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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). 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. Initiation of closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation basic life support. Founded first ICU that was multi-disciplinary.