of EMS and similar to the pilot study, there was an incredibly high amount of bystander CPR performed. Thus limiting the external validity of this paper’s findings.

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